Georges Schwizgebel Trailers
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Schwizgebel was born on 28 September 1944 in Reconvilier, Canton of Berne (Jura bernois), in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. From 1960-65 he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts et des Arts Décoratifs at Geneva. In 1971 he founded Studio GDS where he produced and directed animated films as well as working in graphic design. From 1986 to 1995 he worked on retrospectives and exhibitions, among others, in Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Tokyo, Osaka, Paris and New York. In 2002 he was awarded Swiss Film Prize, Best Short Film for “La jeune fille et les nuages”. His film, The Man With No Shadow was included in the Animation Show of Shows.
His 2011 short film Romance, a co-production of the National Film Board of Canada and two Swiss studios, was one of five animated shorts nominated for the 32nd Genie Awards, where it won the Award for Best Animated Short.
Most Popular Georges Schwizgebel Trailers
Total trailers found: 32
01 November 2012
This is the story about a boy not like the others that dreams about finding his place in the world.
01 January 1992
‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846) by Hector Berlioz.
01 January 1970
"The idea of a composite work, a puzzle and the ideal solution for clear minded lovers of parallel worlds that complement each other.
01 January 1969
The very first independent film by animator Georges Schwizgebel, which was made in 1969 as an episode in the anthology film "Patchwork".
27 October 2017
Movement within a painting, which begins with the savagery of a battle and comes to a halt in a rendition of a masterpiece of the 15th century – The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello.
17 August 2023
In his 40-year career since his first "author's film", "Le vol d'Icare" (1974), Schwizgebel has made hardly more than 15 short and medium-length films, mostly using the technique of animated acrylic painting.
01 June 1995
The story of a young deer deceived by appearances, or how a good deed in haste can be the cause of a tragedy.
01 August 2011
While on an airplane, a traveller's spirit plunges into a dream world. Here, under the influence of the unknown, the logic of his desires prevails, and a romantic saga takes shape.
05 August 2015
A father is riding with his son through the forest. The sick child thinks he sees the Erlking, who both charms and frightens him.
01 January 1986
A waltz played with an accordion starts a short story about the running time.
01 June 1999
A work of visual art that borrows from music the principles of the fugue, with the sudden flight of a man to his hotel room as its main theme.
12 April 1987
Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.
13 May 1977
A descrition of a game between two teams where one of the teams change the rules.
20 November 1990
A portrait of Swiss animation director Georges Schwizgebel.
06 October 2007
A cat and mouse chase through five different animation techniques.
08 August 2006
A visual and musical game which builds and destroys itself according to the vivacious rhythm of Serge Prokofiev’s Scherzo to Piano Concerto No.
12 August 2008
Between a wave’s rhythm and the breath of a young woman in her sleep, some animated paintings go on modifying each other.
18 February 1982
The slow construction of an image, to the rhythm of steps, ends when the monster meets his Bride.
01 April 1996
A brief homage to Rodolphe Töpffer in a zigzag travelling inspired by the drawings of the Geneva author.
04 August 2012
Through paintings that interact on the principle of Russian dolls, we are drawn along the swirling path of the thoughts of a pilgrim, a solitary walker.
03 January 2013
Drama represented by the arrest of Jafar Panahi... until he is freed. Freedom for Jafar Panahi, and all imprisoned Iranian filmmakers.
22 January 2026
By the magic of a wish, Dorian Gray retains his grace and youth forever. Only his painted portrait will age.
06 November 2020
The return of three Anglicizied natives people to their county or the beginning of a meeting with the modern world that will destroy them.
28 May 2001
The story of Cinderella is modernised. Cinderella dreams of clouds and ends up fleeing by plane with her Prince Charming.
31 December 2004
A man exchanges his shadow for wealth, then, disappointed with the result, he has to be content with the seven-league boots, which will help him to find his way.
01 January 1975
An animated short where no real story is being told and the perspective is constantly shifting.
06 January 2023
The film begins with a part of the title disappearing through a cut in its center, cutting through the middle and producing a movement from right to left, revealing a room occupied by a child and her black maid.
01 January 1986
A bicycle ride through the streets of Shanghai between spring and summer 1984, from the suburbs to the center of the city.
10 June 2003
A young girl, cutting her bread, cuts herself. She runs to the chemist but he has just been murdered.
03 February 2007
With the complicity of a painter, an elderly man recovers youth and manages to wander through paintings.
01 January 1974
Loosely following the Greek myth of the Flight of Icarus, Georges Schwizgebel opens his directional career with Le vol d'lcare, a short animation of LED lights.
