Workshops, Mentoring & a Great Career – Early Bird Accreditation For Animarkt Stop Motion Forum Open!
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ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum (Source: Momakin)
Workshops with internationally recognized creators who are going to uncover the secrets of their work for participants, mentor’s guidance for young female producers and production managers, meetings with crucial international animation studios – all of this is offered by this year’s edition of ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum. This Autumn for the eighth time the stop motion world is visiting Łódź to discuss the industry’s situation and search for new talents. Presale of tickets has just begun.
The eighth edition of ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum is the only industry event in the world that integrates the environment of stop motion film. It’s Łódź where business relations or international co-operations are initiated, and young creators have an extraordinary opportunity to present their own projects in front of their masters. This is where films appreciated by the critics and audience have their beginnings.
Participation in the newest edition costs 45 euros and 30 euros for students. Until the end of August tickets can be bought in presale at the price of 30 euros. Link to the tickets can be found on www.animarkt.pl.
This year’s novelty will be mentoring programme for young female producers and production managers dedicated to participants from Central and Eastern Europe who are students or graduates of courses connected with animation and organization of production and have had experience with work in production team of animated student film or graduation film. Five participants of mentoring are going to learn about the nuances of organization and management of film production, financing of film production, promotion and film distribution, as well as sustainable film production. Among the mentors there will be specialists perfectly familiar with the industry: Katarzyna Gromadzka, Maria Motovska, Annemie Degryse, Kamila Dohnalova and Birgit Heidsek.
Women stand for majority of animation students and later they work on positions connected with organization of film production. Start of their professional path is often more difficult because of lack of confidence and the way that market is already constructed. This is where the idea for creating a programme that is going to help young female creators acquire skills allowing them to work smoothly on management positions.
Agnieszka Kowalewska-Skowron, director of ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum
Agnieszka also adds that new point of the programme is also a result of discussion during last year’s forum and survey conducted among women in which their situation in the animation industry was the main subject.
Workshops in MASTERS section is ongoing part of ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum programme, one of the most important events in the animation industry in the world. As every previous year, among the classes’ mentors are going to be internationally recognised professionals.
First workshop dedicated to character animation is going to be led by Kim Keukeleire who has worked with Wes Anderson on his “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and with Tim Burton on “Frankenweenie”. She also was senior animator on “Guillermo del Toro: Pinocchio”. Animation workshops are dedicated to young animators having experience in 2D, 3D or stop motion animation. Participants are going to work on basics of animation: speed, action, reaction, weight, timing, emotions, while using objects and Stickybones.
Angela Poschet masterclass at ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum (Source: Momakin)
The second of workshops about the role of linear producer in stop motion animation production is going to be led by Angela Poschet. Classes are dedicated to teams of animators and people interested in stop motion animation production. During these participants are going to learn how to judge the script and create division of resources, set up production schedule and budget. Angela Poschet has been awarded numerous times as a linear producer and consultant known from animated productions in Europe. In her portfolio are “Isle of Dogs” by Wes Anderson and Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” that was nominated for Oscar.
A chance to present the achievements and find a job in stop motion projects are going to be Career Days that are short meetings with representatives of five studios. Every meeting is going to last for 15 minutes. Interviews with selected creators are going to be conducted by the representatives of internationally recognized studios: Dutch 5 A.M. Studios, Swedish Apparat AP, US LAIKA, Spanish Pangur Animation and British Passion Picture.
Condition of participation in mentoring, workshops and Career Days is filling out the form available on www.animarkt.pl website. The number of places is limited. Submission time is going to last up until 31 August 2023. About the selection and payment terms, qualified participants are going to be informed on 10 September.
ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum is going to take place between 4 and 8 October in Łódź.
Project is co-financed by Polish Film Institute.