Presented at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011 and at the National Film Board in Toronto.
Gil Alkabetz was born in 1957 in the Mashabei Sade Kibbutz,
Israel. He studied Graphic Design at the Bezalel Academy of Art
and Design, Jerusalem and worked as an animator and director
in the Jerusalem studio Frame by Frame. He later worked as a
freelance animator and illustrator and taught at various art
schools in Israel.
In 1995 Alkabetz moved to Stuttgart, where he was an
independent filmmaker. He was Guest Professor at the Rocky
Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, and at the Lucerne
School of Art and Design. Alkabetz is a member of the German
Film Academy and currently works as Guest Professor at the Film
& Television Academy HFF Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg.
The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) is made possible
through the generous support of:
The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council and
the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.