AnimatekaPRO 2016 – Mauro Carraro Sensible 3D

by Mauro Carraro

Author of "Aubade" - Competition programme.

by Massimo Montigiani

Those who escape war and poverty looking for a brighter future deserve to be welcomed with open arms.

• Musical
• Family
• Adventure

by Victoria Musci

Victoria Musci represents herself and her film Giggino 'o Bello.

by Silvia Palermo, Irene Tedeschi, collective of authors

Film to think about borders and freedom. Children of Calini Primary School taking inspiration from a Piet Mondrian painting invented the story.

• Family
• Experimental

by Virginia Mori

An interview with Virginia Mori, the author of the short animated film Haircut (Animateka 2015 Jury Jean_Luc Slock's Special mention)

The lecture covers animation in the context of new media and how it changes under the influence of other types of contemporary art, such as games, performance, installation. What kind of new animation tools emerged? How to use bugs and mistakes in search of innovation? How to use AI in contemporary animation?

• Documentary
• Making of
• Experimental

by Mariusz Wilczynski

Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive. Over the years, a city grows in his imagination. One day, literary heroes and childhood cartoon idols, who in the consciousness of the successive generations are forever young and wearing short pants, come to live there, uninvited. When our hero discovers they have all grown old and that eternal youth does not exist, he decides to return to real life, and the amazing characters living in his imagination lead him back to the real world.

by Xavia Chen

Once upon a time, there was a crawling tortoise. The tortoise was told that as long as it keeps going, it will reach the goal. But, why reaching the goal? The story is a reflection of the education system in Asia. High school students aimlessly pursue the one and only goal – getting into the perfect university. But what is next?

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

Festival Q&A with the Best Animated Film Award Nominee THE WINTER (Australia) at Arpa International Film Festival. Filmmaker: Xin Li (Film Director). Moderator: Hrag Meguerditchian (Festival Programmer).

• Making of

It is believed that art can touch upon things that are invisible or unspoken, engage a wide range of people in dialogue by analysing different experiences. One of such perspectives is represented by the artists with Down Syndrome, such as the Atelier Normalno community members. For some of them, video became a tool of emancipation. They use the aesthetics of advertising, television and cinema to create moving images art that is a sharp reaction to everyday topics. During the discussion, artist and co-curator of the Atelier Normalno Stanislav Turina and cinema historian and director Stanislav Menzelevskyi will reflect on how artists with disabilities convey modernity, what characters and issues they choose to convey their feelings, how inclusion can be present in culture and the role that video as an artistic instrument plays in it.

• Making of

by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson

Long ago, four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii. The name of their leader was Kapaemahu. Beloved by the people for their gentle ways and miraculous cures, they imbued four giant boulders with their powers. The stones still stand on what is now Waikiki Beach, but the true story behind them has been hidden – until now

• Drama
• Documentary
• Bio-pic

Join LALIFF and LatinX in Animation as we host LatinX short animation filmmakers from LALIFF Connect 2020. Moderated by Simón Wilches-Castro (Creative Director, Titmouse) and José Iñesta (CEO, Pixelatl), we will discuss the inspiration and structure behind the experimental animated shorts and explore the themes touched upon these shorts.

• Documentary
• Making of