The 1926 German animated fairytale, "The Adventures of Prince Achmed", will be screened at Barbican Centre in London.This oldest surviving animated film is directed by Lotte Reiniger, two earlier ones were made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani, but they are considered lost. The film features a silhouette animation technique Reiniger had invented which involved manipulated cutouts made from cardboard and thin sheets …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:41PM on August 1, 2017