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Le Mannequin

Ian Lumsden — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:00:36 +0000

A pair of window mannequins play out a calamitous scene of love on a small stage.

One Nice Family Photo

Ian Lumsden — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:26:52 +0000

This student work captures the fluidity and vibrancy of the artist's own family in conversation through a unique sketch and watercolor animation style.

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Anna & Bella

Ian Lumsden — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:00:11 +0000

Two elderly women relive their youth with a laugh and a wince as a series of dramatic events unfold in this classic Oscar-winning animation.

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Billy Collins Action Poetry: Budapest

Ian Lumsden — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:58:10 +0000

A poem by New York Poet Laureate Billy Collins, with inventive stop-motion and 3d animation. Part of a series.

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From Burger it Came

Ian Lumsden — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:16:39 +0000

Bisignanoanimation uses a multitude of techniques to illustrate a humorous narrative account of one boy's fear of AIDS circa 80's America.—A Sundance 10/10 film: now online

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Adjustment

Ian Lumsden — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:57:16 +0000

Love inspires, but the fear of losing love causes an animator to obsessively record the moments he and his love share. An innovative mix of live-action and flipbook animation.

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Two Sisters

Ian Lumsden — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:59:05 +0000

The isolated world of two sisters is shattered when a visitor arrives to their island threatening to break their discordant harmony.

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Café

Ian Lumsden — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:09:17 +0000

In this minimalistic animation out of the Czech Republic, a young lady indulges in the joys of people-watching at an outdoor café, but she is being watched too.

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Geraldine

Ian Lumsden — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:34:16 +0000

One day, Gerald wakes up as a woman… The adventures of a man transformed into woman and who discovers a new life in a new body.

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Dad’s Clock

Ian Lumsden — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:45:23 +0000

A moving ode to his dying father, Dik Jarman seeks and finds resolution to the strained relationship they shared by examining his father's love of clocks—overcoming in the end the specter of his long-lost brother.

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A Journey Across Grandmother

Ian Lumsden — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:35:51 +0000

Simple ink animation of a child's imaginative journey across the surreal landscape of her grandmother.

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Father and Daughter

Ian Lumsden — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:46:58 +0000

A moving tale of a daughter, an absent father, and the ties we share that surpass time or logic

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