The trailer for Loving Vincent is out, an animated film about Van Gogh’s life featuring a staggering 12 oil paintings per second by over 100 painters. With the advent of CGI, even in traditionally hand-drawn animation like Disney’s Princess films and Japanese anime, it’s small wonder that this work of love (and art) is gaining so much buzz. It’s still in progress in Gdansk, Poland, and you can check out their progress via their website, or even get involved:
This is the first fully painted feature film in the world, directed by Polish painter and director Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman (Oscar winner for producing “Peter and the Wolf”). The film is produced by Oscar-winning Studios Breakthru Films and Trademark Films.
The film is about the life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh, who is to this date one of the most famous painters who have ever lived. The film features over 120 of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings, and tells his story through his paintings and the characters within them, via interviews and dramatic reconstruction of the events leading up to his death. Every frame is lovingly painted using the same technique as the master himself. The film also has a shop where you can buy merch or a painting of yourself in the Van Gogh style.
Loving Vincent will be released sometime in 2016.