Some years ago I figured out a set of shows of animated documentaries. Not all adhere to your "non-narrative structures" request, and this is more than five years old, but here are some, and you can argue over my classification of them as docs as well (some distribution notes from my working document are still here)
Talking About Amy by Yurico Murakami (200?, 8:20, USA/Japan) video from USC Backseat Bingo by Liz Blazer (2003, 5:25, USA) Repetition Compulsion by Ellie Lee (1997, 7 min., 35mm, USA) Excerpt from The Kid Stays in the Picture by Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen (2002, 93 min, US) McLarens Negatives by Marie-Josee Saint Pierre (2006, 11 min., Canada) Conversation with Haris by Sheila Sofian (2001, 6 min, 16mm, USA) print from Sheila The Beloved Ones by Samantha Moore (2007, 6 min, UK) - Big Film Shorts distributor Mouseholes by Helen Hill (1999, 16mm, USA) portrait of grandfather print from Harvard Film Archive Uncle Maan by Sahar Alsawaf (2007, 4 min, video, USA/Iraq) video from Sahar The Even More Fun Trip by Bob Sabiston (2007, 20:45, video, USA) video from Bob Sabiston The Sinking of the Lusitania by Winsor McCay (1916, 12 min, USA.) Enter Life by Faith Hubley (1982, 6 min., USA, for Smithsonian Natural History museum) Adventures in Music: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom! (1953, 10 min., Disney Studios) The Velvet Tigress by Jen Sachs (2001, 11 min, 16mm, USA) print from Jen Excerpt from Shays Rebellion Americas First Civil War by R.J. Cutler, animation by Bill Plympton (2004, 45 min, video, USA) video from Actual Reality Forest Murmurs by Jonathan Hodgson (2006, 12:30, UK) Success with Sweetpeas by Samantha Moore (2006, 6:30, UK) Big Film Shorts distributor Hidden by David Aronowitsch and Hanna Heilborn (2002, 8 min., video, Sweden) Men in Black segment from Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, by Richard Robbins (2007, 6 min., from video, USA) His Mothers Voice by Dennis Tupicoff (1997, 15 min, 35mm, Australia) Never like the First Time by Jonas Odell (2005, 14:30, video, Sweden) video on Wholphin #3 The Moon and the Son by John Canemaker (2004, 28 min, USA) The Darra Dogs by Dennis Tupicoff (1993, 10 min, Australia) My Universe, Inside Out by Faith Hubley (1996, 25 min, USA) Passages by Marie-Josee Saint Pierre (2008, 25 min, Canada) Doubled Up by Samantha Moore (2004, 6:30, UK) Its Like That by the Southern Ladies Animation Group (2003, 7:15, Australia) Silence, by Sylvie Bringas and Orly Yadin (1998, 11 min, UK) Survivors by Sheila Sofian (1997, 16 min, USA) women survivors of abuse Grasshopper by Bob Sabiston (2003, 14 min, USA) portrait of Indian man giving life wisdom Last Words of Dutch Schultz by Gerrit van Dijk (2003, 24 min, Netherlands) Slaves by David Aronowitsch and Hanna Heilborn (2008, 15 min., Sweden) Guy 101 by Ian Gouldstone (2005, 9 min, UK) no reply yet Aardman films? Pro/Con by Joanna Priestly Troubled Minds, by Andy Glynne (12 min, UK) or Animated Minds Ryan, by Chris Landreth (2004, 14 min, Canada) Feeling My Way by Jonathan Hodgson (1997, 5:34, UK) Abductees by Paul Vester (1995, 11 min, UK, ships from LA) Diary Film I Was 12 in 1956 by Boglárka Edvy and Sándor Silló (2006, 55 min, Hungary) Paul Fierlinger films Vivienne Jones Excerpt from Chicago 10 by Brett Morgen (2008, 110 min, USA) Excerpts from Persepolis or Waltz With Bashir? Marshall Plan propaganda films The Shoemaker and the Hatter Home Road Movies by Robert Bradbrook (2001, 12 min, UK) autobio Field of Green - Sky-David film Frank Film won Oscar Frank & Caroline Mouris, Won Oscar in 1974 for Best Short Subject, Animated Films > I was hoping someone else would mention Jodie Macks amazing experimental > docs (so that I might not be accused of nepotism), but in addition to her > Dusty Stacks of Mom, which just finished its two years of touring, Id > call attention to her wonderful, lesser known film Lilly, a documentary > about her grandmothers experiences during WWII in England. > > http://www.jodiemack.com/filmsvideos/lilly/ > > > Roger > > > On Oct 28, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Ruth Hayes <randomr...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > Do check out John and Faith Hubley's films, on dvd, I believe, animated to > their children's voices. Drew Christie has been producing short nonfiction > animations for a while, especially for the New York TImes OpDocs. His work > is on vimeo. Also I recently ran into a short by Christy Rupp, Macondo > Blowout, about deep sea oil drilling hazards. > > Finally, you could look at two of my works: Reign of the Dog: A > Re-Visionist History (https://vimeo.com/26890004), and On Our Way > (https://vimeo.com/31658076). > > Ruth Hayes > > http://www.randommotion.com<http://www.randommotion.com/> > blogs.evergreen.edu/hayesr<http://blogs.evergreen.edu/hayesr> > > On Oct 26, 2015, at 6:00 AM, Andrew Connor wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a friend who is looking for experimental animated documentaries > that follow non narrative structures, and animated documentaries which > function as a critique of traditional documentary techniques. > > Any suggestions for her? > > Many thanks, > > Andy Connor > <mailto:frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > > ________________________________ > [Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com<mailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks