'' Loving Vincent '' is a 2017 experimental animated biographical drama film about van Gogh 's life and in particular , the circumstances surrounding his death . The world 's first fully painted feature film , each one of its 65,000 frames was hand-painted by 125 professional painters , including a re-imagining of over 120 of Van Gogh 's own works . The film won Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 30th European Film Awards in Berlin and the Best Animation Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival , as well as being nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards
30th European Film Awards
30th European Film Awards
Posthumous fame of Vincent van Gogh