Art Museum Film Night: A Retrospective of Georges Schwizgebel - Feinaki Beijing Animation Week’s Special Maestro Screening
The Young Girl and the Clouds Switzerland, 07'00'', 1999
During the 1st Art Museum Film Night, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, together with the 14th BJIFF, Feinaki Beijing Animation Week and Universal Creative Park (UCP), will hold an open-air public film screening at the outdoor square behind Beijing Minsheng Art Museum from 7:30PM - 9:00PM, April 19, 2024, screening the works of the world famous animation master Georges Schwizgebel. On this breezy evening, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum invites you to enter the dreamlike animation world of Georges Schwizgebel.
Erlking Switzerland, 05'33'', 2015
Georges Schwizgebel (b.1944) is a world-renowned animator. Born in Switzerland in 1944, he has been an animator for half a century. He works in a variety of styles, using traditional painting media such as hand-drawn animation and watercolor to create animated films of abstract, dreamy and circular nature. Schwizgebel's works often explore themes of time, space, and emotion, as well as the fluidity and connectivity between images. His works adopt brilliant colors and rich brushstrokes to construct a subtle imaginative space, blending music and visual art to present impressive animation works. Georges Schwizgebel uses almost no dialogue in his works, and he always likes to combine classical music with dizzying animation. One of his masterpieces, Erlking, was based on Goethe's narrative poem Der Erlkönig and music by Schubert and Liszt.
The Flight of Icarus Switzerland, 03'00'', 1974
Fugue Switzerland, 07'00'', 1999
He has created more than 20 animated short films, including the very first The Flight of Icarus (1974) to From One Painting To Another (2023), and won numerous awards at major international film festivals. Georges Schwizgebel has won the Swiss Film Award twice, in 2002 and 2016, for The Young Girl and the Clouds (2000) and Erlking (2015). He won the 32nd Canadian Screen Awards for Best Animated Short Film for Romance (2011). Georges Schwizgebel was awarded the Honorary Cristal, which is presented annually to a pioneering artist with outstanding contribution to the animation industry, at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2017. In particular, The Ride to the Abyss (1992) is included in Annecy’s list of the 100 best animation films. He won the Swiss Film Honorary Award in 2018 and French Order of Arts and Letters in 2019.
The Ride to the Abyss Switzerland, 04'43'', 1992
The 4th Feinaki Beijing Animation Week hosted a retrospective of Georges Schwizgebel in 2022, and received wide acclaims from the audience. The BJIFF Beijing Film Panorama will include his latest works and present a complete retrospective this time. Hopefully, we can fully experience the appeal of the world’s top master of animation through the screening.
Poster of “Echoes of Camel Bells Along the Silk Roads”
At that time, the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum will also hold the night screening of the "Echoes of Camel Bells along the Silk Roads"; after watching the film, the audience can also visit the museum at night to experience the rich experience of both ancient and modern arts.
Beijing Minsheng Art Museum
Time: 7:30PM-9:00PM, April 19, 2024 (Friday)
Venue: Atrium, Back Entrance, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum (Atrium, Building C7, Universal Creative Park (UCP))
Registration method
The open-air film screening is for public benefit, and 200 reservations are open to the public free of charge.
Visitors can scan the QR code below to make a reservation after 12:00PM on April 18, one mobile phone number can only book one place.
Please arrive half an hour in advance and enter according to your reservation record. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
If the screening is canceled or delayed in case of bad weather, a notice will be issued through the official WeChat account of Beijing Minsheng Art Museum.
Hosted by: Beijing Minsheng Art Museum
Co-organized by: Universal Creative Park (UCP)
Supported by: BJIFF Organizing Committee
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