Pierre Hébert Movies

  • 2013
    Triptych - 2

    Triptych - 2

    Triptych - 2

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    Abstract film made from the video capture of a live animation performance presented in Vienna on May 30th 2011 at the Stadtkirche with Andrea...

    Triptych - 2
  • 2011
    The Private Life of Cinema

    The Private Life of Cinema

    The Private Life of Cinema

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    A two-part in-depth exploration of the evolution of the private film industry, seen through the eyes of more than 50 industry professionals. Part...

    The Private Life of Cinema
  • 1968
    Population Explosion

    Population Explosion

    Population Explosion

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    A film in cut-out animation depicting the demographic problems of the world. It shows that in many countries freedom from the old scourges of famine...

    Population Explosion
  • 2002
    Barbaloune

    Barbaloune

    Barbaloune

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    Barbaloune
  • 1997
    Under the Weather

    Under the Weather

    Under the Weather

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    This animated short follows a group of happy vacationers sunbathing... under cloudy skies. Despite the weather, they look cheerful, eating ice cream...

    Under the Weather
  • 2002
    La Pirouette

    La Pirouette

    La Pirouette

    102002HD

    Short animation from Tali

    La Pirouette
  • 1968
    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    Around Perception

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    An early experiment in employing computers to animate film. The result is a dazzling vibration of geometric forms in vivid color, an effect achieved...

    Around Perception
  • 2011
    The Reach of Resonance

    The Reach of Resonance

    The Reach of Resonance

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    Miya Masaoka uses music to interact with plants and insects; Jon Rose turns fences into musical instruments with a violin bow in conflict zones...

    The Reach of Resonance
  • 2005
    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

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    Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

    Trying to Describe Oneself
  • 2024
    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert

    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert

    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert

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    A moving portrait of filmmaker Pierre Hébert, which retraces his extraordinary career and shares all about his passion for burning onto film.

    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert
  • 2017
    Bazin's Film

    Bazin's Film

    Bazin's Film

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    A meditation on the passing of time, on a film that was never completed, upon Bazin’s death, on restoration and the future of ruins and on...

    Bazin's Film
  • 2000
    Black Soul

    Black Soul

    Black Soul

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    Painted directly on glass, Black Soul is an exhilarating immersion into the heart of Black culture—a whirlwind voyage through the defining...

    Black Soul
  • 2026
    Prélude et fugues - la grive des bois

    Prélude et fugues - la grive des bois

    Prélude et fugues - la grive des bois

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    This work, shot on film stock, is constructed like a fugue, based on the tension between the ideal of freedom (the wood thrush) and the inevitability...

    Prélude et fugues - la grive des bois
  • 2005
    The Statue of Giordano Bruno

    The Statue of Giordano Bruno

    The Statue of Giordano Bruno

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    This film was made out of the capture of a live animation performance presented in Rome in January 2005 by Pierre Hébert and the musician Bob...

    The Statue of Giordano Bruno
  • 1969
    The Crow and the Fox

    The Crow and the Fox

    The Crow and the Fox

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    A satirical, updated take on the classic Jean de La Fontaine fable.

    The Crow and the Fox
  • 1973
    Du coq à l'âne

    Du coq à l'âne

    Du coq à l'âne

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    This animated film, a small educational musical comedy, offers the viewer a proper enigma. He is very smart who succeeds in solving it the first...

    Du coq à l'âne
  • 1987
    Adieu bipède

    Adieu bipède

    Adieu bipède

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    In Adieu bipède (1987), Hébert turned to performance, using the scratching technique for the scenes with dancing and music. He used the...

    Adieu bipède
  • 2018
    But One Bird Sang Not

    But One Bird Sang Not

    But One Bird Sang Not

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    Scratched directly onto 35mm film stock, this abstract film is a visual interpretation of a piece for solo violin based on a Bosnian popular song...

    But One Bird Sang Not
  • 1971
    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

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    Fundamental Principles in Genetics
  • 2015
    Cycling Utrecht

    Cycling Utrecht

    Cycling Utrecht

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    Cycling Utrecht is number seven in the «Places and Monuments» series. As with all the other opus of this series, the live action images...

    Cycling Utrecht