Swamp

An amused, rather sarcastic look at a confrontation between two horse-mounted, balloon-toting armies who battle their weight as well as each other.

This classic animation without words is a parable about two societies engaged in a perpetual war. What caused the war is unknown; only the tools of war, the battleground and the combatants are defined. As the battle escalates one soldier slips out of his armor to avoid death. He discovers a new world. A powerful discussion-starter on conflict resolution, war and militarism, human potential and values.

Soldiers

The animation took about eight months to produce by Gil Alkabetz and his team, using photocopy paper, cels, Windsor & Newton liquid watercolor and black ink.

Release date is that of screening at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Special Jury Prize, Gil Alkabetz, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 1992