Watch Weird, Wonderful Animated Shorts on a Charoen Krung Rooftop

A woodcut animation from ‘Some Actions Which Haven’t Been Defined Yet in the Revolution’ (2011) by Chinese filmmaker Sun Xun

BANGKOK — Cult animation from hand-cut wood panels, sketched celluloid, painted walls, puppets and whatever else can move frame-to-frame will show next month.

Nineteen animated films from over 10 countries will show at A Week of Animation Shorts, a Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur collaboration coming April 8 and 10 to the rooftop of Bridge Cafe & Art Space.

Highlights include stop-motion wall paintings by Italian graffiti artist Blu in “Big Bang Big Boom” (2010), 10 European authors taking their pens directly to celluloid in “Recycling” (2014), and a dystopia cut from woodblock in “Some Actions Which Haven’t Been Defined Yet in the Revolution” (2011).

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Admission is free for the Friday and Sunday events, which start at 9pm.

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AWAS is a series of animation screenings hosted in collaboration with three Kuala Lumpur-based art galleries. The first edition was held over eight days there earlier this month.

Bridge Cafe & Art Space is located on Soi Charoen Krung 51. It is a short walk from BTS Saphan Taksin exit No. 4.
 

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Stop-motion puppet animation ‘Fly Mill’ (2012) by Estonian artist Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
 

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Regina Pessoa’s award-winning ‘Kali the Little Vampire’ (2012) is about a young vampire who discovers that he can make a difference to the world.
 

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“Big Bang Big Boom” (2010) by Italian street artist ‘Blu’