Presentations&Workshops

M.A.R.K.13 (Stuttgart): German Animation Engineering

Wed, May 3. / 2 pm / Metropol 2

M.A.R.K.13 is a one-stop shop for media solutions, guiding clients through the production process via creative input and technical knowledge – from pitches through development to final delivery. Employing a dedicated team of talented in-house professionals, M.A.R.K.13 focuses on storytelling throughout the full range of media production. With the capacity to deliver any job from concept to post-production, from character development to VFX, the studio step up and deliver state-of-the-art animation. Never loosing sight of the bottom-line, M.A.R.K.13 has been branching out into stereoscopic feature animation since 2010, as well as producing TV-Shows and short works by artistsin-residence. In this presentation the studio will be showcasing its path from a 3 student workshop back in the late 90’s, to a commercial production and animation studio, that when running at full pace, hosts up to 70 artists.

Presented by : Dominique Schuchmann

Neuer Österreichischer Trickfilm (NÖT) (Vienna): Animating Austria

Wed, May 3 / 9 pm / Gloria 2

Benjamin Swiczinsky, CEO and Co-founder of “Neuer Österreichischer Trickfilm” will talk about
the making of some of the studio’s most exciting projects reaching from independent to big
commercial Hollywood productions. What are the challenges facing the Austrian animation industry
and what are the goals for the future?

Presented by: Benjamin Swiczinsky

Lupus Films (London)

Thu, May 4 / 2 pm / Metropol 2

Lupus Films is a London based production company  set up in 2002 by Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding. Lupus Films specialises in animation, using a wide range of techniques from hand-drawn to 2D digital and CGI, and also produce live-action and factual entertainment. Lupus Films’ productions have been shown in the UK on BBC, Channel 4, Five, ITV, S4C, Disney and Cartoon Network and in over 150 territories worldwide. In 2013 Lupus Films received a prestigious Vision Award from the BFI. The company’s first feature film which developed as a result, “Ethel and Ernest”, had its’ premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, followed by a UK-wide cinema release and transmission on BBC in October 2016. Lupus Films have recently completed a second season of successful pre-school show “The Hive” (78 x 7 min.)
for Disney Junior and an animated half-hour special based on best-selling children’s book “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” for Channel 4. The film was Channel 4’s most viewed programme in 2016.

Presented by: Ruth Fielding, Camilla Deakin

Wall of Animation 2 – Augmented Reality at Breuninger

LAVAlabs Moving IMages & Lightshape GmbH & Co KG (Stuttgart)

Thu, May 4 / 4 pm / Metropol 2

This year’s Wall of Animation has been primarily realized by the two Animation Studios LAVAlabs and Lightshape. During this presentation they will talk about their work on the Wall of Animation and will introduce their studios.

LAVAlabs moving images is an innovative and creative studio for film, visual effects, animation and motion graphics with offices in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Berlin. They offer state-of-the-art VFX, 3D animation, motion design and product visualization for feature films, digital media and interactive installations. They have a broad network with agile, innovative and inter-disciplinary teams. Every project challenge is different – their solutions are just as unique.

The service portfolio of the Lightshape GmbH & Co. KG ranges from computer generated pictures and animations over VR, AR and web applications to guidance on how to use new media and technologies. They produce high quality interactive applications that excite and open completely new possibilities for marketing as well as research and development. New worlds can be experienced and complex contents can be studied in a playful way.

Google Spotlight Stories (San Francisco)

Thu, May 4 / 9 pm / Gloria 2

Google Spotlight Stories’ 360° interactive platform is providing a new way of storytelling for filmmakers. By combining mobile engineering and filmmaking to create original “on device” experiences, the phone holds the story, and the audience holds a window and the freedom to look anywhere. Working with an array of award-winning directors and artists, and exploring a variety of styles, Google Spotlight Stories is building the innovative tech and creating the means for making immersive stories through mobile 360°, mobile VR and room-scale VR headsets.

Presented by: Sara Diamond, Brian Collins

Studio AKA (London): What we do in between the frames

Fri, May 5 / 2 pm / Metropol 2

A talk through recent projects and adapting processes by Studio AKA partner and director Philip Hunt, outlining how Studio AKA create in both their commercial and personal projects. Studio AKA is a multi-BAFTA winning and Oscar / E mmy nominated independent animation studio and production company based in London. They are known internationally for their idiosyncratic and innovative work, expressed across an eclectic range of projects – in short films such as “Jo in the Stars”, “A Morning Stroll”, and “Lost and Found”, or in advertising campaigns and TV series animation such as “Hey Duggee”. Their close-knit team includes directors, designers, animators, writers, technical artists, and producers, who create and consult on projects with a strong emphasis on story, design and character.
http://www.studioaka.co.uk

Country Focus Croatia: Animation studios from Croatia

Thu, May 4 / 9 pm / Gloria 2

Adriatic Animation (Pula)

Adriatic Animation is a small, authors-owned studio for short animation films based in Croatia. It has
so far produced more than eight commissioned videos, two short films in co-production, and
has four short films in production. The studio is also developing two commercial projects for TV
distribution, one for adults and one for children. Studio owners Draško Ivezić and Chintis Lundgren
present the short film from 2015 “Life with Herman H. Rott” and several projects in development.

Presented by: Draško Ivezić

Bonobostudio (Zagreb)

Bonobostudio is a Zagreb-based company specialised in production and distribution of awardwinning animated and experimental films. It was founded in 2008 as a hub for creativity and innovation in experimental animation. We are passionate about expressing the filmmakers’ visions and in doing so we value high production and artistic standards. Films in our production and distribution were screened at a number of festivals all over the world and won more than 200 awards.

Presented by: Vanja Andrijevic

Zagreb Film (Zagreb)

Zagreb Film is an Oscar winning production company, owned by the City of Zagreb. It was founded in 1953. The studio’s focus is on short animated and experimental films, it aims to preserve the archive films that won over 600 awards over the years. Zagreb Film produces, distributes and sells short films and organizes animation workshops for children and professionals.

Presented by: Andrijana Vidaček

Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts (Jerusalem)

Thu, May 4 / 5 pm / Metropol 3

The Bezalel Academy of Art & Design is proud to present a selection of short animated films produced in the Screen Based Arts Department over the past five years. The films, apart from showing a high degree of mastery of the various animation techniques also demonstrate an impressive ability to form effective cinematic experiences by use of narrative, structures and humour. Made in the most prominent animation school in Israel, mentored and guided by highly skilled animators and media people, this bunch of cinematic works is certainly a celebration of creativity and originality by young Israeli filmmakers today. The programme will be introduced by Agur Schiff, a senior lecturer at the Bezalel Academy Screen Based Arts Department.

Presented by: Agur Schiff

SUPINFOCOM Rubika (Valenciennes)

Fri, May 5 / 3 pm / Metropol 3

SUPINFOCOM Rubika is a professional training school for animation, based in Valenciennes, Northern France. Since their creation in 1987 by the Chamber of Commerce Grand Hainaut, Rubika’s schools have stood out with their innovative, new kind of pedagogy, involving the conduct of projects and teamwork. This pedagogy led SUPINFOCOM Rubika to become one of the worlds standards in the animation industry.

presented by: Laure Cavalini

Trickfilmklasse Kassel

Fri, May 5 / 5 pm / Metropol 3

Trickfilmklasse Kassel is a concentration within Visual Communication studies at the School of Art and Design Kassel. One of the Kunsthochschule’s particular hallmarks is its interdisciplinary work. At the centre of animated film teaching is the artistic development of the students, who work on independent projects alone and in groups. They are supervised individually by Prof. Martina Bramkamp and Prof. Thomas Meyer-Hermann as well as staff members Franka Sachse and Dennis Stein-Schomburg. In addition, well-known international animated film artists are regularly invited for workshops at the School of Art and Design including Priit Pärn, Phil Mulloy and Regina Pessoa. The artistic projects are complemented by seminars on the theory, techniques and market of animated film. The results are quite respectable – the films from Kassel have received numerous awards, including two Academy Awards.

presented by: Martina Bramkamp, Thomas Meyer-Hermann

Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart

Sat, May 6 / 5 pm / Metropol 3

Within the presentation we will see selected productions of our students from the last semesters to get an impression of the education at the HdM. The films shown are projects of one semester which we call “studio production” and are from areas such as computer animation, vfx special effects and film. At the end of the screening you will have the chance to ask questions to faculty members of the HdM who are looking forward to a fruitful and interesting discussion.

pesented by: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eberhardt, Jochen Bomm, Verena Fels, Peter Ruhrmann

DIE FILMAKADEMIE AT ITFS 2017

Sun, May 7 / 2 pm / Metropol 3

FILM DESIGN 1 & 2

Cinematic Experience is a subject at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg that is open to all students during their basic studies – as a requirement in the first year and as an elective in the second. Experimenting is not only allowed here, it’s expressly encouraged. Without the typical guidelines and limits of the market, the students develop short films in unusual and unique narratives while taking into consideration many formal – often underrepresented – approaches. They apply both animation-technical real scenes and experimental types of games in mixed forms. Under these conditions, every year a series of filmatic jewels are created which impress by virtue of their individual expressive forms.

presented by: Prof. Jochen Kuhn & Nils Knoblich

MOTION DESIGN

The graduate programme project concentration Motion Design qualifies designers, art directors, and promotion producers for management positions in media and creative companies. The audiovisual design of films, TV, and web design, motion graphics, text and information animation, interactive and game design, screen promotion, trailer producing, and digital staging of cultural and music events is a key element of media productions. At the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, in addition to realising their own, freely-designed productions, motion designers have the possibility to work closely with authors, directors, producers, animators, set designers, sound designers, and composers – from the planning phase to the final product. Each year, the Filmakademie awards diplomas to Media and Motion Designers who successfully make their way in professional careers.

presented by: Jürgen Klozenbücher

Animationsinstitut

If you want to make your own animated film, create breathtaking visual effects or develop an interactive experience, you’re in good hands at Animationsinstitut. The institute offers students with a concentration on Animation and Interactive Media subject-specific training and individual content supervision with state-of-the-art software and hardware technology. After completing the two-year basic study period together with colleagues
from all subjects, the institute’s students can concentrate on their third-year and diploma projects during the 2.5-year project period. During this phase, interdisciplinary work in a team as well as co-operation with the research and development department are strongly encouraged. Animationsinstitut views itself as an education
institution oriented on the practice. That is why the curriculum is part of a constantly expanding network
of internationally renowned guest instructors, partners from the private sector, leading national
and international film academies, and speakers from FMX, International Conference on Animation,
Effects, VR, Games and Transmedia, all of which offer students important networking and career
opportunities.

www.animationsinstitut.de
www.fimakademie.de

presented by: Prof. Inga von Staden & Marc Lutz

Präsentation der Festivaltrailer

Students at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Animationsinstitut have co-operated with students from Stuttgart Media University (HdM) to develop four worlds, each producing a short film and a game experience. The trailers will be presented at the ITFS this year, as well. The VR experiences and apps can be played during the entire Festival week in the GameZone. As thirdyear projects, these technologically innovative and stylistically very different animated short films and games had only four months of production time. Lots of thanks go out to the students, the instructors Johannes Weiland and Julian Jungel, the production supervisor Christian Müller, the entire Animationsinstitut’s team, and Prof. Dr. Stefan Radicke from the HdM. You can find detailed information on the project related to the installations in the “GameZone” section of the catalogue.

Country Focus Croatia: Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb

Sun, May 7 / 2 pm / Metropol 2

The Department of Animated Film was established in 1999. It is unique at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in which it encourages parallel mastering of classical animation techniques and learning the techniques of new media and contemporary art practices, especially those of conceptual nature. Students demonstrate a wide range of approaches to narrative design, animation techniques, directing and aesthetics, as a result of encouraging individuality and creativity, with the aim of developing a high-quality artistic personality in the traditional modernistic spirit of the Zagreb School of Animated Film. Films also evidence that students follow
contemporary tendencies and do not hesitate to experiment with film as a medium. Combining those two approaches, each student forms a recognizable personal style as a foundation for future career development. MA graduate works are in the regular distribution of Zagreb Film, with which the department has signed a cooperation agreement.

presented by: Joško Marušic

Hochschule Offenburg

Sun, May 7 / 5 pm / Metropol 3

At the state university of applied sciences, Offenburg houses modern studios for stop motion and computer animation, visual effects design, interactive media, video and sound. Here students know each other and build strong teams for animation and film production. The supervision from professors and staff is also more individualised than at most other universities. The film festival SHORTS – a tri-national film festival on the Oberrhein – annually offers students the chance to show their films for the first time with awards totalling 10,000 euros. The B.A. programme “media.design and production” (m.gp) creates a refugee for the personal and artistic development of students who are aiming for careers in film, animation and interactive media. m.gp conveys the principles of classic animation, computer animation, visual effects design, scripts, film, sound, graphics and interactive media. In advanced semesters, animation and VFX can be chosen as concentrations. As a complement to the M.A. programme “Media and Communication”, a Master’s programme “FILM” is to be set up in which applicants can choose among concentrations in feature films, documentary films, animated films and intermedial films.

http://mgp.mi.hs-offenburg.de/

presented by: Götz Gruner

Sat, May 6 / 3 pm / Gloria 2

The Cooperation
Idents are an ideal challenge for animation students. A precise task, a manageable length, and a defined deadline provide clear conditions for the students to give free rein to their fantasies. Cartoon Network and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences – Art and Design have cooperated for seven years, and the participants are as enthusiastic now as they were in the beginning. The newly created idents are a part of the programme, as are the award-winning BA and MA works and current series highlights from Cartoon Network.

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences – Art and Design

In a programme unique in Switzerland, the Bachelor of Arts in Film/Animation offers an education in the theory and practice of all essential areas of animation film. The students’ freedom in their choice of technology and medium allows them to create their own visual language in addition to learning the necessary professional, technical, and manual skills of the trade. The Master of Arts in Design / Animation builds on this and optimizes later chances in the job market. For the implementation of the master project, the goal is for students to join in a co-production project with external production companies.

Cartoon Network
There’s always something going on at Cartoon Network! Crazy cartoon series full of wacky characters like the Powerpuff Girls and the three bears from “We Bare Bears” provide for tons of fun action! Turn it on and experience new adventures every day with the award-winning series from the Cartoon Network Studios like “The Amazing World of Gumball” or “Adventure Time”.

Multiplatform Brand Solutions – Kids Networks: Gerhard Wolf, CartoonNetwork.de

The section “Work in Progress” allows producers and directors to present their animated feature length film projects in front of animation professionals from all over the globe, who in turn have the opportunity to be among the first to see new and interesting productions. Four quality projects, ranging from the state of “in concept” to “in production”, will be presented in 25 minutes slots (including a Q&A session). In their presentations the producers and directors will not only talk about their productions, but also show first footage and trailers of their film projects.

Hump (Hump)

Director: Rob Gibbs / Germany, Belgium, Canada / / 95:00:00 min. / Production: MovieBrats Pictures GmbH, Walking The Dog, Tangent Animation

Status: pre-production, Target audience: 6-10 years, families, Genre: family adventure / comedy

presented by Alexander Weimer (Production MovieBrats Pictures)

Rescued as a newborn among the rolling dunes of an unforgiving Arabian desert by a Bedouin boy named Omar, camel Rami grows to become Omar’s best and most loyal friend. One night, when Omar’s mother falls very ill, his father puts all of them in their truck as they make a mad rush toward the city for help, leaving Rami behind in his deep sleep. Determined to find his best friend, Rami takes all his courage to set out on an epic journey across the desert. Joined by a cunning desert fox, claiming to be a prince, and a mistrusting goat, Rami has to overcome mirages and sand spiders to become the steed of the desert he was born to be, before being reunited with his best friend.

Bombay Rose (Bombay Rose)

Director: Gitanjali Rao / India, Germany, France, United Kingdom / 90:00:00 min. / Production: Les Films d´ici, Cinestaan Film Company, Die Gesellschaft DGS

Status: pre-production, Target audience: 8 years and above, Genre: drama / coming of age

presented by Gitanjali Rao (Director) und Michael Henrichs (Producer Die Gesellschaft DGS)

On the Bollywood-soaked streets of Bombay, many lives and loves come together, through the story of one red rose.

Adam (Adam)

Director: Ron Segal / Israel / 80 min. / Production: 2-Team Productions

Status: in development, Target audience: young adults, adults, Genre: drama

presented by Ron Segal (Author, Director)

Facing the onset of dementia, Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor Adam Schumacher sets out on a journey through his dissolving memory, as he struggles to put the story of his love to his wife in writing before it is forever lost.

Slide (Slide)

Director: Bill Plympton /  75 min. / Production: Bill Plympton Studio

Status: pre-production, Target audience: young adults, adults, Genre: comedy/action

presented by Bill Plympton (Director)

Slide” is an animated feature film about a mystical slide guitar player who comes to a mountain town to clean up the corruption – all to the country western sound of Hank Williams and Patsy Cline.

Délphine Maury:

– Fresh out of school: 13 young directors adapting 13 poems – How to produce a 13 shorts for kids collection about poetry, with young directors?

Wed, May 3 / 10 am / Metropol 3

How to create and produce a collection for public TV in which 13 young directors, coming fresh out of school, choose a poem, write a script about it, then create an entire graphic universe for it and finally animate it with every possible animated technique in a 3 min. short for kids ? How to choose the young talents, how to finance such a project and deliver it for TV?

Ahmad Saleh:

Writing the Story that Deserved an Oscar

Thu, May 4 / 10 am / Metropol 3

Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding, the producers of animated feature film “Ethel and Ernest” and classic TV specials such as “The Snowman and The Snowdog” and “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”, will share the creative process and behind-the-scenes stories of working with the legendary author and illustrator Raymond Briggs on adapting his books into animated film.

LUPUS FILMS:

From page to screen – Animating Raymond Briggs

Fri, May 5 / 10 am / Metropol 3

Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding, the producers of animated feature film Ethel & Ernest and classic TV specials such as The Snowman and The Snowdog and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, will share the creative process and behind-the-scenes stories of turning some of the UK’s best-loved children’s books into animated films.

Tina Brenneisen:

Graphic Novels – story telling between film and literature

Sat, May 6 / 10 am / Metropol 3

Closely linked to film and literature, graphic novels combine various narrative traditions and techniques. This means a great deal of freedom, but also high demands on narration. Tina Brenneisen, comic strip artist and publisher, offers a look into the development and production of four differently constructed stories, full of pictures. (Award-winner of the German Comic Book Prize from the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung 2017).

AKKORDFILM:

From Grandma’s Bookshelf straight to the Big Screen

Sun, May 7 / 10 am / Metropol 3 (in German language)

The film adaptation of a well-known book always brings with it particular challenges. This is especially true for the adaptation of a classic picture book from the 1920s for modern animated film. Screenwriter Katja Grübel, producer Dirk Beinhold, publisher Bärbel Dorweiler, TV editor Benjamin Manns of broadcaster.

Content Creation for Virtual Worlds: Challenges of merging valuable storytelling with cutting-edge technology in creating VR content

Wed, May 3 / 5 pm / Metropol 3

Virtual reality is bound to revolutionize filmmaking in the years to come. By enabling new types of storytelling, VR turns filmmakers into architects of complex and engaging narrative worlds that allow viewers to interact with, or even influence the storyline. VR creators therefore need to be able to combine well-established storytelling practices with new skills that go well beyond the mastery of VR technology. To create meaningful and captivating VR content, we have no choice but to fundamentally rethink the way we tell stories. Astrid Kahmke, head of VR Creators’ Lab (DE) – a training programme for VR content creation supported by Creative Europe – will address the seismic shift in creative thinking required to harness the potential of immersive storytelling. Vanessa Labarthe, VR project manager at Animation Studio Folimage (FR), will share specific challenges encountered during the development of “Amnesia”, an animated VR series where stop motion and 3D animation techniques come together in a 360° environment. Fred Baus, CEO of realab (LUX), will explore how user-friendly software solutions like Virtelio can support creators in their endeavor to tell interactive and immersive stories.

presented by: Astrid Kahmke, Head of VR Creators’ Lab (DE), Vanessa Labarthe, VR Project Manager Animation Studio Folimage (FR), Fred Baus, CEO realab (LUX)

In cooperation with Creative Europe Desk Munich, Strasbourg, Luxembourg