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“Was ist denn hier passiert?” – Interactive Reading with Animated Films

27. April 2024 @ 15:00 – 16:30 – In this interactive reading, author and animator Till Penzek presents his cross-media children’s book ‘What happened here?’. We look at the pictures together very attentively. As there is deliberately no text in this book, the illustrations encourage conversation! The children describe what they see and immediately begin to develop theories: What on earth has happened […]

Tricks for Kids 4

27. April 2024 @ 15:30 – 17:00 – This is where the cinema turns into a rollercoaster! Magical short films to discover, laugh and marvel at for all animation fans from daycare centres and primary schools to teenagers. Foreign-language films have German live voice-over.Humour or drama – there’s something for everyone here. Disappeared socks, swim noodles and stories from the campsite. Grannies and […]

Wish

27. April 2024 @ 15:30 – 17:15 – As Asha makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by the universe, she and her companions have to confront the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico, to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.WishDirector: Chris Buck, Fawn […]

Green Screen Workshop

27. April 2024 @ 16:00 – 18:00 – Enter the world of visual effects (VFX) and shoot your own scene in front of the green screen. Fly into space with fish or surf in the desert – anything is possible. Instructor: Christian Bluthardt

Film Talk: Johnny & Me – Behind the scenes, Making of, VFX Breakdown

27. April 2024 @ 16:30 – 17:30 – Katrin Rothe talks about her bag of tricks. A small cutout-animated puppet interacts with a real actress in a real basement archive. Analogue cutout stop-motion animation is skilfully combined with digital techniques.Katrin Rothe has been opening up new spaces for animated film for two decades now. Her feature-length films are shown on documentary slots of […]

Animation Around Europe: Greek Animation travels with ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival

27. April 2024 @ 17:20 – 18:20 – ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival is the largest animation festival in Greece and has been held since 2008 in Hermoupolis, Syros. ANIMASYROS is particularly dedicated to the promotion of the Greek Animation community and films in international audiences. The selection of Greek short films by ANIMASYROS International Animation Film Festival + Agora, represent some of the […]

OSCAR® – Animated Short Films

27. April 2024 – 28. April 2024 @ 17:30 – 19:30 – This year’s OSCAR® programme is steeped in formative childhood memories: Tal Kator’s ‘Letter to a Pig’ tells the story of a Holocaust survivor, Stéphanie Clément’s ‘Pachyderm’ depicts a summer full of monsters in her grandparents’ house, and Yegane Moghaddam’s ‘Our Uniform’ about her school days in Iran is a moving statement for the ‘Woman, Life, […]

Making of ADAM: A Work in Progress

27. April 2024 @ 17:30 – 19:00 – ADAM is an animated feature project about an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor who is confronted with the onset of dementia, as he tries to put the memories of his late wife Bella in writing, with all its beauty and pain. In this case study, writer-director Ron Segal and producer Esther Friedrich provide a glimpse […]

Work in Progress: International Projects

27. April 2024 @ 17:30 – 19:00 – Filmmakers and producers provide insights into brand new German and international animated feature film, short film, and series projects as well as XR projects that are in various stages of production. The teams behind the projects will provide information on artistic decisions, production processes and on how they dealt with the many challenges they had […]

Student Competition 4: Stop Making Sense

27. April 2024 @ 18:00 – 20:00 – Animation can! And may! And simply does! Even at the edge of madness and beyond.Wild living, stories about growing up, the state of body and soul, and everyday madness are this year’s defining themes. Established schools from countries with a tradition of animation present themselves in their usual strong way, while brilliant newcomers broaden the […]