by LP | Aug 6, 2016 | News
“Their stories are illustrated by battlefield, trench and hospital ship scenes whose 2D animation, with its craggy, vaguely cubist shapes and jerky movement, has an interestingly distancing effect, making the battlefield experiences paradoxically more absorbing...
by LP | Apr 4, 2016 | Documentaries, Events, News
Check out this great review of 25 APRIL opening in New Zealand this April. “Documentarian Leanne Pooley (The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls) — a Canadian expat living in New Zealand — has crafted a particularly visionary work with her experimental, animated film...
by LP | Oct 23, 2015 | Documentaries, Events, News
Leanne Pooley’s new animated documentary “25 April” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Check out this great review of the World premiere and Leanne’s 3rd time at TIFF. TIFF link Exclaim.CA link “Pooley’s style...
by LP | Jan 21, 2015 | News
Leanne chats with Lynn Freeman and Pietra Brett Kelly about Documentary on Radio New Zealand – Originally aired on The Weekend, Sunday 4 January 2015 more detail here or listen below...
by LP | Oct 14, 2014 | Documentaries, In Development, News
Working with Producer Matthew Metcalfe (BEYOND THE EDGE), the animated film will be a documentary in which six individuals who served at Gallipoli are brought back to life. The animation will be done by Flux Animation in Auckland. The film will be released in...
by LP | Sep 20, 2013 | Events, News
Following three sold out screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival BEYOND THE EDGE was a runner-up for the People’s Choice Award for Documentary.
