Bongoroots on Pictoplasma 2012

I'm very happy to announce that my recent animated web advert 'Bongoroots' is going to be on the program of this year's Pictoplasma Festival of Contemporary Character Design and Art. See the program list here. The screening will be on April the 13th in Berlin, check the festival's website for any further information.

 

Bristol & London November 2011

Last week I went to Bristol for the screening of La Messicole at the Encounters Short Film Festival. I met the hero of my youth there, the legendary John K, who was sitting in front of the cinema and drawing people there (you see the drawings on his blog). The queue was so long that I decided to go for the quicker autograph queue and have him sketch a little Ren into my sketchbook.

Also I was showcasing La Messicole and other stuff to the new MA Character Animation course at  Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in the new fancy building at King's Cross and I was invited by the 'couch film society' to showcase stuff at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in Greenwich. Here is a trailer of the evenings program:

La Messicole awarded at Tindirindis 2011

Good news,

My short film 'La Messicole' has been awarded "best music video clip" at the 9th International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania. I'm particularly proud of my brother Robin who wrote and performed the soundtrack to the film – thanks, Robin!

Also congrats to Martin Groetzschel, who's film "Conformis" won in the category "Experimental film". I met him lately and will be working on a project with him soon.

Here you can see the list of the awarded films and a list of all the nominated films.

more Festival news

'La Messicole' was also selected for El Meu Primer Festival, an animation festival for children in Barcelona.

Festival update

'La Messicole' aka 'The Cornflower' was accepted by three more film festivals. I'm proud that it made it into the official competition selection of Encounters Bristol animation festival 2011!

Another one is Anifest Rozafa which takes place in Shkodra, Albania in September.
And the other one is Tindirindis International Animated Film Festival 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania. 'La messicole' was selected into the category 'animated music video clips' which means also big thanks again to my brother Robin, who made the music for the film! Unfortunately I won't be able to be at Anifest Rozafa. Maybe I'll make it to Lithuania.

'La messicole' press mentions

The Central Saint Martins posted an article about my graduation film 'La messicole' from 2010 on their blog:

http://blogs.csm.arts.ac.uk/snapshot/2011/06/07/rushes-soho-selection-csm/


There will also be an article about the film in the summer edition of the imagine animation magazine. Another mention of my film was found on the blog of the Hamburg-based animation studio Trikk 17, when it was in competition of the arte online short film festival: http://blog.trikk17.com/animation/kurzschluss-wettbewerb-animationsfilm-2011/

'La messicole' shortlisted for Rushes Soho 2011

Good News: The Rushes Soho short film festival in London has shortlisted my film 'La messicole' in the festival's animation category! A list of the official selection is here.

La Messicole at arte KurzSchluss & ISSF Detmold 2011

Hi,

Here is a short update for events where my last short film 'La Messicole' is going to be screened:

from 9th to 13th of June it will be in the animation program of International Short Film Festival Detmold 2011. Check their website for updated news. Also, in may it will be in competition of
arte KurzSchluss 2011. Here is a compilation of films in competition, they used my brother's music for the whole trailer, isn't that cool?

Event News

Together with four other CSM graduates, I'll be exhibiting work at the Central Saint Martins Innovation Centre in London on the 23rd of March. It is the second "Digital Soirée" in 2011, a series of themed events that focus on the role that digital technologies are playing in a specific field.


Another event that I'm looking forward to visiting is the Pictoplasma Festival of Contemporary Character Design and Art which will be held in Berlin from April the 6th to the 10th. You'll see my degree film 'La Messicole' in the official kids programm on the 9th.

I will be present in person at both of the above events.

'La Messicole' on the National Gallery's website

You can now watch some of the degree films by the 2010 Central Saint Martins Character Animation graduates on the website of the National Gallery. There is also a comment of the directors and a link to see the referred painting in large.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/learning/inspired-by-the-collection/2d-animation/*/chooseMedia/5/

'La Messicole' in South Korea and China

At the time, 'La Messicole' is showcasing at BUDi 2010. You can watch all of the films (including mine) on their website here:

http://www.budibudi.org/sub04/sub04_01.php?mcate=3

At CISAF it got into the final round!

Festival news from China

'Aniwow! 2010', the 5th China International Student Animation Festival in Beijing accepted 'La Messicole' out of 1500 entries for the official selection! The festival will take place online and offline, like the one in Busan. It has already started and is goint until October 31st. See their website for any informations:

http://www.aniwow-online.com


Watch 'La Messicole' on chinese youtube 'youku' (in poor quality, though)

Festival news from South Korea

Another festival in South Korea will show 'La messicole', very soon: Busan Universiade for Digital Contents 2010. Check this website for updates:

http://www.budibudi.org/

Festival News and Screenings

Here are some good news about my degree film at CSM. I managed to send it to a couple of animation festivals. Most of the deadlines have already passed, but some were still open. So far "La Messicole" has been confirmed for the official screening selection at the 12th PISAF 2010 in South Korea. The festival will take place at Puchon near Seoul from the 5th to the 9th November 2010. Check their websites for any news.

http://www.pisaf.or.kr/

And... on the 30th of September 19.00 there will be a screening of animation shorts made in the 2009/10 CSM Character Animation course. It's at the National Gallery London WC2N 5DN (Trafalgar Square), Sainsbury Wing. You'll see 'La Messicole' there as well.