Educational

by Eva Darabos

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.

• Film about animation

by Mauro Carraro

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.

by Michal Křeček

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.

by Maja Gehrig

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).

by Priit Pärn

A conversation between Priit Pärn (director) and Antoine Lopez (co-founder of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival) during the "4th Professional Meeting on Animated Film Writing," held in Fontevraud on October 10, 2015.

by Sandra Amara, Pauline Langeuin

La vie rêvée d’Océane, by Sandra Amara & Pauline Langeuin | Pitch Annecy 2024. Océane is a Balearic shearwater born blind. Despite her disability, she lives a dream life thanks to her mother, Naia, who dedicates herself to caring for her every day. One day, the old shearwater, leader of the colony, helps Oceane regain her sight. But the world she discovers is far from what she had imagined. Will she manage to overcome her fears and disappointment?

by Victoria Musci

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

by Chloé Mazlo

A woman is forced to leave Venezuela where she has lived for 28 years. She wonders what to put in her suitcase.

• Documentary

by Pieter Vandenabeele

A small, plump man lives on the top floor of a skyscraper. During the day, he’s a garbage man, but in the evening, he watches Tarzan-movies and dreams of in his lush roof jungle.

• Adventure

by Veronika Kocourková

The Story of a Tornado is a film which shows how the real tornado is created through the story of family of molecules.

• Tragicomedy

by Dina Velikovskaya

Dina Velikovskaya was born in Moscow in 1984. In 2005 she graduated from the Art school named after the Memory of 1905 with a specialization in scenic design. Since 2006 she has been studying at the The Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK).

• No genre

by Hanka Nováková

An artistically simple yet poignant allegory on a very topical problem – people and the borderlines of their world. What is more important in human lives – defining your own space, or coexistence and collaboration with others? The film also shows how a simple cause can trigger a whirlwind of quarrels and conflicts that cannot be stopped easily.

• Family

by Candy Guard

Five 7 second ads I made for Target Breast Cancer

• No genre

by Kirsten Lepore

Directed a stop-motion segment for SiGNALS: an experimental program tuning you into the colorful stories of everyday objects for YouTube Originals' sustainability initiative.

• Comedy

by Michèle Lemieux

This abstract yet compelling philosophical tale uses the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen as a metaphor for the particles that make up the universe. Through 4 tableaux that explore her character's thoughts, filmmaker Michèle Lemieux takes a look at the profound reflections of this everyman, whose questions are part of humanity's eternal quest for meaning.

• Abstract

by Massimo Montigiani

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

• Musical
• Family
• Adventure

Interview with director Yelyzaveta Pysmak referncing her works: My Fat Arse and I (2020).

• Making of

by Zsolt Pálfi

The main characters of the animated series, based on the books by Judit Berg, are the Verdies, tiny inhabitants of the Lakeside. Their primary task is to protect the Reed Sea from the Grimps. The series presents the eventful happenings of a full year, from spring to winter, from the awakening of nature to the freezing of the Reed Sea.

• Family
• Adventure
• Fantasy

by The School of Life, Jenny Jokela

Our age has a high esteem for parties. Yet some of us have a particular fear of them – which we’re made to feel very bad about, as if this was a sure sign of being an anti-social and unfriendly person. Far from it. As this film argues, truly sociable people tend to hate parties a lot.

• Documentary
• Experimental

by Vinnie Ann Bose

The film is a humorous depiction of the Indian obsession with fair skin and their prejudices regarding skin colour.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Tragicomedy