#Bales2025FilmChallenge of June 9: a[n] [favourite] animated character

Ёжик в тумане [Yózhik v tumáne / Hedgehog in the Fog] (Yuri Norstein, 1975)

On his way to visit his friend Bear Cub, Hedgehog finds himself in dense fog. Strange sounds, and even stranger creatures, omit from it.

https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cf9r

#YuriNorstein #AlekseyBatalov #VyacheslavNevinnyy #MariyaVinogradova #MikhailMeerovich #AleksandrZhukovskiy #cinemastodon #film

The Overcoat

"The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film" is a video posted by Mefi member Rufous-headed Towhee heehee about the beautiful, unfinished stop-motion film that has taken the record for longest animation production of all time. (and trig links to the fantastic "Hedgehog in the Fog" by the same duo in the comments)

https://www.metafilter.com/200704/The-Animators-Whove-Spent-40-Years-on-a-Single-Film

#animation #art #documentary #FrancheskaYarbusova #HedgehogInTheFog #obsession #RussianAnimation #StopMotion #TheOvercoat #video #YuriNorstein