Felix in Exile

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Felix in Exile is a 1994 animated short film by South African artist William Kentridge that uses charcoal drawings to explore memory, loss, and the trauma of apartheid.

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instanceOf animated short film
experimental film
short film
animationTechnique charcoal drawings
stop-motion animation
artMovement contemporary South African art
political art
countryOfOrigin South Africa
creator William Kentridge NERFINISHED
depicts apartheid in South Africa
post-apartheid transition in South Africa
director William Kentridge NERFINISHED
exhibitionContext museum and gallery screenings
genre animation
art film
political film
hasCharacter Felix Teitelbaum NERFINISHED
Nandi NERFINISHED
hasSubject bodies in the landscape
political disappearance
surveying and mapping of land
language no dialogue
mainCharacter Felix Teitelbaum NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus personal response to political violence
notableFor exploration of memory and forgetting in relation to apartheid
hand-drawn charcoal animation style
use of erasure as a metaphor for historical loss
partOf William Kentridge filmography
partOfSeries Drawings for Projection NERFINISHED
productionMethod frame-by-frame erasure animation
publicationDate 1994
runningTime approximately 8 minutes
screeningFormat 16mm film
video transfer
seriesOrder fifth film in the Drawings for Projection series
setting South African landscape
hotel room
theme death
exile
historical erasure
landscape and memory
loss
memory
political violence
trauma of apartheid
usesMedium charcoal on paper
pastel on paper

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William Kentridge notableWork Felix in Exile