“Well, the truth is, we cannot speak other than by our paintings”
Wrote Vincent Van Gogh from his deathbed in his last letter.
Vincent is a film that is true to this deathbed testament, and explores the intense mind of this
towering genius through his own paintings.
Brought to you by Oscar Winning studio BreakThru Films, and Painter-Director Dorota
Kobiela
Vincent is a vivid and intense celebration of the work of Vincent Van Gogh, vibrantly bringing to
life some of his best known works of art
Vincent brings some of the worlds best known paintings, famed for their vibrant shimmering life,
into actual movement as an animation film shot at 8k resolution, using oil paint on canvas animation
technique (like Polish master Witold Giersz and similar to oil paint on glass animation made famous by
the Oscar winning Russian animator Petrov).
Vincent will sensuously through visual narrative inspired by iconic art draw the audience experientially
into the mindset of Vincent, who teetered between ecstasy and despondancy in his quest to communicate
the essence of man and nature to the world.
It will be accompanied by Vincent on the Walls of the World, a series of large scale painting on wall
animations made in different cities around the world in workshops by children, each based on a Vincent
painting, making the project: