Training session about project presentation.
Training session about script.
Training session about the puppet building.
Training session about film production.
Training session about public speech.
Makers of stop-motion films and representatives of various fields of animation will meet to exchange experiences, develop skills and make international friends in Łódź.
HERE you will find the full ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum program.
You can find us at the Academic Design Center at Księży Młyn 13/15, 90-337 Łódź, Poland.
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ANIMARKT ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 PITCHING CONTEST
21 projects selected from 120 entries received from 33 countries like India, Europe, Chile and the United States, among others. Main aim: bring the creators of the pitching projects closer to the realization of their ideas for films. We already know the winners of this year’s ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum Pitching contest. The official award ceremony took place during the 9th ANIMARKT’s evening gala on 17th October at Mediateka MeMo in Łódź, Poland.
List of awarded projects:
SHORT FILM PROJECTS
project: SAUDADE, dir. Laura Moncada, prod. Laura Moncada, Daniel Virgüez
project: SAUDADE, dir. Laura Moncada, prod. Laura Moncada, Daniel Virgüez
project: BARRO, dir. José Prats, prod. Andrew Oldbury, Holly Carrington
project: 10.000 STEPS, dir. Joan Rubinat, Belinda Bonan, prod. Belinda Bonan
project: IT CAME WITH THE TIDE, dir. Monja Dietrich, Vincent Suttner, prod. Monja Dietrich
project: ONLY RATS, dir. Paz del Carre, prod. Leticia Montalvá
FEATURE FILM & TV SERIES PROJECTS
project: DANI’S FICTION RULES, dir. Coty Luzoro, prod. Kike Ortega
project: NATURAL SELECTION, dir. Irida Zhonga, prod. Kostas Mylonas, Bruno Caetano, Irida Zhonga
project: MICHEL CLUB, dir. Paul Mas, prod. Stéphanie Launay
project: IF I DIE, dir. Esther Vital, prod. Camilo Cavalcanti
project: NATURAL SELECTION, dir. Irida Zhonga, prod. Kostas Mylonas, Bruno Caetano, Irida Zhonga
project: MICHEL CLUB, dir. Paul Mas, prod. Stéphanie Launay
Journalist
AWN
On-site
Luna sirvin
Dandelooo
Founded Sève Films
LETICIA MONTALVÁ SÁNCHEZ
Producer and partner at Pangur Animation
Kike ortega
Audiovisual Director
francesca maxwell
Producition designer
Recruiting and Onboarding Lead
LAIKA
Model & Puppet Maker
Producer
Animator, writer and director
Supervising Animator and Stop Motion Lead at the Aardman Academy.
Producent kreatywny i współwłaściciel
Godo
Director
StillLife
Animator
Tim Allen Animation
Producer of stop motion animation
SHADOWMACHINE
StopMoLab
Animation producer
Audiovisual Technology Center
A historian by profession, passionate about film. Since 2013, she has been working at the Audiovisual Technology Center as a film production coordinator. She co-creates the CeTA animation studio, dealing with production-related matters, and in her spare time she devotes herself to artistic work on props and stage designs. She collaborated on such productions as ‘Loving Vincent’ or the series ‘Kids of Courage’.
International Animation Festival Fest Anča
Director and a programmer of the only animation festival in Slovakia, the International Animation Festival Fest Anča (since 2018) and screenwriter. Since 2018 director of the International Animation Festival Fest Anča. In 2019 she founded the festival series ‘Pilot’ with the ambition to create a platform for creators, producers, and television, and launched a debate on the state of television production in Slovakia. She is also involved in the animated films’ production as a screenwriter and has collaborated with Martin Smatana on his ‘Rosso Papavero’ (2015) and ‘The Kite’ (2019).
Łódź Film Commission
Since 2014, he has been a member of the Łódź Film Commission team in which he is responsible for international cooperation and the development of animation management tools in Łódź. In addition, he is involved in the ‘Łódzkie Pro Filmowcy’ and participates in the works of the Lodz Film Fund. For over 10 years he has been involved in the cultural life of Łódź; he participated in the organization of international cultural projects such as Fotofestiwal, Łódź Design Festival and LDZ Alternatywa.
Primanima World Festival of First Animations
A project manager of Budaörs Animation Base and Creative Space and of Primanima World Festival of First Animations in Hungary. As a cultural manager, she has organized national and international film festivals and worked at documentary film institutions. She has published studies on gender and popular film in various journals and has written on film for many publications. Currently, she is a PhD student researching contemporary Eastern European documentary film.
Anifilm
Worked as the programme director at the AniFest International Festival of Animated Films in Teplice for 3 years. Furthermore since 2013 Pavel has been a programme director at the Anifilm. He is an initiator and dramaturge of the internet portal aniont.com presenting authorial animation. Moreover, he prepares selection of films and special showcases for Czech and foreign institutions. Regularly Pavel publishes articles about film and animation and sits in juries of international film festivals and the Czech Short Films initiative. He has curated three DVD anthologies of Czech animation released by the Institute of Czech Animation.
MOMAKIN
A co-producer and a programmer of the ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum. Her main tasks at MOMAKIN include searching for movies and television programs for distribution. Also, she coordinates projects promoting Polish animation across the world and organizes cultural events. She was professionally associated with The Se-Ma-For Film Festival, TOYA TV, Multimedia Polska and Klub Wytwórnia. As well as serving as a juror at animation festivals around the world, she is a film selector for the Ibero-American Quirino Awards.
MOMAKIN
She co-organizes ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum, where she programs the Masters and Business sections. Her main areas of activity at MOMAKIN are animation distribution in movie theaters as well as education and professionalization of the animation industry. She was associated with the Se-ma-for Animation Museum, which she managed for 5 years, and was involved in the creation and co-organization of exhibitions, workshops and special events. She co-created the educational part of the Se-ma-for European/Asian Express, Junior Se-ma-for Film Festival and the film section of the International Animation Art Festival.
