Films
The Shape of the Land
BLOCK F | Teen Watch Party
Friday, March 24 | 7 - 8:30 PM
York County Library | Rock Hill
Screenings & Awards
Red Brick Road Film Festival • Hudson Valley Film Fest • Take Especial • Synergy Film Festival • Big Eddy Film Festival • CAFF The Cultural Animation Film Festival • International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo • MicroActs • Artist Film Screening • 11th International Video Poetry Festival • Underexposed Film Festival yc
Cast & Crew
EXPERIMENTAL | 2020 | 5 min. 37 sec.
SUGGESTED RATING | G
ELIGIBLE | Woman to Watch
COUNTRY | United States
LANGUAGE | English
PRODUCER | Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer
DIRECTOR | Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer
WRITER | Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer
Synopsis
"The Shape of the Land" is an animated illustrated poetic text that uses words and image as well as voice to convey a personal /political/environmental philosophy. It is a longer form work that relates to a series of short animations I have been recently posting on Instagram. The 2d animation is drawn frame by frame on a digital screen but is done in the spirit of the direct drawing on film technique that was used by many animation pioneers. It is meant to be a visual work that functions as a painting in motion.
About the Director
Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer is a New York City painter/animator/new media artist who produces moving images that encompassing a myriad of methods. Her background in painting and performance art informs her practice. Sound is an integral element. The focus of her current experimental animation and media work is to fuse the sensual , spiritual and the intellectual , creating a personal statement with time based images. Her moving and still art works have been represented in international galleries, venues and festivals.