Fantasmagorie (1908)

Fantasmagorie (1908)

Experience the world’s first hand-drawn film animation

Release Date: 1908, August 17
Directors: Émile Cohl
Countries: France
Production: Gaumont

Overview:

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with all its wild transformations, sees our protagonist materialize a movie theatre, meet an elephant and escape from jail; A morphing, stream-of-consciousness delight.

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