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IT’S TIME FOR PICCOLO FESTIVAL DELL’ANIMAZIONE: THE EVENT PROMOTED BY THE ITALIAN VIVA COMIX IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Animateka AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF REGIONE FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Pordenone, November 30, 2016 – Trieste, Udine, Lignano, Dobbia and Pordenone: these are the five italian cities where in December will take place the new edition of PICCOLO FESTIVAL DELL’ANIMAZIONE, an event promoted by the association Viva Comix with Animateka Ljubljana, the support of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and with the artistic direction of Paola Bristot, which brings to the fore the best production of animated short movies from around the world.
Nine events in Friuli Venezia Giulia starting from December 12 and closing on December 29 give the public the chance to discover styles, genres and narratives that make analog and digital animation one of the most effervescent and varied art in recent years.
The official opening of the festival was preceded by the presentation of the documentary “Bozzetto not too” by Marco Bonfanti (November 16, Cinemazero and Visionario) dedicated to the figure and the poetry of one of the Italian masters of animation, Bruno Bozzetto, the masterclass on film animation by Paola Bristot at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia di Torino and the participation in the context of the Short Market Torino Film Festival.
The opening of the Festival, therefore, fixed, as mentioned, on Monday 12 December in Trieste at the Studio Tommaseo – Trieste Contemporanea, will be followed by meetings with authors and film screenings in Pordenone, Udine, Lignano and Dobbia. Apart from films in competition, Competition Program, there are films for children and teenagers, Animakids sections, and works from Italian animators. Also, a new special selection of films with a original relationship between the music and the images, named Visual & music section. All films will be voted by the audience and the winners will be announced on December 29 at the Visionario in Udine.
Special guest will be one of the best contemporary animators, Chris Landreth, 2005 Oscar for the short film Ryan, dedicated to the Canadian artistRyan Larkin. Landreth, who uses the classic animated CGI (computer-generated imagery) and which exceeds adding the highly original technique of Psychorealism to giving a surrealist touch to all his work, will meet the public Monday December 12 in Trieste at the Studio Tommaseo with the artist Anna Budanova and Igor Prassel, founder and artistic director of the festival Animateka Ljubljana. Landreth will conduct a master class for secondary schoold in Trieste (December 12) and for the students from Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice (13 December). Another guest will be Roberto Paganelli, animator and teacher of the OTTOmani laboratori, an Italian factory of excellence specializing in the teaching of animation. He will meet the audience in Dobbia on December 14.
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Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione is organized by Viva Comix Association in partnership with Animateka Film Festival, Stripburger (Ljubljana), Mediateca Mario Quargnolo, Visionario, CAV Centro Arti Visive, CEC (Udine), Cinemazero, Biblioteca Civica (Pordenone), Trieste Contemporanea, Casa del Cinema, La Cappella Underground, Mediateca La Cappella Underground (Trieste), Dobialab (Dobbia). In collaboration with: City of Udine, City of Lignano, Italian Institute of Ljubljana Culture, Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio, Wunderkammer (Trieste), La Fabbrica del Vedere (Venice), Ottomani Laboratori (Bologna). The festival is part of Viva i fumetti 17th edition with the support of Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia.