Animarkt Stop Motion Forum Hybrid Event Has Started In Lodz and Online
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Workshops with masters of film, discussions and artists associated with such productions as “Pinocchio” by Guillermo Del Toro, “The French Dispatch” by Wes Anderson, “Ratatouille” by Brad Bird or “Kubo and two strings” by Travis Knight. Consultation with the most decision-making people in the industry, a chance to work in the Academy-award studio. From Tuesday, December 7th, thanks to ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum, Lodz will become the capital of animation for 5 days.
Tim Allen workshop at Animarkt Stop Motion Forum
Organized for the sixth time, ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum is one of the most important and recognizable events in the stop motion animation industry. During this event, filmmakers have the opportunity to establish industry contacts and present their portfolios in front of masters from renowned film studios. In Lodz, during this event, new stars and outstanding works of film art are born.
Participants of ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum are the representatives of many countries – Spain, Czech Republic, Venezuela, Croatia, Portugal or Argentina. It is really amazing that animation can connected people, artist all over the world whose center will be, for at least 5 days, in Lodz.
Agnieszka Kowalewska-Skowron, MOMAKIN
This year’s ANIMARKT will have a hybrid form. Workshops, consultations, as well as a series open to the general public – ANIMARKT After Hours, will be held stationary. However, for those who cannot appear in Lodz, the organizers have prepared many online events.
We thought about the form of this year’s Forum for a long time. However, due to the pandemic situation, we decided that ANIMARKT will take place in a hybrid form. Last year’s experience in organizing the Forum online convinced us that our presence on the Internet is a great help for participants who would not be able to afford to come from the other side of the world. Using a special internet platform, they will be able to connect with us and take part in the event.
Paulina Zacharek, MOMAKIN, co-creator of the forum
Program of ANIMARKT consists of three main sections: MASTERS, PITCHING and BUSINESS.
As part of MASTERS, there will be three masterclasses, among the others. One of them will be hosted by Jim Capabianco and Kat Alioshin – responsible for the production of the feature-length “The Inventor”, about the life of Leonardo da Vinci. Jim Capobianco is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, associated with Walt Disney Animation Studio on “The Lion King” and then with Pixar Animation Studios, where he co-created many animations, including such blockbuster movies as “Ratatouille”, “Toy Story 2” or “Finding Nemo”. Kat Alioshin, on the other hand, worked as a member of the film crew on “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Coraline”.
Barry Purves workshop at Animarkt Stop Motion Forum
Masterclass “Can you make it work? A discussion of a practical approach to modelling and lighting for a stop motion production” will be a meeting with Adam Jones – collaborator in the stop-motion projects “Coraline” or “Kubo and Two Strings” and with Susanna Jerger, who was responsible for the miniature sets for Wes Anderson’s latest film by “The French Dispatch”. They both work on “Pinocchio” directed by Guillermo Del Toro, which is planned to hit theatres in 2022.
The character animation master workshop will be conducted by Marcos Valin, who works mainly on full-length films, cooperating with Tim Burton, Wes Anderson and Travis Knight. Another workshop – for young creators who want to learn how to effectively search for a producer for their projects, is prepared by Zofia Jaroszuk, who works for the award-winning Animoon studio and acts as a producer and production manager. A panel discussion will also be devoted to this topic. The cooperation between the creator and producer will be discussed by: Gábor Osváth (member of the European Film Academy, founder of Filmfabriq and Boddah studios), Jean-François Le Corre (producer of “Memorable”, founder of Vivement Lundi! studio).
As ANIMARKT is a meeting between film and business, a special place in the program is maintained by the BUSINESS section, which enables industry networking meetings with the participation of the most decision-making people in the industry. It is within this segment that Talents’ Fair – a new item in the ANIMARKT program – will be held. The portfolio review will introduce young filmmakers to the employee selection system in film studios. The talks will be led by: Becky Perryman from Strange Beast (co-created “The Headspace Guide to Sleep and Headspace Guide to Meditation” with Netflix), Erika Forzy from Passion Animation (creators of, among others, Gorillaz heros) or Dorien Schetz from Beast Animation (responsible for the production of award-winning short films such as “Oh Willy …” and the medium-length “This Magnificent Cake”).
The ANIMARKT program also includes “Ask the Expert” and presentations of full-length films and series “Show me your project” or the block “Meet your partner” this year focused on the dialogue between Chilean representatives and European producers.
In the PITCHING section, 15 projects from around the world will compete for awards this year. Best of them will receive a voucher worth PLN 60,000 to be used in the Audiovisual Technology Center (CeTA) in Wroclaw, EUR 2,000 to be spent on production in one of the Visegrad Group countries, artistic residency in the Argentinian Unquillo or accreditation to The Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its Market (Mifa) in France in 2022.
ANIMARKT FOR EVERYONE!
Meetings with Czech, Greek and engaged animation – this year’s edition of the Forum also includes ANIMARKT After Hours. All of them will take place at Pop’n’Art at Wolności Square. For the beginning, on Tuesday, December 7th, at 8:00 p.m., the screening of eight Greek stop-motion animations selected by the TAFF Festival, with an introduction by Anastasia Papadopulou. On Wednesday at the same time, a meeting with Czech animation and another seven titles. On Thursday, as part of the activities of the “Open Cages” Association, the audience will meet Tobias Fouracre, the director of the animation “Save Ralph” and its protagonist – the rabbit Ralph, used for tests.
Detailed information on the conditions of participation can be found at www.animarkt.pl.