Animation First 2025: Artist Talk: In Conversation with Georges Schwizgebel

L'Alliance New York

Award-winning animator Georges Schwizgebel will discuss his prolific career, his approach to animation and more.

FIAF Skyroom

Update (1/23): Due to unforeseen circumstances, Georges Schwizgebel will join this event via livestream. The content of the program remains the same, and we look forward to an engaging event and lively discussion!A celebrated figure of Swiss film animation as well as a master visual storyteller, Georges Schwizgebel is a consummate animator whose work bursts with colors, sounds and imagery. Often working alone, Schwizgebel creates films that are intricately timed, painted, edited, and scored, mixing a playful approach to narration with breathtaking formalism. In this talk, Schwizgebel will discuss his prolific career, as well as his artistic approaches, recurrent themes—such as spiral movements, loops, and metamorphoses—and the importance of music in his work. Schwizgebel will also present several of his films during the event.Part of Animation First’s focus on Swiss Animation

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Animation First 2025: Artist Talk: In Conversation with Georges Schwizgebel

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