teilnehmer ParticipaNTSauSTAuSCHFORum EXChange ForumAnimation EXCHANGE FORUMErlebe es inErlebe es inKino grenzenlos2002 regten FILMFEST DRESDEN und das Goethe-Institut einen Austauschjunger Europäischer Trickfilmer an. Zusammen wollte man „Neue Perspektivenfür den Animationsfilm“ ausloten. Dresden als ehemaliger Sitz desDEFA-Trickfilmstudios und sein animationsaffines <strong>Festival</strong> schienen denpassenden und anregenden Rahmen dafür zu bieten. Inzwischen hat dasANIMATION EXCHANGE FORUM nicht nur eine Dekade junger <strong>Film</strong>emachervernetzt und inspiriert, sondern auch kreative Blüten hervorgebracht.Zum 12. Jahrgang begegnen sich 12 junge Talente aus Deutschland undGeorgien sowie aus Frankreich, Israel, Jordanien, Bulgarien, Russlandund der Tschechischen Republik. Gemeinsam besuchen sie die neue Ausstellungim Deutschen Institut für Animationsfilm, erkunden die MotionCapture Anlage der HTW Dresden (DREMATRIX) und folgen einer Einladungder Sächsischen Aufbaubank auf das Weingut Schloss Wackerbarth zu einemKoproduktions-Dinner. Im Zentrum des Forums 2013 steht ein viertägigerWorkshop zum Thema „animierte Projektion“ (projection mapping),geleitet von Jan Koester, Sonja Rohleder (Animation) und MichałKrajczok (Sounddesign) vom erfolgreichen Berliner Animationsstudio-Kollektiv „Talking Animals”. Ausgehend von einem ausgewählten Gebäudein Dresden wird anhand seiner speziellen Architektur und Geometrie eingrobes 3D-Modell dieses „Raumes“ erstellt, in das dann kurze Animationssequenzeneingearbeitet werden. In einer Live-Performance mit Musikimprovisationam Abend nach der Preisverleihung wird dann das Objektmit den passgenauen Projektionssamples animiert.Dem Publikum stellen sich die Teilnehmer zudem in der LANGEN NACHT DESANIMATIONSFILMES mit ihren <strong>Film</strong>en vor. Gespannt sein können Teilnehmerund Publikum anschließend auch auf ein Programm mit ausgewähltengeorgischen Animationsfilmen, präsentiert vom Kvali-Studio.In 2002, FILMFEST DRESDEN and the Goethe Institute initiated an exchangeevent for young European animation filmmakers. The intentionwas to come together and explore "new perspectives for animated film".As the former home to the DEFA Studio for Animated <strong>Film</strong>s and our animationsavvy festival, Dresden proved to be a highly suitable and stimulatingsetting for the event. In the meantime, not only has the ANIMATIONEXCHANGE FORUM inspired young filmmakers and established networksamong them for over a decade, it has also borne quite a few creative blossoms.For the forum’s 12th edition, 12 young talents are joining us from Germanyand Georgia, as well as from France, Israel, Jordan, Bulgaria, Russia and theCzech Republic. Together, they will visit the new exhibition in the GermanInstitute for Animated <strong>Film</strong> (DIAF), become familiar with the motion capturesystem at the HTW Dresden University of Applied Sciences (DREMA-TRIX) and be invited to a co-production dinner hosted by the SächsischeAufbaubank at the Weingut Schloss Wackerbarth state winery.The centrepiece of the 2013 forum is a four-day workshop on "ProjectionMapping", headed by Jan Koester, Sonja Rohleder (animation) and MichałKrajczok (sound design) from the successful Berlin animation studio collective"Talking Animals". Commencing with a building in Dresden, a rough3D model of this "space" will be generated on the basis of its special architectureand geometry, into which <strong>short</strong> animated sequences will thenbe incorporated. During a live performance with music improvisations inthe evening after the Awards Ceremony, the object will then be animatedwith projection samples intended to match it perfectly.Furthermore, the participants will present themselves and their films publiclyto an audience in the LONG NIGHT OF ANIMATED FILM. And the participantsand audience can also look forward to the exciting programmefollowing this with selected animated films from Georgia, presented byKvali-Studio.Mit freundlicher Unterstützung vonKinogenuss mit allen Sinnen!Entdecke iSens jetzt in derUCI KINOWELT Elbe Park.UCI KINOWELT Elbe Park • Lommatzscher Str. 82 • 01139 DresdenTel.: (0351) 8 41 41 42 • www.UCI-KINOWELT.deKINOWELTKUNSTHAUS RASKOLNIKOW e.V. / GALERIE118 FILMFEST DRESDEN 2013FILMFEST DRESDEN 2013 119
ANIMATION EXCHANGE FORUMTEILNEHMER PARTICIPANTSANIMATION EXCHANGE FORUMTEILNEHMER PARTICIPANTSA total of 12 animation filmmakers are participating in the 12th Animation Exchange Forum. Short personal introductions are provided below. In the contextof an "Open Stage" event during the LONG NIGHT OF ANIMATED FILM on 17.4., they are also presenting some of their latest films to a Dresden audience.(see also Animated 4: Open Stage, p. 80)Uri ALONIM Israelwas born in a suburb of Tel Aviv in 1980. He graduatedfrom Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalemin 2008, and has worked as an animator and supervisoron feature length films and TV shows for some of theleading animation companies in Israel. His favouriteactivities include sculpting, cooking and hiking, preferablyall at the same time.ZuZANA BahuLOVá CZECH RepubLIChas been a student of animation at Tomas Bata Universityin Zlin since 2006, where she is now a PhD student. Hergraduation <strong>short</strong> "Otto Wichterle" won awards at festivalssuch as Femina <strong>Film</strong> Fest and Short Short Story <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>.It is also part of a DVD collection of the best Czechanimated films from the last 5 years. She has organisedseveral animation workshops for children and is currentlypreparing an exhibition about Otto Wichterle with theCzech Centre.Elene MujIKNELI Georgiawas born in 1978. She is an art designer and animator fromTbilisi, Georgia, and is a lead actress in the hand shadowtheatre "Budrugana Gagra". The art of hand shadows isvery similar to animation and this made her transition tobecoming an animation filmmaker logical. Her passionis classic animation, but even more important for her isexperimentation with the medium, for which reason sheoften moves between 3D, 2D and experimental animation.TARIQ RIMAWI Jordanis a Jordanian animation filmmaker. He was awarded hisfirst Degree in Graphic Design in 2006 from Petra Universityin Jordan. In 2010, he graduated with an MA in Animationfrom Newport <strong>Film</strong> School in Wales and made hisgraduation film "Missing" using stop-motion. "Missing"was screened at more than 100 <strong>international</strong> film festivalsand won 12 awards. He recently finished his first professionalanimation <strong>short</strong> "Growing".Veselina DASHINOVA Bulgariawas born in Bulgaria in 1984. She studied fine art at theCollege of Fine Art Ilya Petrov, Sofia. She started a BAcourse in animation at the UCA Farnham, followed byan MA at the Royal College of Art, London. She works asa freelance animator, artist and educator in London andlast year founded the Seesaw filmmakers collective – aplatform for filmmakers interested in non-formal educationaimed at helping people share their personal storiesthrough film and animation.SANDRO KATAMASHVILI Georgiais a Georgian born artist. He graduated from the StateAcademy of Arts and currently runs "20 Steps Productions"with animated film projects.TARA MERCEDES WOOD Germanygraduated from the University of the Arts Bremen in 2012,having studied various design disciplines. Two years ago,she started animation filmmaking and has been passionateabout it ever since.SIMON RENOu FRANCEis a director, creative artist, technician and producer’sassistant who learned all these skills in the field of animationand live shooting. He studied camera operating andediting, worked for television as a video journalist and attendedLes Gobelins school of applied arts, print and digitalmedia, Paris, when he realised that cinema and fictionwere not only a dream but a real possibility. He now worksin 3D animation in Berlin.Marina MOSHKOVA RUSSIAis a 25-year-old animation filmmaker from St. Petersburg,Russia. She graduated in drawing from the St. PetersburgAcademy of Arts in 2006 and in 2009 from the St. PetersburgState University of Cinema and TV. Her graduationfilm "In Scale" was shown at many <strong>international</strong> filmfestivals and won several awards. She has been workingas a director on the animation TV series "Kikoriki" at the"PETERBURG" Computer Animation Studio since 2011.ANITA MüLLER GermanyThe animadoc films and analogue animations she createsare mostly based on real historical events as well as happeningsor documentary aspects. With their imaginaryform of storytelling, they broach issues of overlappingrealities, the detection of boundaries and relations withother cultures. She is a postgraduate student at theAcademy of Fine Arts Dresden, works as a coordinator andintends to become involved in freelance filmmaking.MANDy Müller Germanyas a career changer, she finally realised her full potentialby becoming a good animator. Working as a freelancer oncinema movies, TV series and <strong>short</strong> films, she got to knowdifferent animation techniques, such as classical handdrawn and stop-motion animation, as well as rotoscopingand digital 2D animation. But what makes her do nightshiftsvoluntarily is building up a touchable little worldwith small movable creatures.IRAKLI GaribASHVILI Georgiais a computer graphics artist. Whilst studying at theArchitectural Institute he worked as a CAD specialist internat the architectural studio "ADC". It was there that he firstdiscovered computer animation. After several years workingas an architect he slowly changed from being a renderer/visualizerto being an architectural movie animator. He thenworked at several AD agencies and production companiesgaining skills in motion graphics and animation.120 FILMFEST DRESDEN 2013FILMFEST DRESDEN 2013 121