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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?
Craig Kausen, grandson of the legendary animation filmmaker, Chuck Jones, spoke in a special guest speaker event for NYFA students and faculty. Kausen discussed the work and career of Chuck Jones, whose name is synonymous with characters from Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Merrie Melodies. Event was moderated by Paul Laverack.
An interview with artist-in-residence Gianluigi Toccafondo, who we were extremely happy to host in Ljubljana for the 20th edition of Animateka, since he was the winner of the 1st Grand Prix of Animateka back in 2004.
Nikita Diakur on Ugly Aesthetics and Interactive Animation and his latest animated short Ugly.
An interview with Aisha Madu, author of the film Bodily Disfunctions (Student competition programme).
Interview with Suzie Templeton – Academy Award winner for Peter and the Wolf(2006).
A woman heads down to Vera Lassoo’s hair salon with a set of unrealistic expectation and ends up with an unrealistic hair-do!
The interview with the directors Ala Nunu Leszynska & Nadja Andrasev.
A man gets off a boat. He walks into a restaurant and orders albatross soup. He takes one sip… pulls out a gun, and shoots himself. So…why did he kill himself?
How many obsessions can one family have? In Joanna Quinn and Les Mills’ Affairs of the Art, we reconnect with Beryl, the working-class heroine who not only reveals her own obsession with drawing but exposes the addictions of her eccentric family, which include pickling, screw threads and pet taxidermy.
Adam Elliot an Oscar winning and multi AFI (ACCTA) award winning filmmaker. Full length interview that didn’t air on television.
Princess Lucette hires a dragon to stage her own kidnapping —only to discover that forging fairytales is trickier than it seems.
A woman’s life is ruined because someone tells her she has a little bogie on her nose. An allegory about homelessness showing that a small thing can have a domino effect and lead someone to feel outside of the norm, the bag representing anything that makes a person seem different and unacceptable to society.
After a mysterious girl shows up at Gray’s doorstep holding the corpse of a bird that had just cracked her window, an impromptu bird funeral changes the way Gray views herself and her lesbian identity.
Making of “Negative Space” de Ru Kuwahata et Max Porter.
Stop-motion animated satire of modern man on the street and documentary interviews, responding to unseen questioners. The voices of the characters are supplied by everyday people speaking varied regional accents.
Q&A for the Cannes Award-winning animated film and Latvia’s selection for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards, Flow with Director/Co-Writer GintsZilbalodis (Moderated by Marshall Shaffer) at the Angelika Film Center & Cafe in New York City on 10/17/2024.
Mum’s calling, and Lisa isn’t pleased. “Hi, It’s Your Mother” is a shocking tragi-comedic stop motion short about family and blood(y) ties.