Loving Vincent

Guest: Val Fulford - The Canadian Artist who painted for this film Awards: 17 awards, including European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film, Golden Globe & Oscar nominated Best Animated Feature Film. Directors: Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman Language: English Country: Poland, United Kingdom Rating: 14a
Runs: 1 hr 34 min The story is presented through oil painted animation, a 6 year labour of love. A total of 125 classically trained artists from all over the world, including Ottawa-born Val Fulford, created more than 1,300 paintings, which became 65,000 painted frames. A young man goes to Vincent van Gogh’s last hometown to deliver a final letter to the troubled artist. He ends up investigating van Gogh’s final days there - was it murder or suicide? “Loving Vincent is a visual masterpiece unto itself ” The Globe & Mail “Brings a poetic sense of tragedy to the last act of van Gogh’s life, and fresh insight into the kind of man he was” Variety “Loving Vincent is a triumph in animation” We Live Entertainment Student Film: Top Ten By: Jenna Bloodworth, Nick Murray & Bruno Sponsored by: Gardhouse Financial Counsel and Municipality of Meaford