A (1965 film)

A
Directed by	Jan Lenica
Written by	Jan Lenica
Produced by	Boris von Borresholm
Cinematography	Georges Maillet Renate Ruhr
Edited by	Renate Ruhr
Music by	Georges Delerue Bernard Parmegiani
Production company	Film Boris von Borrisholm
Distributed by	Alpha Film Group Atlas Film
Release date	1 February 1965 (1965-02-01)
Running time	10 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	French

A^[1] is a 1965 short film animated by Jan Lenica.

Summary

It involves a writer tormented by a giant letter "A". He frees himself from the "A" only to encounter a "B".^[2][3]

Background

Production began in late 1964, and the film premiered at the Oberhausen Film Festival in February 1965. It was considered lost until it was found as a part of a 1973 episode of Screening Room ^[4][5] and uploaded to YouTube in 2016.

References

1. "Jan Lenica Filmography". Archived from the original on 25 August 2013.
2. "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1965 -". cartoonresearch.com.
3. MUBI
4. Screening Room: Jan Lenica (1973)|Documentary Educational Resources
5. Said episode of Screening Room on IMDb

External links

• A at IMDb
• The upload of A from 2016 on YouTube