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Luiz Stockler, a multi award winning Animation Director talks about in-between works and on how to not become stuck.
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The festival’s creative director Hämid Shajarian interviews the participants of the National Competition category of Animatricks 2021: Tove Johnson – Jumalolento by Juho Maurinen (2019), Left Behind by Minna Eriksson (2020), Rinse and Shine by Iiris Korjus ja Katariina Haukka (2021), The Things I Saw: Monday by David Graham (2020), Bad to the boner by Robert Lönnqvist (2021), Tiedänkö mitä etsin by Ylva-Lii Wahlström (2019)
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Lorraine Lordan talks from Ireland on her international career in animation. She explains how she has been able to balance making a short film with lead roles on features, and shares what she has learnt along the way.
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Joanna Quinn, whose acclaimed body of work includes the Oscar-nominated shorts Famous Fred, The Wife of Bath and her most recent film Affairs of the Art, speaks with Ben Mitchell of Skwigly Online Animation Magazine in an exclusive talk as part of the Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival. Having achieved major success at the very beginning of her career with her multi-award-winning debut film Girls Night Out, Joanna has since become an inspirational figurehead to many in the animation world through the work of her studio Beryl Productions. In this talk Joanna will offer unique insight into the highs and lows of industry success and how she has navigated the emotional pitfalls that come with it, from grappling with feelings of failure against high expectations, balancing personal projects and professional commissions, to dealing with imposter syndrome, burnout, staying motivated when life gets in the way and the challenges the younger generation face in the current social media climate and the pressures to succeed that come with it.
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On her Masterclass “Unsung Women Heros of Animation”, the well known Animation Journalist, Nancy Denney-Phelps reflects why there is so few women in the animation industry, even though almost 65% of all animation students are female and why we all know the Fleisher Brothers and Walt Disney, but with a few exceptions, the women who blazed the animation trail are almost unknown to us. Denney-Phelps is a distinguished animation journalist and a well-known guest in many Animation Festivals. She writes an animation blog to the Animation World Network – AWN.
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The director interview with Natasha Cetner.
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Austrian animation director and media-artist Reinhold Bidner is working in the fields of animation, media art and games. In his Masterclass Encounters & Inbetweens, Reinhold talks about and discuss his artistic animated experiments in between various disciplines, formats and techniques. He will also present images and video excerpts. The session was moderated by Animatricks Creative Director Hämid Shajarian.
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With over 4 decades of experience, Gemini Award–winning writer, Shelley Hoffman, brings a wide-ranging perspective to every project. In addition to developing and showrunning the international hit series Kid vs. Kat and Camp Lakebottom, she collaborates with broadcasters and production teams from across the globe to create high-quality storytelling, characters, action and humour. At her keyonte she will share her perspectives on the current market’s demands: from character-driven stories to meeting the needs of co-productions to creating IP’s with the power to cross platform.
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The Green Animation Guide was released at this year’s MIFA and is the first international reference guide for sustainable practices in animation. It provides peer-driven actionable recommendations tailored to the specific needs of studios, producers and artists, enabling them to implement meaningful changes adapted to their realities. The guide is a collaborative effort led by Ecoprod, Green Film and Cine Regio with the support of several regional film funds.
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CEE Animation Experience webinar dedicated to Keep Festive, a new international initiative committed to creating safer, more inclusive environments at animation industry events. Guest speakers Aneta Ozorek and Anastasiya Verlinska, representing member festivals behind the initiative, will present its core values, practical tools, and real-world protocols developed to prevent sexual harassment and unsafe situations. From establishing a Code of Conduct to training staff and managing sensitive cases, this session will explore ways organizers and festival professionals can foster respectful and supportive industry events.
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During a PowerPoint presentation, statistical diagrams are breaking free from their restrictive coordinates. A trip into the sensual world of statistics begins.
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Our first part of the lecture will focus on pioneers and experiments. We will also find out how Ukrainian animators in the 1920s made advertisements, propaganda, and children’s stories, sometimes even combining all of them in a single artwork. We will also discuss the problems that Ukrainian animation faced and how it bothered and threatened the Soviet government. In the second part of the lecture, we will talk about how and where the animated film heritage is preserved today. What is the size and significance of the animation collection kept at the Dovzhenko Centre.
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Priit talks on the creation of his film HOTEL E (1992). How he got the idea, the structure of the film, filling the basic structure with events, solutions for style of animation and visual design as well as describe the work process. The master class is moderated by Ukrainian animation director Mykyta Lyskov.
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