JURY AND AWARDS | 2022

Marco Bellano, PhD, is research fellow and adjunct professor in the History of Animation at the University of Padova (Italy). In 2022 he was awarded a Marie Skłodowska–Curie Global Fellowship for his FICTA SciO project, to be developed at the Hochschule Luzern and in Padova. In 2018 he passed the National Scientific Qualification as associate professor. Among his books: Václav Trojan. Music Composition in Czech Animated Films, Routledge, 2019; Allegro non troppo. Bruno Bozzetto’s Animated Music, Bloomsbury, 2021; 24 fotogrammi per una storia dell’animazione, Dino Audino, 2021. In 2014 he received the Norman McLaren-Evelyn Lambart Award for the Best Scholarly Article from the SAS- Society for Animation Studies. He chaired the 29th SAS conference (2017). He is in the scientific board of the Mutual Images Journal and of Cabiria-Studi di cinema, as well as of the “Lapilli” series published by Tunué. He was in the jury of international animation festivals (Teheran and Future Film Festival, among others). As a lecturer and a pianist, he collaborates with the Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française (Venice, Italy).

Born in Rome, she graduated with a degree in Psychology of development and education from the University “La Sapienza” and she is a professional journalist. She achieved the Master in Journalism from the School of Journalism “ Massimo Baldini”, at Luiss Guido Carli University. She also studied journalism at “Lelio Basso” Foundation, where she attended courses in human rights, international inquiries and issues. She collaborates with  the newspaper « Il Manifesto ». Passionate about cinema and animation, she collaborated with festivals « Animavì » and « Imaginaria », and with the animation blog « AfNews »

Nel 1998 inizia la sua carriera come fumettista e illustratore collaborando per le principali case editrici italiane (Sergio Bonelli Editore/Star Comics). Pioniere italiano dell’animazione nella grafica tridimensionale, ha fondato la società Burning Brain. Nel 2010 inizia la sua collaborazione con la neonata MAD Entertainment come regista e responsabile del dipartimento di Animazione 3D. Con MAD Entertainment, in qualità di autore, ha seguito lo sviluppo di diversi progetti, tra cui “Gatta Cenerentola”, candidato a 8 premi David di Donatello (tra cui Miglior Film e Opera prima) e vincitore di 2 (Migliori effetti visivi e Miglior produttore). Nel 2019 ha inoltre collaborato con Igort seguendo gli effetti visivi dell’acclamato film, 5 è il numero perfetto.

Beatrice Pucci, born in 1979 is a stop motion animation author, sculptor and designer.

She lives and works between the Marche Apennines and Emilia. Her latest animation work Soil is Alive entered the “Cinquina finalist Nastri d’Argento 2016” and has participated in numerous national and international festivals including the Annecy festival. He worked for cinema with an animated insert to Alina Marazzi’s film “Tutto parla di te,” which was awarded “best director” at the 8th Rome Film Festival. He recently made an animated short with a special technique made of ink and light for the song “Ho paura” by Alessandro Fiori.

Her sculptures and drawings have been exhibited in Italy and abroad.

Simone Angelini (Chieti, 1980) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator.Self-taught, he is trained in self-publishing where he experiments with comics, illustration andanimation.His best-known comics are published in Italy by Coconino Press/Fandango, Panini Comics, Ifix andGrrrz Comic Art Books, in France by Editions Rackham and in the U.S. by Tinto Press.He collaborates with publishing houses, media agencies, magazines, trade fairs and festivals.A self-portrait of him is in the permanent collection of the Uffizi in Florence but he lives in Pescara.Le Storie Zitte are a comic book (Ifix, 2022), appear annually in the Smemoranda diaryand peep occasionally in fanzines, magazines, newspapers and journals.They are also an animated series accepted in numerous International Festivals dedicated to theshort films under 3 minutes. They received special mentions at La Città Incantata in Civita diBagnoregio, at Max3min in Milan, at the Anìmator festival in Poznan and special screening at theMedia and Film Studies department at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama for the HilltopFilm Festival of Diversity and Inclusion.The entire series is on youtube at bit.ly/storieszitte or on the instagram channel @silentales_

Elisabetta Di Sopra was born in 1969 in Pordenone. She lives and works in Venice. She received her Master’s degree in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice in 2010. Her artistic research is particularly expressed through the use of video language to investigate the most sensitive dynamics of the everyday dimension and its unexpressed micro-stories, where the female body takes a central role. She is curator of the Maurizio Cosua video art competition within the Francesco Pasinetti festival. She collaborates with Ca’ Foscari University for the Short Film Festival in promoting Italian video art and with the cultural association Archivio Carlo Montanaro at the Fabbrica del Vedere, Venice.

Massimo Giacon was born in Padua in 1961.
Cartoonist, illustrator, designer, artist, and musician. A key figure in the Italian new wave scene since the early 1980s, Giacon’s works have featured pretty much everything. Today, he continues to produce graphic novels (both text and illustrations) and short stories, as well as designing objects, playing various instruments, and exhibiting in art galleries around the world.

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