28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Synchromy
Synchromy

Synchromy

Norman McLaren / Canada / 1971 / Czech Premiere / 8 min.


synopsis

The ingenious synchronisation of the musical and visual components of the film creates a synaesthetic experience that, thanks to the gradual unveiling of visual-sound analogies, gives the impression of learning a new language. This classic work of avant-garde cinema was created through McLaren's long experimentation with drawing on an optical audio track.

biography

Norman McLaren (1914–1987) was an award-winning Scottish-Canadian experimental animator. He worked with many animation techniques: from scratching and drawing directly onto film stock to stop-motion animation and combining animation with live actors. In 2014, Ji.hlava IDFF presented the world premiere of Patrick Bergeron's film homage to McLaren's Synchromy, Synchromy Study.

more about film

director: Norman McLaren
producer: Norman McLaren

Screening time

Friday 25. 10. 2024, 20:00

Kino Dukla – Edison

Film at festival

premiere type:Czech Premiere
festival edition:2024
section:Fascinations: Computing Film
language:No Dialogue
subtitles:No Subtitles
colour:Colour

Info

director:Norman McLaren
original title:Synchromy
country:Canada
year:1971
running time:8 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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