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Little Boat

When an animation is getting attention from DN favourites Eran Hilleli, The Moth Collective and Eric Power over on Vimeo, it was a pretty forgone conclusion we were going to love Nelson Boles’ Little Boat.

Initially looking like one of the simplest animations you’ve ever seen, Boles’ film soon transforms into a complex and meticulously detailed animation that takes us on a journey through mysterious lands and violent wars.

Author: El Vez

Demonstrator in Online Journalism at Bournemouth University by day and obsessive independent film fan by night. DN is the perfect outlet for these two worlds to combine. Twitter: @kung_fuelvis

Discussion

2 comments for “Little Boat”

  1. [...] Little Boat – I’ve never felt so much for an inanimate object as I did for Nelson Boles’ Little Boat. [...]

    Posted by DN Picks: Sep11 | Directors Notes | October 5, 2011, 1:16 am
  2. [...] you took Nelson Boles’ heart warming animation Little Boat, stripped it of its cute characters and pulled it into a live action rather than animated universe, [...]

    Posted by Beirut: The Rip TIde | Directors Notes | July 1, 2012, 4:40 pm

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