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A conversation with Pritt Parn, a legendary Estonian animator, a recipient of the ASIFA Life Achievement Award, six-lifetime achievement awards from international festivals, and has had over 50 solo exhibitions in various European countries over the past 35 years.
New this year, our TIFF Kids International Film Festival Master Class is a unique opportunity for Industry delegates and film students to learn from animation industry pioneer Peter Lord. Peter Lord is co-owner and Creative Director of Aardman, which he co-founded with his long-time collaborator David Sproxton in 1972. As a director, Lord has been honoured with two Academy Award® nominations for Best Animated Short, the first in 1992 for Adam, and again in 1996 for Wat's Pig. He has also earned BAFTA nominations for Adam, The Amazing Adventures of Morph, and War Story.
Interview with Leon Vidmar, animator and author of the Farewell exhibition.
This video serves as a beginner’s guide to the world of Hungarian animated cinema. Films discussed include Son the White Mare, Cat City, Johnny Corncob, Foam Bath, White Plastic Sky, Ruben Brandt Collector, Kidnapping of the Sun and Moon, and many more.
Animation is team work and Joanna Quinn often gets asked how she is able to keep her style when working with other animators on my films.
Bret Battey’s “Estuaries” series of audiovisual compositions (2016-22) and two additional installations were based in part on the exploration of unique algorithmic approaches.His OptiNelder video filter visualises mathematical optimisation processes applied to video or mathematical “terrains”. His Nodewebba software links mathematical-feedback pattern generators to help create emergent musical behaviours. Battey discusses how these tools were part of his investigation of his idea of “fluid audiovisual counterpoint” and finding fruitful intertwining of “event and object” thinking and “continuum, texture and gesture” thinking in combining music and image.
How is Sony Pictures Animation becoming the GOAT of 3D animation? Learn how award winning movies such as The Spider-Verse, K-pop Demon Hunters, & GOAT utilize Autodesk Maya and industry workflows with keyframe animation, rigging, and more!
In this masterclass Éva Darabos will discuss why the block of flats areas are so important for her and will offer a glimpse into where her inspiration was coming from to create her award-winning short animation, Bye Little Block! which received the Best Design Award at The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), and won awards in Poznań and Barcelona. She will share her personal experiences about how the whole project started and how the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest and her crew helped her to develop the original idea into a graduation film. There are many aspects to discuss: technical steps, adapting to a new role, teamwork, communication. Later, she will give a fresh and retrospective insight to her student years at MOME Anim. At the end she will share her feelings about film festivals, the afterlife of Bye Little Block! and her future plans and projects.
Mauro Cararro's Masterclass / December 6th 2016 / Old Power Station, Ljubljana (Slovenia) AnimatekaPRO is a festival platform featuring a series of talks, round-table debates, presentations and Q&As to inform about the latest in animated cinema and video games. You can find out about works in progress, new co-productions and technological innovations.
The keynote will present the complete process of creating visual effects that include animated CG elements, from pre-production to finalizing the shot, with a focus on practical workflows and collaboration between different departments. We will go through the roles of the VFX supervisor and producer, working on the breakdown, storyboard, and previs, and how to make the right decisions between physical and digital elements already in the pre-production stage. In post-production, we will examine postvis, the key role of the VFX editor, and especially the integration of animation into visual effects: the workflow connection to layout, assets, rigging, animation, FX, lighting, and final compositing. The lecture will conclude with an overview of project management, approval processes, and finally the current possibilities and limitations of using AI in VFX.
Maja Gehrig is an animation filmmaker and teacher based in Zurich. She attended a preliminary design course at the Zurich School of Art and Design in 1999-2000. Then, she studied media art for two years at the University of Applied Sciences Aarau, followed by an internship at Eesti Joonisfilm in Tallinn, Estonia. In 2003-2005, she completed the animation degree programme at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Her short animation films use a wide range of techniques and have gained international recognition. Her latest work Average Happiness won several prizes at different festivals, including the Best Swiss Animation award in 2020. Besides making her own films, she teaches at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts on the BA Animation course. Together with Elie Chapuis, she is co-president of ASIFA Switzerland (GSFA).
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
The spirits of life and death go for a drive in this darkly humorous fantasia featuring an original score by Quincy Jones.
Victoria Musci represents herself and her film Giggino 'o Bello.
Randy is plagued by an ant infestation.
Randy stays at home to watch his uncle.
Randy's family experiences bloody accidents.
A screaming man crashes through Randy's fence.
Randy's friend visits after he causes a car wreck.
A doctor arrives after Randy shocks himself while trying to fix a broken lamp.
