#287: Bent Barfod – the master of Danish animation

Framegrab from 'Hjælp os' (Bent Barfod, 1961).
19.09.2024 | Kosmorama takes a closer look at the master of Danish animation Bent Barfod.

#287: Bent Barfod – the master of Danish animation

For half a century, Bent Barfod was Danish animated film’s most productive, prizewinning and imaginative experimental image maker. From his drawing board came everything ranging from the matter-of-factly informative over the oddly complex to the utterly far out. The Danish Film Institute has digitalised nearly all Barfod’s extant works and Kosmorama has asked C. Claire Thomson to take a closer look:

 

You can dig into Barfod’s works on our sister site, Denmark on film, where the films are online and read more on his colourful, poetic and political universe: Bent Barfod - The Master of Animation.

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