'''''Loving Vincent''''' is a 2017 adult animated [[Drama (film and television)|drama fimfilm]] about the life of the painter [[Vincent van Gogh]], in particular the circumstances of [[Death of Vincent van Gogh|his death]]. It is the first fully painted animated feature film.<ref name="Macdonald">{{cite news |first=Fiona |last=Macdonald |title=Loving Vincent: The film made entirely of oil paintings |url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171016-loving-vincent-the-film-made-entirely-of-oil-paintings |work=BBC |date=16 October 2017 |access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref><ref name=RPS-2019>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=September 2019 |title=Łukasz Żal – Lumière Award and Honorary Fellowship |magazine=The RPS Journal |volume=159 |issue=9 |publisher=[[Royal Photographic Society]] |location=Bristol |pages=614–620 |issn=1468-8670}}</ref> The film, written and directed by [[Dorota Kobiela]] and [[Hugh Welchman]], is a Polish-UK co-production, funded by the [[Polish Film Institute]], and partially through a [[Kickstarter]] campaign.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/02/29/the_trailer_for_loving_vincent_a_vincent_van_gogh_movie_animated_with_oil.html | title=Watch the Mesmerizing Trailer for a Movie About Van Gogh Fully Animated From Oil Paintings | work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | date=29 February 2016 | access-date=2 March 2016}}</ref>
First conceived as a seven-minute short film in 2008,<ref name="Macdonald"/> ''Loving Vincent'' was realized by Dorota Kobiela, a painter herself, after studying the techniques and the artist's story through his letters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2017/09/28/loving-vincent-dorota-kobiela/|title=An interview with 'Loving Vincent' director Dorota Kobiela|date=2017-09-28|work=The Daily Californian|access-date=2018-01-17|language=en-US}}</ref>