Fantasmagorie (1908)

The First Cartoon- Hashir Waseem

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with all its wild transformations, sees our protagonist materialize a movie theatre, meet an elephant and escape from jail; A morphing, stream-of-consciousness delight.

• Release Date: 1908-08-17
• Runtime: 0h 2min
• Production Company: Gaumont
• Production Country: France
• Director: Émile Cohl
• Writer: Émile Cohl