The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is an Oscar winning Best Animated Short Film by Aleksandr Petrov inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel. Each frame was made using slow-drying oil paints upon a back-lit glass "canvass." With his fingers, Director Aleksandr Petrov manipulated the oils between frames and photographed the results, then gently molding the oils for the next frame to repeat the process. A total of 29,000 frames are in the film. You can watch it for free.