Der Da Vinci Timecode
The Da Vinci Time Code

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2009 runtime 3'00 colour
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR
screening format Beta SP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR

In the film THE DA VINCI TIME CODE one image is taken apart in order to create an animated film from its fragments. Different parts of this single image based on similar forms allow us to discover secret movements. The people in the picture eat, dance, discuss and argue, until finally all are silenced.

director Gil Alkabetz Animation Gil Alkabetz Schnitt / Editing Gil Alkabetz Produktion / Production Gil Alkabetz Drehbuch / Script Gil Alkabetz Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Alexander Zlamal Tongestaltung / Sound Design Alexander Zlamal Bildgestaltung / DOP Nurit Israeli
Festivals
CINANIMA Espinho International Animated Film Festival, Portugal
ANIMA Córdoba International Animation Festival, Argentina
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
Lenolafilmfestival, Italy
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany (Beste Filmmusik)
DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung)
Distribution
  • Nurit Israeli
Sales
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Gil Alkabetz

Born in Israel 1957, died 2022;
studied graphic design at Bezalel Academy;
animator and freelance illustrator;
animation and illustration teacher in Israel;
since 1995 freelance filmmaker in Stuttgart at Sweet Home Studio;
workshops all over Europe;
2004 until his death animation professor in Babelsberg

Filmography
1984 BITZBUTZ
1991 SWAMP
1995 YANKALE
1997 RUBICON
2002 TRIM TIME
2002 TRAVEL TO CHINA
2004 MORIR DE AMOR
2007 A SUNNY DAY
2009 THE DA VINCI TIME CODE
2010 KNITTED NIGHTS
2013 1+1
2019 ONE STORMY NIGHT
2020 BESEDER