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CEE Animation / Anifilm Festival Points Accommodation Restaurants Program Schedule 2

CEE Animation Forum Team 6

SHORT FILMS 14

Pitching Preparation 16

Tutors 16

Jury 18

Projects in Competition 22

SERIES / TV SPECIALS 48

Pitching Preparation 50

Tutors 50

Jury 52

Projects in Competition 54

FEATURE FILMS 74

Jury 76

Projects in Competition 78

CEE ANIMATION TALENTS 96

INDUSTRY PROGRAM 102

CEE Animation Today (Bosnia and Herzegovina, , , Czechia, , Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia)

CEE Animation Workshop 116

Anifilm Highlights 2019 118

WHO IS WHO AT CEE ANIMATION FORUM 2019 122 <

Program Schedule May 6-8, 2019 <

May 6 | Monday PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Hvězda Schwarzenberg Hall Program

14:00—15:00 Lunch

15:00—19:00 Pitching

Schedule Preparations: Group 1 15:30—17:00 (not open to the public) CEE Animation Workshop Open May 6-8, Lecture: "English Language Track Recording" SPEAKER: Moe Honan (Moetion Films, IRL) 2019 17:00—17:30 Coffee Break

17:30—18:00 Official Opening Other places

18:00—19:00 Keynote Lecture: see online 19:30 Barbecue Party Program @ Pergola (bus transfer)

Industry Program PROGRAM SCHEDULE May 7 | Tuesday PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Schwarzenberg Hall

10:00—10:45 Short Films Pitching Competition 1/2

10:45—11:30 Networking Break

10:30—12:15 Series / TV Specials Pitching Competition 1/2

12:15—12:45 Networking Break

12:45—13:30 Series / Hvězda TV Specials Pitching Other places Competition 1/2

14:00—15:00 Lunch 14:00—15:00 Lunch 14:00—15:00 Lunch

15:00—19:00 1:1 Meetings 15:00—18:30 Pitching 15:30—17:00 Masterclass: Preparations: Group 2 "International Sales by @ Enki (not open to the BAC Films and Wild Bunch" public) SPEAKERS: Marie-Pierre Vallé (Wild Bunch, FR), Alexis Hofmann (BAC Films, FR) MODERATOR: Jean-François Le Corre (VIVEMENT LUNDI!, FR)

17:30—19:00 Country Presentations 21:30 Industry Party @ Festival Tent

Industry Program Series / TV Specials Short Films May 8 | Wednesday PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Schwarzenberg Hall

10:00—10:45 Short Films Pitching Competition 2/2 Other places

10:45—11:30 Networking 11:30—12:00 Break Feature Films Pitching Competition 1/2 @ Tyl Theatre

12:15—12:30 Networking Break

12:45—13:30 Feature Films Pitching Competition 2/2 Puppet Theatre @ Tyl Theatre

14:00—15:00 Lunch 14:00—15:00 Lunch 14:00—15:00 Lunch

15:00—18:00 1:1 Meetings 16:00—17:30 CEE @ Hvězda Animation Talents Screening

@ Puppet Theatre

18:00—20:00 Award Ceremony 20:00 Goodbye Party @ Beseda

Industry Program Short Films CEE Animation Feature Films Talents CEE Animation Forum Team Matija Šturm is an executive producer of CEE Animation initiative. He has been involved in the realization of 9 professional stop-motion short films, 30 animated shorts made at creative workshops, a short and a feature documentary, many of them awarded at the national and international level. Beside film production, his professional experience includes theatre production, exhibitions, workshops and organization of professional gatherings. Matija Sturm is chairman of the Slovenian Animated Film Association, board member of the Michal Podhradský international initiative is an independent CEE Animation and board producer of Animation member of The Slovenian People company. He Federation of Filmmakers’ has made over 200 TV Guilds. series episodes, ten short films, two feature films and more than 80 animated commercials and music videos. Michal Jožko Rutar is the founder and CEO of SPOK Film, is the founding member a newly established production company dedicated of the to discovering new Slovenian film talents and to the Film Association (ASAF), development, production, promotion and distribution member of the board of high-end art-house films. After graduating from of directors of the the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, Jožko worked as Association of Czech producer of cultural events, dance performances and Producers (APA) and films with the EN-KNAP contemporary dance group for chairman of the CEE five years. From 2004 to 2011, he managed the Staragara Animation. production company and produced several features, shorts and documentaries that were presented in Cannes, Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam, etc. From 2011 to 2016, he was Managing Director of the Slovenian Film Centre. He is an EAVE graduate and its Slovenian national representative. He is a lecturer at the School of Arts – University of Nova Gorica. He offers consulting services in film development and financing and works as a decision-maker on various film funding bodies. Aneta Ozorek is artistic director of the KLIK Holland Animation Festival, film curator and education expert. She has an extensive experience in production of film events, educational workshops, exhibitions and festivals in the Polish and European market. She is also a programme advisor of the Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival in Warsaw and film section curator for the Street Art Festival in Katowice. She is Polish Ambassador of the European Animation Award and a member of the European Children Film Association or Board of Short Film Conference. Karolina Davidová She has been member of is a newbie film producer, jury at Berlinale, Odense experienced in short Film Festival, Anibar, animated films. She Primanima, Dresden graduated in arts Short FF, Zlin Film Festival, management and film Baltic Pitching Forum and production, spent part others. of her studies in London, lectured animation workshops and co- Matthieu Darras is the organized various film director of First Cut Lab industry events. Recently, and recently created the Karolína co-founded Pop Up Film Residency. the 13ka company with He founded and directed Anna Vášová focusing the European Network on original animated NISI MASA, and similarly projects based on co-founded and was a strong story. artistic director of the TorinoFilmLab. A writer for the film magazine Positif, Matthieu Darras has been working as festival director (Alba FF & IFF Bratislava) and programmer (Cannes Critics’ Week and San Sebastian). Martin Vandas has worked as a producer at MAUR film since 2003. He was a delegate producer and head of development of the co-production of Of Unwanted Things and People, a stop-motion children’s animated film. He is a lecturer at FAMU, a financial and content expert for the Czech Film Fund and Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Juraj Krasnohorsky a member of the European is a producer based Film Academy and a in Bratislava. He and founding member of ASAF his colleague Henrieta (and its first chairman). produce both fiction and He is currently producing animated films through his eighth feature film, his company Artichoke. as well as many shorts Juraj co-produced the and 30 episodes of an short film Superbia for (2016), which premiered The Czech Academy of at the Semaine de la Sciences. Critique in Cannes. He is currently co-producing an animated feature film for adults called White Plastic Sky with Katarina Kerekesova Salto Film (HU) and a graduated from stop-motion feature film the Animation Film for children Of Unwanted Department at the Film Things and People with and TV Faculty of the MAUR film (CZ), ZVIIKS Academy of Performing (Sl) and WJT (POL). Juraj Arts in Bratislava. In 2009, is an EAVE graduate, she founded the Fool Moon a member of the Slovak production company. Association of Animated She has directed and Film Producers, a board produced two successful member of CEE Animation Slovak TV shows – Mimi and an initiator/co- & Lisa and The Websters. organizer of the CEE Last year, she produced Animation Workshop. the TV special Mimi & He occasionally lectures Lisa – Christmas Lights at the Bratislava film Mystery. She is Director of school VŠMU and the the Slovak Association of Animation Sans Frontière Animated Film Producers workshop and contributes (APAF) and a lecturer as a pitching tutor for at the Animation Film animated film projects Department in Bratislava. at international pitching platforms. Györgyi Falvai graduated in Economics and received MA in design and art management. She worked as tour manager at Budapest’s acknowledged art theater Katona József, then as PR and press consultant for the French Institute Budapest, and later as an independent media consultant for many cultural events. She was Zosia Horszczaruk creative producer at Film has several years of Positive Productions then experience in the field worked in film distribution of international sales of for Szuez Film Hungary, short films. In 2014–16, she this is how she met worked as a specialist in animation and joined acquisitions and sales Moholy-Nagy University of films at New Europe of Art and Design’s Film Sales. In 2017–18, she worked as a producer in 2009. She organized for Canal + . She Bálint Gelley is a animation festivals and currently works with the Hungarian director and coordinated EU Media New Horizons Association producer of animated program supported and the Polish Animation films. He graduated international training Producers Association, in 2012 as a visual projects. She is also helping to produce communication artist and funder of Salto Films and promote special from MOME – developing content industry events. She was Moholy-Nagy University orientated and 360 a member of international of Art and Design. He also degree projects. juries at various short took part in the Animation film festivals, such Sans Frontières workshop as Cork Film Festival in 2012-13. He started and Encounters Film his career as a director Festival. A graduate of of short films, TV series the Locarno Industry and commercials, and Academy and Eave became a producer in Marketing Workshop, 2015. He is the co-founder she gives guest lectures of CUB Animation and workshops on film Studio, an independent sales and marketing. She recently became based in Budapest. The a national coordinator of studio’s main focus CEE Animation. and indeed obsession is creating worlds with unique designs using the unlimited tools of animation and the power of young talents. Marta Jallageas works as a film public relations freelancer. After spending seven years working in PR and marketing in both the non-profit and business sectors, Marta decided to return to her university field of interest and focus on film PR. She Bojan Schuch is an is in charge of marketing experienced professional and international PR with more than 20 years with a focus on the of work history in the NGO professional community management industry. but also manages the As co-founder and CEO of promotion of a film in ABBS, has been providing all stages and genres. administrative support Within CEE Animation, for grants and subsidies she coordinates media in different areas, both for collaboration with donors and beneficiaries. current partners and From 1999 to 2011, he continues to look for more managed several human opportunities to establish rights’ programmes in new contacts. Civil Society Development Maroš Brojo works as a Foundation and developed manager of Slovak Game different partnership Developers Association projects, mostly in the areas and artistic director of civil and cultural dialog. at Game Days Trnava From 2012 to 2018, he was festival dedicated to Executive Director of the digital games. He is a Institute of Documentary curator at Slovak Design Film, with responsibility Museum, focusing for administration, on digital games and management and running multimedia history and is of three very well-known also a member of Slovak documentary projects Arts Council support continuously supported program for multimedia by Creative Media: East and digital games. As a Doc Platform, Ex Oriente project coordinator at CEE Film and KineDok. With Animation he manages comprehensive knowledge the Talents promotional of grants and subsidies initiative. From 2014 schemes on local, regional to 2018 he worked as and international level, the artistic director of Bojan’s consulting services Fest Anča International are focused on end-to-end Animation Festival. financial management. Marcela Vrátilová is Maja Oprešnik received a freelance executive her Bachelor’s degree in producer/production Cultural Studies from the manager. She graduated University of Ljubljana. Her from FAMU in production, diverse work experience mainly worked in spans from journalistic advertising as Line and editorial work at the producer for Stillking Films, infamous Radio Študent to the leading Czech service technical photography in production company, then the field of archaeology, to moved to London where being head of hospitality she spent 5 years working at the Festival of Slovenian for one of UK’s leading Film and Animateka. The advertising production latter made a lasting companies, Stink London. impression on her, During this period, she causing her to stay in the made the first contact with field of animation with animated film through her current work for DSAF Michal Podhradský and –Slovenian Animated Film his company Animation Association. people. Since 2015, she has been Head of Production at CEE Animation (formerly VAF). Currently, she works in Prague as production manager for two feature films co-produced by MAUR film The Crossing and Fritzi – A Revolutionary Tale and new feature film Rosentaal by Miroslav Krobot. Ana Lampret works for Saša Bach graduated in The Slovenian Federation Cultural Studies from the of Filmmakers’ Guilds University of Ljubljana in and CEE Animation. 2011. Since 2006, she has She previously worked volunteered at various for the Slovenian Film Slovenian festivals. In 2011, Centre on Script and she began to work at the Project Development, Animateka International promotion coordination Animated Film Festival and promotion of short and became the festival films. She was responsible producer in 2014. In the for organization and framework of Animateka, coordination of special she coordinates the events. In recent years, festival’s industry platform she was head of industry AnimatekaPRO, exhibitions, events at the Festival workshops, concerts of Slovenian Film. She and takes care of the is actively involved in festival logistics. Since the development and 2013, she is a producer at education initiative StopTrik International Film RE-ACT through which Festival. Between 2013 she also occasionally and 2016, she was festival collaborates with producer for the Festival of TorinoFilmLab, Maia Slovenian Film. In 2016, she workshops and Ex Oriente. became president of The Elephant – Association for Film Education, an organisation dedicated to promoting and educating young audiences about animated film. In 2017, she became a board member of the Slovenian Animated Film Association. Short Films The CEE Animation is also an international platform aiming to support young professionals while helping them to develop their animation projects with experienced international professionals and to create an international network. In order to prepare a public pitching session for the projects selected, we propose a support program of several prep sessions for the authors and producers. These modules focus on the three key elements of every project: good story assets, consultation of a realistic development plan and structuring a good pitch. The tutors for Short Films pitching preparation:

Zsuzsanna Kreif is a freelance and illustrator based in Budapest, graduated from MOME in 2014. Her first film, Limbo-Limbo Travel, co-directed with Bori Zétényi was pitched on VAF, won best short film prize, and also the

short film projects: Pitchin g Pre p aration opportunity to work in coproduction with the French company Lardux Films. The film This part of the was finished in 2014, programme is not and was selected and open to the public. awarded on several international film Each participating festivals. Zsuzsanna team (producer and also directed the author) will get a twelve episodes TV- unique opportunity for series Candide for the in-depth consultations Hungarian Television, with experienced which was finished in professionals during 2018. At this moment, 45 min. online sessions. she works on a new Our tutors will focus on animated project Dino story concept, project Doom on Desert Planet. development, financial plan, market or festival strategy, possible coproduction workflow separation etc. Philip LaZebnik Phil Parker

has written numerous Screenwriter and THIS PART OF THE PROGRAMME IS NOT OPEN TO PU B LIC television episodes creative producer and motion picture Phil Parker works screenplays in Los on five continents Angeles and Europe, and has developed but he is primarily original content in known for his animated over twenty countries features at Disney demonstrating there and DreamWorks. is a global capacity His screenwriting for new concepts. His credits include clients have included Disney’s Pocahontas Aardman Animation and Mulan, and (the Oscar winning DreamWorks’ Prince of Wallace and Gromit Egypt and The Legend – Curse of the Were- of El Dorado. Philip Rabbit and multi- also wrote the book for award winning The the theatrical musical Pearce Sisters), the adaption of Prince of Mob Film Company Egypt for DreamWorks. (Terry Prachett’s The Hogfather), Foreseesense (Bach in – 2016, 16 weeks in German Box office), the UK Film Council, Berlin-Brandenburg Medienboard, PRIME Exchange, and Nord Media. Phil Parker, co-wrote Manou the Swift (2018) and is a co-founder and CEO of BCre8ive, a multiplatform online development company.

CEE Animation Forum 16--17 The jury for Short representative on the Films pitching ASIFA board. In April competition: 2008, he left the AFCA to create the animated film production company “Les Trois Ours” and won a César award with the short Olivier Catherin Kiki of Montparnasse was born in 1965 in in 2014. Having joined Paris and trained as Pictanovo in 2017, he an ethnologist. In took charge of the 2002, he joined the development of the French Animated animated film sector for Films Association the Hauts-de- (AFCA) to create the region. He also teaches International Animation animation production Day celebration in at the INA (National France, then continued Audiovisual Institute) at the international and is one of the

short film projects: Pitchin g Com p etition level as the French founders of the Emile Awards ceremony. In 2019, he became an independent producer Every team will get five minutes to present their and animation story, idea and future animation film for an consultant, mostly audience of potential partners, co-producers and working for the CITIA in other professionals. After making their pitch, the Annecy. teams will have networking meetings with invited experts - broadcasters, producers, distributors, fund members etc. Thirteen short films in development will participate in the CEE Animation Forum 2019 pitching competition. Thanks to the partnership with several European prestigious training programmes, selected filmmakers will grant a full scholarship for following events: EAVE Marketing Workshop, CEE Animation Workshop, Anomalia, Pop Up Film Residency or European Animation Development Lab Animation Sans Frontières. The winning short film project will receive EUR 1,000. Clermont-Ferrand. Euro Connection has seen 80+ projects successfully become films. He also regularly designs various targeted industry meetings to foster Laurent Crouzeix the development, Jamie Kezlarian Bolio is on the Executive production, and contributes to the team responsible distribution of short industry as an artist, for the Clermont- films in Europe and filmmaker and Ferrand Short Film beyond. Laurent is champion of the craft Festival and the currently completing with his projects of Short Film Market. He a stop-motion short he merit and unique visual started programming directed together with appeal. Jamie founded films at the Festival Chilean director Luis 62 GEORGE STREET for its International Briceño. (based in Los Angeles Competition (from 1998 and Amsterdam), to 2017). Laurent took specializing in high- charge of international quality, artistically- development in 2001 driven independent while curating several animated content. major retrospectives Her role involves on Fetish Films (2001), creative consultation, Brazil (2004), British international outreach/ cinema (2006), East- acquisition, and Asia (2008), Cuba global representation/ (2012), or Colombia promotion (of the film, (2017). He is Project filmmaker, studio and Manager for the creative). Jamie’s shortfilmdepot.com clients include GKIDS, platform, which he the National Film Board started developing of Canada and Cartoon in 2004 together Saloon. with Roger Gonin in Clermont-Ferrand. In 2009, Laurent launched Euro Connection, a coproduction forum for short films, taking place during the Short Film Market in

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where healsostudied. Baden-Württemberg at theFilmakademie Jakob isalecturer Award nomination. second Academy garnered Jakobhis Annie, aBAFTAand recently awardedan 2. Theprojectwas Rhymes Part1& Roald Dahl’sRevolting went ontoco-direct Studio Soiin2014and 2010/11. Jakobleft Academy Awardin a BAFTA andan nominated forboth including TheGruffalo, major successes some ofthestudio’s where heco-directed outfit StudioSoiin2003 German animation co-founded the Jakob Schuh

2017, while Manivald by Chintis Lundgren, a coproduction with Estonia and Croatia, was awarded at OIAF, LIAF, NYSFF, Aspen, Denver, Manchester etc. Jelena’s latest Jelena Popović NFB releases include Enrico Vannucci is a producer at the Turbine by Alex Boya, mainly works as NFB Animation Studio, Caterpillarplasty by short film advisor where she forged her David Barlow-Krelina for the Venice Film skills on conventional, and I’m OK by Elizabeth Festival and as short interactive and hybrid Hobbs, a coproduction film programmer documentary and with Abigail Addison, for the Torino Short animation films. AnimateProjects (UK). Film Market. He has She directed the been working in film documentary The festival programming Knights of Orlando teams since 2010. In (2007) and edited recent years, he has Patrick Doyon’s Oscar- written essays on the nominated short short and feature film Sunday, as well as festival ecosystem three editions of NFB’s and covered major acclaimed Hothouse film festivals as a program. She co- journalist since 2009. produced with Marcy Finally, in August 2018 Page Blood Manifesto together with Carla by Theodore Ushev Vulpiani he co-founded (Prix Créativité, FNC Varicoloured, a holistic 2016) and Minotaur VR film agency. by Munro Ferguson. Hedgehog’s Home, a stop-motion fable about cherishing one’s home directed by Eva Cvijanović and co-produced with Vanja Andrijević (Bonobostudio, Croatia) won over 35 prizes since its premiere at Berlinale

CEE Animation Forum 20--21 Amok

Length: 15’

Balázs Turai Péter B. Lukács Director | Hungary Producer | Hungary [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --23 22 Producers: Gábor Osváth, Production company: Boddah, Estimated budget: EUR 120,000 Funding secured: Tax rebate, Primary target audience: 12+ Animation technique: traditional Director: Balázs Turai Co-producer confirmed: N/A Péter B. Lukács Hungary Hungary (EUR 36, 000); self- investment, Hungary (EUR 15,000)

the caricaturesque unreal reality, to reality, to unreal the caricaturesque we all understand where the point between to choose has that Clyde and suicide. As in all homicide put the viewer has to crime fiction, mentally connecting in some work, scenes to formulate the fragmented and profile Clyde’s psychological with him hopefully to sympathise catharsis and feel some cartoony sacrifice. The during his anti-heroic surroundings exaggerated, cartoony the ever- are meant to evoke graphical positive, self-promoting, sprinkled surface-oriented zeitgeist, with a constant propagandistic of Terror. As reminder of the Threat evoke the populist governments to carry character of The Terrorist out their political agendas, so does Clyde project his Inner Terrorist in the form of the Gnome. Inside a cartoony a cartoony Inside Director’s statement: Amok is Clyde is haunted by Clyde is haunted Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum a psycho-comedy, a fun, colourful, cartoony addition to the mischievous psycho killer genre (American Psycho, The House that Jack Built, etc). My aim is to take the viewer on a ride through Clyde’s traumas, his hallucinations, nightmares and the Evil Gnome. He recounts to his He recounts to the Evil Gnome. the Gnome caused therapist how his girlfriend a freak accident killing Through and burning him terribly. relives his hypnotherapy, Clyde the Gnome, first encounter with to his mother’s symbolically linked Clyde death. After the session, calm. He is unable to regain his at the pastry disembowels cakes at the park; shop; he hallucinates flaming car- he re-experiences the to cool down, crash at home. Trying he finds refuge at the swimming pool – but the Gnome jumps him, and he loses consciousness in the water. A Wonderful Girl saves him just in time, and Clyde repays her – by killing her in the sauna! He awakes from the terrible nightmare, finally realizing that the Gnome is just a projection of his own homicidal desires. He flees to a techno party, but the Gnome presents him with another victim. Realising the only way out, Clyde sets himself – and the Gnome – on fire and leaps majestically from the penthouse venue to his death.

world, Clyde tries to stop tries to Clyde world, killing. from himself Logline: Logline: Butterfly on the Hook La farfalla sull’attaccapanni

Length: 10´

Valeria Cozzarini Remigio Guadagnini Director | Italy Producer | Italy [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --25

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Fondo Audiovisivo Remigio Guadagnini Valeria Cozzarini Co-producer confirmed: Arsmedia, Estimated budget: EUR 110,000 Funding secured: Animation technique: traditional Primary target audience: adults Secondary target audience: children Production company: Altreforme, Italy FVG, Italy, Regional fund, development support (EUR 19,300); RE-ACT, Co- Development Funding Scheme between Italy, Slovenia and Croatia (EUR 10,000) Slovenia Director: Producer: “awful language”. The story will The story language”. “awful an experimental in be developed combining technique animation mainly analogue materials digital and An unsettledusing . trait “torments the surface”animated shape to dark memoriesand gives past. The classroomfrom the Italian observe thebecomes a stage to Realisticregime’s iconic apparatus. with an iconicelements are combined the ideologystructure that conveys guilty of havingbeneath. “Fascism is the Sloveniansystematically erased Pahor states.language and culture”, film aims to tackleThis short animated imposition,the issue of the language but also asnot only as repression belonging toa form of prosecution: a language minority becomes a sin. aged 11 – 14, male and female During fascist times fascist During Trieste, 1924. DuringTrieste, 1924.

Director’s statement: In Fascist CEE Animation Forum in Trieste, a young Slovenian a young in Trieste, punished brutally girl gets for being caughtat school in her mother tongue. speaking a break, kids at the primary school area break, kids at the primary and throwingplaying, talking loudly from thepaper planes. The view by the sea,window is dominated of discussionwhich is also the topic and Danilo, thebetween Julka, Marko in the class.three Slovenian pupils Julka he wentWhile Danilo is telling Marko pullsnight-fishing in summer, and Danilo runsJulka’s braid sneakily, Danilo!” (“Comeafter him. “Pej no sem, here, Danilo!”), Julka says. She cannot see the Italian teacher coming in. He hears Julka speaking in Slovenian. A silence, heavy like a stone, falls on the class, and everyone is staring at Julka. The teacher grabs her violently and hangs her on the hook by the braid. Her eyes become moist as her feet fail to touch the ground. The sight of her classmates gets blurred while they write in their notebooks Devo parlare solo italiano (“I may only speak Italian”). The little bow from Julka’s braid stays on the hook like a butterfly with open wings. times, the educational reform (1923) denied Slovenians schooling in their mother tongue. Butterfly on the Hook, based on a novel by Boris Pahor, narrates a violent episode of oppression in an Italian school where the victim is a Slovenian girl being caught speaking in her Synopsis: Synopsis: Logline: Logline: The Family Portrait Obiteljski portret

Length: 12’

Lea Vidaković Marko Dješka Director | Croatia Producer | Croatia [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --27 26 Draško Ivezic, Ivan Bereš Estimated budget: EUR 150,000 Funding secured: Croatian Primary target audience: youth, Primary target audience: stop-motion Animation technique: Director: Lea Vidaković Production company: Adriatic Co-producer confirmed: Origin Audiovisual Centre – script development (EUR 3,370) adults Producers: Animation, Croatia Tales, Serbia

installation for gallery and museum museum gallery and for installation In its expanded presentations. the to challenge it is meant form, potential viewer’s participatory giving them an and limitations, main to see not just the opportunity to revisit the spaces storyline, but the that are left on and characters narrative – margins of the main accomplished which can rarely be It is exactly on in a linear narrative. the characters these margins that selves. will reveal their true A poetic, dark, and dark, A poetic, Director’s statement: The Family “Every family has its own Synopsis: “Every family has its CEE Animation Forum Portrait is a tangled tale portraying a troubled, dysfunctional family, which mirrors my interest in unconventional, fragmented story structures. This multithreaded tale unfolds in an old villa where space has as much an important role as the characters within it. It explores how can we tell stories in a spatial context, using the full potential of the space as a narrative device, a tool and the stage where the stories unfold. Besides resulting in a short film, the project will be also developed as a seven- screen synchronised animated set of circumstances and problems set of circumstances can fully that only its members Ikeda understand” Daisaku quiet Sunday The story depicts a family afternoon in an aristocratic War One. home just before World Zsófia are Andras and his daughter Andras’ caught by surprise when a sudden visit brother Zoltan pays with his numerous twelve-member family. A poetic, dark, and somewhat humorous social observation, in which family ties and relationships are broken down and dissected to pieces.

somewhat humorous social social humorous somewhat family in which observation, relationships are ties and and dissected broken down to pieces. Logline: Logline: The Goose Husa

Length: 10’

Jan Míka Director, Producer | Czech Republic [email protected] SHORT FILM --29

28 Production company: Filmofon, CZ Estimated budget: EUR 50,000 Funding secured: Filmofon, CZ (EUR Primary target audience: any Animation technique: stop-motion Co-producer confirmed: Autour de Director and Producer: Jan Míka Minuit, FR 8,000); Autour de Minuit, FR (amount not specified yet, all CGI works, distribution); Fox Renderfarm (amount not specified yet, online rendering); Spálená Records (EUR 1,000, Sound studio); Animuj.cz, CZ (media partner) gender aged 6–10 puppet, 2D cutout, 2D drawing, 3D computer, live action character psychology. The storytelling psychology. The storytelling character Just the funny but also epic. is light and and a drama, “a good boy“ end brings the opposite.“a bad goose“ turn into a caring mother,The bad goose is only a wrong act.and the good boy does of football, The focus is on the theme It continues of a game, of a match. the boy andthrough the whole story: fight for a ball,the goose are rivals, they the hens arethe yard is a playground, boy’s grandma isan audience, and the is: is there goinga referee. The question to be fair play?

learn what responsibility means and means and what responsibility learn it is that sometimes to understand again. things right to put necessary clear, the situations are In the script, deep there is no easy to understand; . The Goose is n a cottage in the middle A boy fantasises fantasises A boy Synopsis: I Director’s statement: CEE Animation Forum who needs to defend his post in life

roaming back and forth around the yard, looking for their mum. It’s time now for the boy to understand his responsibility and take care of them. The football is pushed aside again. box. Several small goslings are goose occupies the space around thegoose occupies the space anyone near it.box and doesn’t allow aggressively.It hisses, bites, and acts When the boy’s ball gets into goose’s area, the real trouble starts. It’s not a simple task to get the ball back. The conflict escalates, leading to the boy physically attacking the goose. He takes a sling and shoots it. The goose dies. Now the ball is free for the taking, but the boy does not feel like a winner, especially after discovering the hatched eggs inside the goose’s becoming a famous footballer onebecoming a famous Forday, playing in big stadiums. has to benow, however, a backyard wooden box issufficient. One day, a inside. Thedelivered with a goose

about becoming a famous a famous becoming about big in playing footballer has – but first he stadiums match in a small to win a against a goose. backyard Logline: Logline: a film for children. However, I’m pretty sure that the adult audience will find it interesting too. It is a story about a boy He is alone in this. He makes choices on his own, but then he has to accept the consequences, too. He needs to of nowhere, a small boy lives with hisof nowhere, a small boy aboutgrandma. The boy fantasises Grandpa is Sleeping Bunicul doarme

Length: 12’ CEE Animation Workshop WILD CARD

Helga Fodorean Matei Branea Producer | Romania Director | Romania [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --31 30 Primary target audience: adults Primary target audience: other Animation technique: Director: Matei Branea Producer: Helga Fodorean Production company: Safe-Frame, Co-producer confirmed: N/A Estimated budget: EUR 180,000 Funding secured: Romanian Romania Filmmakers’ Guild, research (EUR 1,500) his adaptation of Brothers Grimm of Brothers his adaptation more. I agree And I couldn’t tales. but there humour, I do do drawings, work. drama in my is always some is very subject like death A sensitive my to me and, based on appealing I experience with Alma, first-hand her understanding want to deliver story is seen of this process. This yet through her eyes: entertaining And hopefully, deep, sad yet funny. good laughs this film will offer some adults to while it will encourage to call overcome their incapacity death by its name. six-year-oldA Director’s statement: The idea for Synopsis: Six-year-old Alma CEE Animation Forum this story was born soon after my father died. My siblings and I were crushed because it all happened so unexpectedly. My older brother didn’t want to share his pain with his six-year-old daughter, Alma, and kept telling her different reasons why she couldn’t meet her grandpa. “If you are protected from dark things, then you have no protection of, knowledge of, or understanding of dark things when they show up” – Neil Gaiman said, in the context of arrives at her Grandpa’s ready for arrives at her Grandpa’s ritual. But their Sunday ice-skating in his today Grandpa is sleeping accept that armchair. Alma won’t and decides to he is not waking up, usual journey to take control of their solutions the ice rink. All her childlike encountered to fight the obstacles magic, but on their way work like right when they are about to land at the destination with a paper kite, a strong wind crushes them to the ground. Alone in a dark, unknown place, Alma is scared for the first time but overcomes her fears while she has her last ice-dance with Grandpa, and learns how to let go of the past and face reality.

girl takes her sleeping her girl takes on a magicGrandfather haveto the ice rink to journey she ice dance before one last let go and acceptis able to his death. Logline: Logline: Kafka in Love

Length: 12’ CEE Animation Workshop WILD CARD

Zane Oborenko Sabine Andersone Director | Latvia Producer | Latvia [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --33 32 Estimated budget: EUR 150,000 Funding secured: Culture Capital Primary target audience: adults Primary target other Animation technique: Director: Zane Oborenko Producer: Sabine Andersone Atom Art Production company: Co-producer confirmed: N/A Co-producer confirmed: Foundation of Latvia (EUR 4,500)

love, longing and refusal. They meet They meet refusal. longing and love, at the and painful it is magical twice, of them how each time, but same what has just happened, feels about is conflicting. Franz and Milena and Milena Franz Director’s statement: While reading Franz and Milena find Synopsis: Franz and Milena find CEE Animation Forum Franz Kafka’s Letters to Milena, I had an intuitive perception that it could work great as an animated short film, particularly if made in technique. It was surprising and interesting to discover a part of Kafka’s little known personal life shared in letters at the time with Czech translator and journalist Milena Jesenska – married and living in Vienna. In spite of being rooted in documentary facts about Kafka and Milena, this film is not only about them but also about many of us today as we notice and recognize ourselves in them. This epistolary relationship takes us aback with its complicated, consuming nature, constantly changing emotions, evolving thoughts and shared fears, each other in letters. Their long- each other in letters. soon becomes distance relationship epistolary passionate and honest fear, love, love. In letters they care, – married to trust and doubt. Franz to her husband his fear and Milena in person, finally manage to meet the timing is but for both of them, being loved, crucial. Letters from feared become craved and at times hated.

find each other in letters, in in in letters, each other find and love, fear they letters then they’ll meet. doubt and time be at the right But will it and as envisioned? Logline: Logline: Money and Happiness O novcu i sreci

Length: 10’

Ana Nedeljkovic Nikola Majdak Jr. Director | Serbia Director | Serbia [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --35 34 Jelena Mitrovic Funding secured: Serbian Film Fund Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Directors: Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Production company: Film House Estimated budget: EUR 80,000 Primary target audience: adults Primary target audience: stop-motion Animation technique: Co-producer confirmed: N/A Secondary target audience: Secondary target audience: (EUR 30,000) Majdak Jr. Producers: Bas Celik, Serbia young adults

the meaning of democracy today, today, democracy of the meaning state looks at , which and Untravel and Money and isolation, borders progression is a logical Happiness a challenge for our for us and specialised in creating small team clay. worlds by modelling dystopian The hamsters live hamsters The Director’s statement: It is more The hamsters live and The hamsters Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum than obvious, to more and more people, that today’s dominant concept of the economy, in which money is the primary goal, is not sustainable. An economy that measures its success in GDP is often insensitive to the real happiness of the people. We decided to create a satirical model of the ideal economy in the form of an animated film. This choice of subject stems from strong personal motivation: an attempt to confront the traumas of life on a treadmill of earning and spending money. In today’s world awash with real documentary images, we can more easily reach the viewer by creating stylised, animated worlds, and start a discussion on subjects we believe important. After the films Rabbitland, an experiment with work in Hamsterland, a perfect a perfect work in Hamsterland, economy. The state with a perfect there is no GDP grows steadily, 100 % of the unemployment, and themselves to population declare just as in any be happy. Of course, a perfect society attempt to arrange the hamsters by force, the world of which we also has its dark side, the course of gradually discover in the film.

and work in Hamsterland, Hamsterland, work in and a perfect with state a perfect economy. Logline: Logline: Mouse House Mišja hiša

Length: 7’

Polona Kumelj Timon Leder Executive Producer | Slovenia Director, Author | Slovenia [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --37 36 Production company: Co-producers confirmed: Zavod Estimated budget: EUR 75,000 Funding secured: Slovenian Film Primary target audience: Primary target audience: Animation technique: Director: Timon Leder Producer: Polona Kumelj Invida d.o.o., Slovenia Dagiba, Slovenia, Jaka Produkcija, Croatia Fund (EUR 49,000) children aged 7+ 2D (vector based)

protagonists are two mice who rely who rely two mice are protagonists certain but have instincts on their narration The characteristics. human on – one takes place has two levels on and the other one the outside to of the cheese. I want the inside a slow in the attic in show the world long, silent and tense rhythm, with linear moments, and a distinctly there is more story. Contrary to that, the interior in confusing action in overweight relation to the delusional, accentuate mouse. I’m going to of the colours: the shiny interior of pans and cheese, the number support it subjective frames, and with dynamic music. Even a little mouse mouse a little Even Director’s statement: The film Two mice, Mance and Two mice, Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum shows a struggle of two mice on the verge of survival with a visual dialogue without words. The main focus is on the atmospheric experience of the viewer. I would like to show the attitude of greed and care, the relation of exaggeration and contemplation through the dark narrative and psychedelic, silent and tense moments. The Skinny are looking for food. When looking for food. When Skinny are large wheel of cheese, they find a them. Mance a cat starts chasing while finds refuge in the cheese Mance seems Skinny stays outside. he starts carving to be the lucky one: himself. All a cheese palace for of being the food and the feeling and he safe make him hypnotised, who is starving forgets about Skinny through the outside. Mance brakes the cat tries cheese crust just when manages to to attack Skinny. He save him and rushes back to his cheese palace. But he realises the palace is gone. He has eaten it. The cheese is just an empty shell. And now the cat can easily break the crust and attacks him – Mance is running for his life and Skinny joins him. They miraculously escape the paws and find themselves in a new space, where an even bigger cheese wheel awaits. But this time they don’t rush for it.

can learn greed is not the is not learn greed can choice. best Logline: Logline: Paolo’s Happiness Paolos Glück

Length: 10’

Thorsten Droessler Grit Wisskirchen Director | Producer | Germany [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --39 38 Grit Wisskirchen, Martin Production company: Estimated budget: EUR 185,000 Funding secured: FilmVermoegen Primary target audience: aged 6–9 Primary target audience: Animation technique: stop-motion Director: Thorsten Droessler Co-producer confirmed: MAUR film, Secondary target audience: family Secondary target audience: FilmVermoegen GmbH, Germany Czech Republic GmbH: BKM (EUR 20,000); own contribution, Germany (EUR 20,000); MAUR film ltd, own contribution, Czech Republic (EUR 4,000) entertainment Producers: Vandas

me deeply. I am convinced that all that all convinced I am me deeply. it and that will understand children show their them to encourage it can is a relief: it’s not feelings. Crying of pain, sadness only an expression cry – people can also and weakness Paolo. are happy, like because they to tell Paolo’s story It is my goal humour and with a lot of charm, animation. The empathy as puppet will heart of the book’s illustrations in the design of still be recognizable That this film both and sets. dialogue is will be realized without for me. a special challenge Paolo’s tears make make tears Paolo’s Director’s statement: Paolo’s Paolo Piangino is an Paolo Piangino Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum Happiness – based on the children’s book Paolo’s Glück by Sandra Luchsinger – is a parable of our fast-paced and hectic world, which leaves little to no room for quiet moments. On the contrary, the media are always on the lookout for events that they can turn into a spectacle – and individual happiness is often secondary. But Paolo successfully manages to avoid all this. This story touches unremarkable, short, happy man. He unremarkable, short, he likes to cry – lives with his cat and his happiness. because his tears are cheer him When he is sad his tears they make up, and when he is happy townspeople him even happier. The as one day watch with fascination red flowers Paolo’s tears make fall. These tears bloom wherever they The people are make Paolo famous. hype – and thrilled – there is media everyone wants to invite Paolo into their home, hoping that he’ll shed a few tears for them. But soon all the buzz is too much for Paolo. He secretly leaves the town, leaving behind only a couple of flowers. The people of the small town begin to cry bitterly of sadness. Who knows – maybe one day their tears will be tears of happiness?

other people happy, they can they can happy, people other – but happiness Paolo’s pick hold onto it. they cannot Logline: Logline: Playing God

Length: 10’

Matteo Burani Arianna Gheller Director | Italy Animator | Italy [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --41 40 Giancarlo Grande, Production company: Cineparallax, Estimated budget: EUR 80,000 Funding secured: Cineparallax, Primary target audience: film and Primary target audience: Animation technique: stop-motion Director: Matteo Burani Co-producer confirmed: N/A Secondary target audience: France France (EUR 20,000); Studio Croma animation, Italy (EUR 15,000); City of Bologna, Italy (EUR 10,000); Ruido Rosa Production, Argentina (EUR 7,000) animation enthusiasts industry veterans looking for a fresh approach to stop-motion animation Producers: Matteo Burani

concept through the metaphor of art the metaphor through concept live symbiotically, artist. They and the of the same two sides the representing set, takes place in a dark coin. All this where a sculptor carriesan atelier, outhis obsessivemodelling research clay sculpture. Thehis umpteenth of the story is the sculpture:protagonist death. at its birth and its it will feel pain It will be afraid, not understanding love as itwhere it is, and will feel as its father.recognizes the sculptor will, therefore,Humanity and feeling and not vice- reside in the creation representingversa, with the sculpture of man, whothe direct transfiguration artist. is represented by the A lonely artist wants wants artist A lonely metaphor of the relationship metaphor of the relationship Synopsis: Playing God Director’s statement: This story is CEE Animation Forum is a between a work of art and its creator, tells thethe artist. The short film andstory of a sculptor’s tormented in theinsatiable research. Immersed surrounded bydarkness of his studio, he once againcountless past failures, human figure,tries to give life to a clay armature.supported by a thin metal He smoothes, fleshes out and defines every single muscle of the body from a primordial mass that is vibrant with vital energy. The sculptor’s work finally seems to be a success, and the clay creature looks around, disoriented and agitated, realizing that it is not alone. We observe the sculptor’s eyes changing as concentration gives way to amazement and reverence at the moment his gaze meets the creature’s living, conscious being. A shiver runs through the room. But once again, the conquest of life eludes the artist, and in an attempt to pursue its creator, the creature loses its balance and disintegrates in front of him.

to bring a sculpture to life. a sculpture to bring times, many failed He has failures observe and these as he works him carefully at attempt on yet another perfection. Logline: Logline: about failure. Each of us experiences it, in a continuous cycle of making mistakes and learning from them. How fundamental are these failures in the path of our personal growth? With this question in mind, I chose to stage this Raft Splav

Length: 15’ AnimatekaPRO WILD CARD

Marko Meštrović Mia Bučević Director | Croatia Producer | Croatia [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --43 42 Director: Marko Meštrović Producer: Mia Bučević Production company: Kreativni Estimated budget: EUR 80,000 Funding secured: Croatian Primary target audience: festival Animation technique: 2D (vector Co-producer confirmed: N/A sindikat, Croatia Audiovisual Centre (EUR 50,000); The City of Zagreb, Croatia (EUR 6,700) audience based)

and stay in hotels and bars with that and bars in hotels and stay people – or bunch of colourful same inI see them as characters, animated ready fifteen years, I am a way. After story alive again. The to make them hearts growing from the is authentic, somewhereof these musicians, sounds in the silencebetween the The stageof performing solitude. empty spacebecomes the raft; the becomesthe audience; the past is nowherethe present; the future throughin sight! In the journey we will try toanimation techniques, of the momentemphasize the depth in anotherof the world revolving a change in thereality, destruction or is real, and whichviewing angle. What are we talkinganimation techniques about? Our goal will be for the viewers to ask themselves this question.

Awakened from “Careful what you what “Careful Director’s statement: The main Synopsis: the river,Crossing CEE Animation Forum inspiration, character design and music developed from my personal, especially musical experiences with my band members. Today, I am still an animator and after seven professional films and other projects, it feels like nothing has changed – I still play music, travel a violin virtuoso, and they violin a with him. immediately fall in love them but he They ask him to join his ferry, he says NO – not without never leaves his ferry. Some years later, during a concert on the top of a band the joins man ferry the building, and performs with them on their stage – Raft. The concert reaches its highlight! The thundering rain starts! Enchanted trance! Water reaches to the knees! FLOOD!!! heading to a gig, a music bandheading to a gig, a music ferryman –named Raft meets a music enthusiasm, the band remains saved – caught on pieces of their own scenography – desperate. They start to search for the answers on the radio – SILENCE. So they continue playing their MUSIC – surrounded by nothing but endless water.

wish for, it might come true.” true.” come for, it might wish the top on a concert During after a global of a building, a band named megaflood, up being saved Raft ends the same time (and at afloat their own captured), of an stage in the middle irrational reality. Logline: Logline: Viskovitz

Length: 8’ CEE Animation Workshop WILD CARD

Ioana Lascar Serghei Chiviriga Producer | Romania Director | Romania / Moldova [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --45 44 faces the problem offaces the problem Director: Serghei Chiviriga Producer: Ioana Lascar Production company: deFilm, Estimated budget: EUR 170,000 Funding secured: Romanian Primary target audience: young Animation technique: traditional Co-producer confirmed: N/A Romania National Film Fund (EUR 102,000, production support and automatic support); deFilm, own investment, Romania (EUR 34,000) adults, adults

and even lived by some teenagers, lived and even in transposed this case, but in snails. Borrowing of a community human’s characteristics, many of the is socially well- the community organised, basic problems: facing from and safety. Apart subsistence these, it also sexual identity because snails aresexual identity because require intimacyhermaphrodites. They way. in their own acceptance and common very are crises identity Since encourages in our times, the film in the idea of self-acceptance one’s own terms,over- in especially Thissexualised societies. relevant in a comical topic will be delivered interpretations way in terms of visual of erotic elements, female-male voice fluctuations of the characters while depicting teenagers’ typically- disgusted reactions towards sex. gered, Viskovitz is the Scarred by all his by Scarred Teenage snails Visko Director’s statement: Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum and Nikita are best friends. They liveand Nikita are best friends. any worriestheir teen years without sees a sexualuntil Visko involuntarily two adult snails.encounter between witnessed, ViskoIntrigued by what he go throughis convinced he’ll never shares Visko’sthat experience. Nikita sex butnegative approach towards to othersoon starts to be attracted snails. Nikita hides the changes he goes through, fearing that Visko will be disappointed and betrayed. Visko does not understand Nikita’s sudden strange behaviour until once again he sees a sexual scene – Nikita pleasing himself. Disgusted and an Visko refuses to accept sexuality and decides to leave the snail community. story of a teenager being exposed to biological, emotional and social transformations of puberty, who becomes aware and assumes his/ her own sexuality. It is a human All alone in an abandoned garden, Visko sees his reflection in a shattered mirror. The shards of the mirror slowly become gateways to Visko’s feelings. His reflection starts to disintegrate as Visko begins exploring his sexuality. The mirrored image starts recomposing while Visko becomes an adult. story that is frequently encountered

peers’ sexual interactions, interactions, sexual peers’ escapes snail a teenage community only from the in own reflection to find his mirror. a shattered Logline: Logline: Where To НАКЪДЕ

Length: 5’

Asparuh Petrov Vessela Dantcheva Scriptwriter, Director, Producer | Bulgaria Art-director | Bulgaria [email protected] [email protected] SHORT FILM --47 46 Estimated budget: EUR 45,000 Funding secured: Bulgarian Primary target audience: adults Primary target technique: Director: Asparuh Petrov Producer: Vessela Dantcheva Compote Production company: Co-producer confirmed: N/A Co-producer confirmed: National Film Center (EUR 21,000); self-investment in development (EUR 4,000) Collective Ltd, Bulgaria

the administration is kept in order is kept the administration to the ink. thanks A man A man Director’s statement: Where To is Director’s statement: A parallel between the Synopsis: A parallel between CEE Animation Forum a very personal film. It depicts the impossibility of a man to overcome his past self. Although he conquered a lot in the world, he still bears a cavity inside. The narrative aims to reveal the emptiness inside the man, which appears in opposition to the abundance outside. Often our own cravings are the reason for our own suffering, and when it continues long enough, the consequences can be disintegrating. The film will consist of two parts – the external world where the main character contemplates his past life, and the internal space, where his memories nail him down, leaving the only option of breaking the body The order to release the burden. in design of the film is conceptualised as a hand-drawn animation with a ball pen, referencing multinational corporations as a symbol of high- class professional prosperity, where outer and the inner world of a man outer and the inner but a strong who has nothing left Theredesire to look inward. are and many traces of memories him. All the emotions raging inside to be newly fragments will collapse universal arranged in the endless chaos.

contemplates the past the past contemplates and falls his life of memories to find himself into a void by his own nailed down deeds. Logline: Logline: Series / TV Specials Back in the past, many generations of Europeans grew up on animated series from Central and Eastern Europe. These came from the times when governments and public broadcasters fully financed audio- visual works, and when resources seemed abundant for those whose work was accepted. Since the end of the 1980s, the audio-visual sector has been ruled by the market. But there is no sustainable animation market in our region yet. Animation is not yet considered or set up to be a promising business. Financing an animated series is still a true art, an adrenalin sport. But the light at the end of the tunnel can be finally seen. Thanks to growing cooperation in our region, European Union funding, new distribution platforms, various innovations and, last but not least, thanks to the growing numbers of motivated and fast-learning producers and to the amazing talent we have who are bringing in fresh and daring ideas. Good luck to all who made it to the CEE Animation Forum 2019 pitching contest. The tutors for Series / TV Specials pitching preparation:

Agnes Bizzaro works as a consultant for European broadcasters and producers. She started her career in TV production in France and then moved to the public channel, France 2, where she was responsible for the coproduction of animation series.

S eries / T V pecials P rojects: Pitchin g Pre p aration She then worked for the channel M6 (RTL Group) in the fiction department. She is also These are group and a content coordinator individual sessions for Cartoon with experienced Springboard, the tutors offering the Cartoon pitching event pitching teams dedicated to young support and guidance, European talents. She and the opportunity was a jury member at to discuss their Fest Anca 2018. projects and their market potential. The participants get a priceless opportunity to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their presentations and find the highlights and arguments for the best pitch. This part of the programme is not open to the public --51 50 she is an independent an independent she is and scriptwriter an established company animation on 13ka focusing scripts, project development and international cooperation. She is also a member of Czech TV Director’s Advisory board, the lectures pitching at Animation Department as at FAMU and serves a FAMU Artistic Board member.

– Oscar Kolya – Oscar Anna Vášová for Foreign Feature for Foreign Feature in 1996. She also lectured dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts and wrote scripts for theatre, TV and radio. Later she led the production and distribution arm of Barrandov Studios and then became Director of Programs at Czech TV. From there, she moved to Eurovision/ EBU in Geneva, where she spent 15 years managing over 50 international co- productions across 86 broadcasters from 56 countries. Until 2018 Anna led two sectors at the Visegrad Animation Forum (now CEEA Forum). Currently, started as a script started as a script executive at Czech TV in the 1990s. During that time she worked on several landmark projects including a feature film CEE Animation Forum The jury for Series / TV Specials pitching competition:

Caterina De Mata Maciej Jakubczyk Born in Rome in 1986, Since 2005, Maciej Caterina De Mata has been head of grew up following the Education at New shooting, editing and Horizons which production of many organises The Kids Film social issues and art Festival, family films documentaries. She distribution, Warsaw graduated in 2009 Kids Film Forum and in Industrial Design other industry and

S eries / T V pecials P rojects: Pitchin g Com p etition and Multimedia educational initiatives. Communication He was also head of The ten best projects and worked in the New Horizons art- will compete in animation studio house distribution a pitching contest. Lastrego&Testa in for over 6 years. He After making their 2010. Back in Rome, worked with the Polish pitch, the teams will with the multicultural Film Institute as an have networking team of L&C studio, expert on children meetings with invited she started creating film screenplays, experts.Thanks to the animated shows with the Ministry of partnership with several and experimenting Culture and Heritage European prestigious in new ways of as an expert on training programmes, communications. educational projects selected filmmakers will Most of her projects and was a lecturer grant a full scholarship are international on Media education for following events: collaborations. To the at the University of EAVE Marketing work of director and Social Sciences and Workshop, CEE producer, she has been Humanities. He also Animation Workshop, juxtaposing the one of led workshops for Anomalia, Pop Up Film new media manager Europa Cinemas about Residency or European since 2015, with a focus creative marketing Animation Development on pre-school content aimed at young Lab Animation Sans for YouTube. audiences. Frontières. The winning project will also receive EUR 1,000. Manuela Lumb is an Halka Marčeková Emmanuèle Pétry-Sirvin experienced producer works as a dramaturge has been able to for Kids and Family in Radio and Television bring her passion for programmes. Skilled Slovakia. She has books into the world of in development, been involved in many animation thanks to production and brand animated and feature The Treehouse Stories, management, she films and series for commissioned by is also experienced children, which have Canal+ and winner of in fundraising and received a number an International Emmy financing. For 12 of prizes: The Fastest Award. As head of the years, she has been Messenger in the European office of chairperson for Empire, awarded at Nelvana for 17 years, Cartoon Movie, Cartoon the Chicago IFF for she worked on many Forum and Cartoon Children; Mimi & Lisa, co-productions such as Springboard. For the award for Best Babar, The Adventures many years, she was Animation TV Series of Tintin, Franklin the commissioning editor at the 2013 TOFUZI, the Turtle, Maurice Sendak’s at SWR and WDR, where Golden Dinosaur Award Little Bear. She also she was responsible at the 2013 CICDAF in initiated Mouk when in for The Show with Beijing. and a prize at charge of development the Mouse. In 2008, the 2014 CYBER SOUSA at Millimages. Now she became Head of Xiamen IF in China; The a happy partner at Children’s and Family Tots received an award studio Dandelooo, she Programme at Studio for Best Animation is nurturing Stinky Dog TVFilm, where among TV Series at the 2016 for France Televisions others she developed TOFUZI; the part ‘Daddy along with Billy the and produced the brand the Hero’ from The Hamster Cowboy by “Kikaninchen” for KIKA. Websters series was Catharina Valckx. With After working as Head awarded the national her team, she is now of Development for the film award Slnko v sieti developing the first animation production 2017 for best animated animated program In company Motionworks, movie. She was a jury the Forest illustrated by she started working member at various Marc Boutavant, and an as an independent international film and original feature film with creative producer and TV festivals. AtomArt from Latvia, consultant. Born in the Jungle.

CEE Animation Forum 52--53 The Brownies Biskvitkovtsite

Length: 26 x 11’

Alexandra Lopez-Koleva Lachezar Velinov Author, Writer | Bulgaria Producer | Bulgaria [email protected] [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --55 54 Lachezar Velinov Yavor Kalachev, Zoltan Estimated budget: EUR 2,500,000 Funding secured: N/A Primary target audience: children Primary target audience: 3D (CGI) Animation technique: Production company: Zographic Co-producers confirmed: Grid the fairy creatures will creatively will creatively creatures the fairy as a team. working a problem solve something will learn end, they In the friendship. The series new about topics like friendship, will deal with self- solving, and creative problem confidence. is the modern- Ellie’s prototype is to create day child. The goal children could a character that the child with relate to. Ellie is a lively and curiosity is a vivid imagination, defining for every kid. aged 4–7 Directors: Miklosy Producer: Films, Bulgaria Animation (LOI) ; Umatik Entertainment (LOI), Hungary Ellie is a curious is a curious Ellie Director’s statement: The Brownies Synopsis: Pepper, Basil and CEE Animation Forum is an animated TV series project about the adventures of a little girl called Ellie and her three tiny magical friends – Basil, Rosemary and Pepper. The genre is fantasy- adventure with a quest-like style. The series will follow the adventures of 7-year-old Ellie, and how she copes with every-day-life situations thanks to the fairy help of the tiny Brownies. In each episode, Ellie and Rosemary are tiny creatures with Rosemary are tiny creatures live in the loft of special powers. They receive their Ellie’s house. The three eating special unique powers when Biscuit biscuits from their Magical girl with a vivid Tree. Ellie is a curious imagination. She is bored by school and eager for magical adventures. And here come the Brownies! With their magical powers and endless creativity, Basil, Pepper and Rosemary are committed to fulfilling Ellie’s brave fantasies. By using their magic powers, the Brownies reshape everyday life and introduce Ellie to curious new worlds.

Logline: Logline: a vivid girl with 7-year-old eager to She is imagination. the world beyond discover home and the her neat school. She dreams tedious to be of true adventures; captain, an explorer a ship’s Brownies or a sea diver. The are here to help! The Cat Princess Macskakirálylány

Length: 28’

Ivan Tamas Balint Gelley Director | Hungary Producer | Hungary [email protected] [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --57 56 Estimated budget: EUR 240,000 Funding secured: EUR 40,000 Primary target audience: children Primary target audience: Animation technique: traditional Director: Ivan Tamas Producer: Balint Gelley Production company: CUB Secondary target audience: family Co-producer confirmed: N/A aged 6–8 Animation, Hungary

a story” parts: the lyrical tales told lyrical parts: the a story” the opportunity text provide in the stories, four independent to create their own visual world each with style. I was further and animation the the questions that inspired by what happens when story raises: How just can’t grow up? someone when we are can we help each other in trouble too? The heart-warming the story have answers offered by of love and faith in the strength importance of kindness, express the power friendship and the liberating of a shared task. A hut stands in the stands A hut Director’s statement: As an Mournful Prince whiles Synopsis: Mournful Prince whiles CEE Animation Forum animation professional, I gained most of my experience from making children’s content. So did my sister, Zsuzsa Tamas, author of many successful children books. Her story, The Cat Princess, based on a folk fairy tale, received the Best Children’s Book of the Year award in Hungary in 2014. We decided to adapt the book to screen: a TV special for children aged 6 to 8 and their families. Having read the book I was captivated by the structure, the unique “story within his days away in a messy hut until his days away in a messy a cat who he is interrupted by the task of immediately initiates unexpected tidying. Soon, more Moss, a talkingguests arrive: Brother a raggedytree, and Ragdoll Sara, the complainingdoll. The cat includes yet amusing company in the tidying; moreover, she organizes a “Sadness Contest” for them. In the end, everyone is a winner of the contest, as the Prince’s wishes come true: the hut turns into a palace, the cat transforms into a princess, and the Mournful Prince is now happier than he’s ever been before.

Logline: Logline: dark, deep, of the middle the home It is tale forest. fairy never Prince who of Mournful he than this after got further try his luck. When set out to guests arrive, unexpected mysterious cat, led by a everything changes. Grandma’s Pond

Length: 26’

Friedrich Schäper Anastasia Heinzl Director, Producer | Germany Writer, Freelancer | Germany [email protected] [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --59 58 Funding secured: FAIA du CNC – Director: Friedrich Schäper Producer: Friedrich Schäper Production company: Studio Estimated budget: EUR 650,000 Primary target audience: children Animation technique: Co-producer confirmed: Laidak, Secondary target audience: family d’aide a l’ecriture (French author/ writing fund – EUR 20,000) Huckepack, Germany France, Germany aged 6–11 2D (vector based)

the ones from their parents and parents from their the ones grandparents. though, friends, of other Like plenty family members who I also have Who quarrel about don’t get along. that the past, conflicts conflicts from can’t be solved. Suddenly, seemingly wall. to be a break, a there seems that might And a new generation the heritage not have access to knowledge. of traditions, tales and about I want to make a film about family. About transmission, up. A film reconciliation and growing an old world about kids exploring is almost of tales and myths that influenced by lost. I am very much stories by Neil the eerie and poetic of Gaiman, like The Ocean at the End the Lane. As Chloe, 12, is 12, As Chloe, Director’s statement: I grew up in Synopsis: Chloe, a sensitive CEE Animation Forum a big family. I learned everything from them. I inherited their values, their traditions and also teenager, Emil, her mischievous teenager, Emil, her mischievous and their 6-year-old brother, for mom Rose are at Grandma’s very serious, the summer. Mom is They don’t get Grandma is childish. the kids on. The old lady entertains imaginary island by talking about an the house, but on the pond behind tales. She Mom doesn’t like these is too old especially thinks Chloe for such stories, and that it’s time for her to grow up. Chloe is torn between Grandma and Mom: stay a child or become a grown-up? One afternoon, as her mother has asked her to take care of her little brother, he disappears. Chloe panics. Grandma is convinced Emil has been kidnapped by a creature of the Island. Chloe and Grandma sneak away from Mom and travel to the island – Chloe realizes it really exists! There, Chloe must find her little brother, using her imagination and maturity at the same time. She will understand one can grow up and still be a child at heart. She’ll show it to her mom and Grandma, and reconcile them.

Logline: Logline: of her take care to supposed he disappears. brother, little girl and her The young him go looking for grandma island. on a mysterious Kosmix

Length: 26 x 5’

Vojtěch Dudek Martin Jůza Director | Czech Republic Producer | Czech Republic [email protected] [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --61 60 Funding secured: 100% Directors: Vojtěch Dudek, Producer: Martin Jůza Production company: Krutart, Primary target audience: Primary target audience: Animation technique: Co-producer confirmed: Estimated budget: EUR 123,631 Klára Jůzová Czech Republic Czech Television children aged 4–8 2D (vector based)

entertaining way. Kit is driven by Kit is driven way. entertaining and the space to explore his effort so lucky who are not to those report on Earth. Going through and are still in each episode finally little stories to well, as audience his and him, gets of the universe. know the basics A little robot Kit is robot A little Director’s statement: Space has Kit used to work on Kit used to Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum always fascinated us when we were kids. And it still does today since the new discoveries are a regular part of our lives. Knowing the space is important to understand the world we live in and it helps us see ourselves as a part of the bigger picture. That is why we want to reveal the space to the youngest kids. Kosmix is supposed to be the first ticket to getting interested in the universe, in science and also in discovering in general. However, our approach is not to make Kosmix only educational. We want Kit to go through adventures that will help him understand the space and learn something on the way in an a launch ramp for space rockets for space rockets a launch ramp he robot, but as a maintenance roaming around always dreamed of planets and the universe, meeting one day he seeing stars. And so a rocket and screwed himself to Every episode finally fled to space. planet or focuses on a different a simple a space object with guide personality. Kit, our tour visits them, around the universe, to an adventure. which always leads he learns Through his adventures, how space works. Given the fact he is not a very experienced explorer, he often gets into trouble. But in the end, that’s what helps him learn.

Logline: Logline: in his universe the exploring TV show. travel space Move It or Lose It Chi si ferma è perduto

Length: 8 x 13’

Raffaele Compagnoni Federico Riboldazzi Director | Italy Producer | Italy [email protected] [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --63 62 Funding secured: TIWI srl (EUR Director: Raffaele Compagnoni Producer: Federico Riboldazzi Production company: TIWI srl, Italy Estimated budget: EUR 250,000 Primary target audience: family Primary target audience: 2D Animation technique: Co-producer confirmed: Origin Secondary target audience: young Secondary target audience: 60,000) – Sky Italia srl (EUR 60,000) – Emilia Romagna Film Commission (EUR 42,000), Italy Tales, Serbia adults mixed animation, motion graphics, media

protagonists – artists, scientists, artists, scientists, – protagonists pivotal all and pioneers, scholars – history for the human figures unexpected, more through an lens. sometimes ironic human and and brings them closer A lens that gap with the audience. bridges the The life- The Director’s statement: Move It or Move It or Lose It Move It or is Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum Lose It is a transmedia project that seeks to bridge the opposites. Its aims are to tell true and poignant stories in a quirky, entertaining and ultimately novel way; to contribute to the diffusion of historic, artistic and social culture through a visual alphabet that is rooted in Pop Culture; finally, to show its a motion graphic and mixed- a motion graphic and series of technique animated Retracing dramatised biographies. historical the path of a different the character in each episode, into how each series gives a glimpse both journey forever influenced Nothing their lives and our culture. powerfully embodies change as and the as the concept of travel, established hero’s journey is an narrative archetype, a path that the hero must walk to reach betterment and growth. In Move It or Lose It, our heroes are artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, adventurers and writers... and their journeys are as literal as they are life-changing. The first season will feature Oscar Niemeyer, Pina Bausch, Heinrich Schliemann, Mary Shelley, Lorenzo da Ponte, Frida Kahlo, Paul Klee and Agatha Christie.

Logline: Logline: of key journeys changing of modern personalities history, and contemporary in their own voice. recounted Some of Us Certains d’Entre Nous

Length: 10 x 15’

Laurent Duret Producer | France [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --65 64 Co-producers confirmed: Film Estimated budget: EUR 1,500,000 Funding secured: DPT, Canada Primary target audience: Primary target audience: Animation technique: traditional Directors: Jean-Charles Mbotti Producer: Laurent Duret Production company: Secondary target audience: adults Secondary target audience: Angels, Latvia; Hors Zone, Belgium; DPT, Canada; Ina, France (EUR 13,865); Coproductions: Film Angels, Latvia (EUR 15,000); Hors Zone, Belgium; Bachibouzouk, France / Total EUR 85,623 young adults Malolo, Matan Rochlitz Bachibouzouk, France

We won’t organize the characters the characters organize We won’t form of specific or the by chapter one encountered: discrimination have faced multiple person can and these forms of discrimination cannot be used discriminations By means of to define people. graphic design, each a common its own right, so episode will exist in realise to be that the viewer may individual who face to face with an they have has given the very best to give. Fifteen stories of stories Fifteen Director’s statement: Having The issues of racism The issues Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum a diversity of athletes shows the scope of the issue. This desire inspires a treatment that favours animated illustration in an aesthetic that calls to mind graphic novels: this is a way of promoting increased identification on the part of the viewer, of generating an emotion which is particular to drawing and which means that the other is a little less “other”. In contrast, archive photographs and films are inserted into the graphics environment and highlighted using an original writing style, and each story is told in the first person, in voice-over, by the episode’s main character. and discrimination linked to gender linked to gender and discrimination in sport and sexual orientation headlines dominate the newspaper event. We at every major sporting stories of want to tell some true-life athletes who famous professional careers and all had outstanding discrimination who were faced with gender, based on their origins, handicap. sexual orientation or a series of 15 We, therefore, plan on men, intersex portraits of women, persons, young and not so young people, present-day athletes and athletes of bygone days, of different nationalities, and from all sports disciplines.

Logline: Logline: who athletes world-class world what the showed Us can do. Some of Street Pack

Length: 8 x 25’

Matej Holub Klaudia Bulantova Director | Slovakia Art Director | Slovakia [email protected] [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --67 66 Estimated budget: EUR 500,000 Funding secured: N/A Animation technique: Animation technique: Director: Matej Holub Producer: Matej Holub Production company: INOUT Studio, Primary target audience: teenage Primary target audience: Co-producer confirmed: N/A 2D (vector based) Slovakia

characters inhabiting a modern a modern inhabiting characters with struggling basically city and as young problems the same is recognition from adults, which The third and their surroundings. is the family theme. most important we what family We don’t choose all and our characters are born to, with have different relationships and friends. their parents, siblings comes down to In the end, it always listening to one understanding and another. is an is an Pack Street Director’s statement: We want Red panda Jack and his Synopsis: Red panda Jack and CEE Animation Forum to create a unique animated TV series with lots of humour, music and drama which can be enjoyed by a wide-range audience, but mainly young adults. The viewers should have time enough to become acquainted with our animal heroes and dive into our incredible, yet familiar world, which is why we chose serialisation. There are three strong themes: the first one is music and all its struggles in this cut-throat industry with young artists trying to do what they love. The second theme is the wide range of animal owl friend Doty have always had one owl friend Doty have into the music big dream – to break hit! But when industry and make a their problems they finally succeed, Unfortunately, have only just began... stolen by their song is shamefully long-lasting none other than the Our heroes music magnate Porkins! have to embark on an adventure to fight not only him but also the disapproval of their parents and family. During their journey, they find new friends like big Singer P.N.D. and challenge enemies like Doty’s evil brother Horace.

Logline: Logline: series animated episodic the teenage on focusing It is set in an audience. animal urban incredible follows the pursuit world and of the music and tribulations Street Pack. band named Summer Kingdom

Length: 13 x 22’ (3 seasons) CEE Animation Workshop WILD CARD

Yana Palamarenko Roman Kepkalo Producer | Ukraine Writer, Director | Ukraine [email protected] [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --69 68 young Director: Roman Kepkalo Producer: Yana Palamarenko Production company: Yarki Studio, Estimated budget: N/A Funding secured: Yarki Studio Primary target audience: Co-producer confirmed: N/A Secondary target audience: Ukraine (EUR 51,600) – budget secured for development adults aged 15+, 50/50 (men/women)

30+Animation technique: 2D (vector based) love, make friends and enemies. and enemies. make friends love, post- with setting The medieval been has elements apocalyptic purpose – it is a world chosen on magic and very full of mystery The Middle Ages, to emotional. of is a teenage state some extent, The characters come humanity. monsters and up against mythical go through magical creatures and by the main hardships schemed way that antagonist in the same as adolescents face emotions Having partly-formed personalities. Ages, the all the signs of the Middle reflects world of Summer Kingdom a great deal: the current reality to and fears of it shows the problems is filled with modern society and humour. A brave Knight Knight A brave Director’s statement: This story The post-apocalyptic Synopsis: The post-apocalyptic CEE Animation Forum is about young people standing on the verge of adult life. The main characters leave the comfort zone and remain alone in a frightening and unexplored world. This story is dedicated to the formation of personality: life lessons are wrapped in the fabulous adventure format. Summer Kingdom is about time. It is a symbolic summer during which young people explore the world, make mistakes, fall in kingdom is panicked: the Dragon kingdom is panicked: and kidnapped the Princess an unknown carried her away to knights, place. Like many other for her. But Mankey rushes to search the mystery the closer he gets to the of Princess’s disappearance, it is just clearer it becomes that part of a secret evil plan! The plan is controlled by the Secret “Puppet master”, who is much worse than the Dragon. He has a goal of distorting all the brightest feelings and eventually destroying love in this world. The Knight eventually confounds the plans of the Secret “Puppet Master”, but the price he pays for it is too high.

Logline: Logline: searches Mankey named and gets lost Princess for the and into a strange trapped chain of events ominous by a secret controlled master. puppet The Very Hairy Alphabet

Length: 26 x 5’

Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez Laura Messner Director | Poland / Germany Student Producer | Germany [email protected] [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --71 70 Funding secured: The pilot episode Animation technique: Animation technique: Director: Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez Producer: N/A Production company: N/A Estimated budget: EUR 950,000 Primary target audience: preschool Primary target audience: Co-producer confirmed: N/A was produced with financial support of the Filmakademie Baden- Wurttemberg, Germany digital cut-out aged 2–6

in its visual style. The hand-painted The hand-painted visual style. in its children’s catch elements cut-out texture haptic with their attention of The events and vivid colours. is much closer! TVHA the story feel to concept – we want a transmedia picture TV series with a combine the will and a game that book, an app and encourage active watching for the whole provide entertainment family. A playful way of way A playful Director’s statement: The Very Nitso is a big yellow yeti Synopsis: Nitso is a big yellow CEE Animation Forum Hairy Alphabet teaches English and the alphabet in its own unique way. First of all, we want to give children the opportunity to go beyond the same old “a is for apple” – Nitso gets to know the B with a “big bear in a bikini”, the H with “hilarious hiccups” and the S with “smelly socks”. I believe that the bold humour and smart gags will make even the most reluctant children love the alphabet! Learning by having fun is the most effective way of learning. Playing with humour, Tebahpla and Nitso form a great duo in showing children that even through failure, something wonderful can be created. TVHA is unique also who wants to learn the alphabet. who wants to learn lot... He even He also likes to eat a no! Nitso ate eats his ABC Book! Oh will he get to his homework… How of the alphabet? know the next letter Great Master Well, he will ask the the wisest of Tebahpla! Tebahpla, and all people, knows everything But anything about everything. Nitso? The will he manage to help apparently simple task of learning the alphabet becomes full of discoveries and humour! Come and join the adventure!

Logline: Logline: and alphabet the learning with language the English and unique two amazing Nitso and characters: Tebahpla. The Wind over Aleppo Wiatr nad Aleppo

Length: 25’

Agnieszka Sadurska Ewa Sobolewska Screenwriter, Designer, Producer | Poland Director | Poland [email protected] [email protected] SERIES / TV SPECIALS --73 72 Estimated budget: EUR 200,000 Funding secured: Polish Film Primary target audience: children Primary target traditional Animation technique: Director: Agnieszka Sadurska Producer: Ewa Sobolewska TV Studio of Production company: Co-producer confirmed: N/A Co-producer confirmed: Institute (EUR 10,000) aged 12–14 Poland Animation Films Ltd.,

that in hard times, friendship, friendship, hard times, that in are as bonds and family solidarity and power. as arms important Three eventful days days eventful Three Director’s statement: The Wind 13-year old Jasmin lives 13-year old Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum over Aleppo is inspired by the book by Grzegorz Gortat, advertised as “a book for children; a must-read for every adult”. It is the perfect base for an animated film that would permit the viewers to approach emotionally the matter of conflict, which is experienced by children in the most abusive way. Animation is the best technique to demonstrate how war could be seen through the eyes of a child. Their everyday life is different than the life of their peers having a chance to grow up in peace. In relation to the issues brought up in the film, it is necessary to apply a simple, but expressive design adapted to the perceptual possibilities of young viewers. This story will bring viewers closer to Aleppo and will let them understand with her family in Aleppo; once in Aleppo; once with her family into city, now turned a prominent The conditions a gloomy battlefield. whereas for are tough for adults, challenge kids they are just another ruined in the world where the playground. city became a huge kidnapped by Jasmin’s Grandpa is their boss a gang of thieves. When uncle and happens to be Jasmin’s to his rescue the girl decides to go parents, the without the help of her situation gets complicated.

Logline: Logline: the change that in Aleppo characters. of the main fate Feature Films Feature films captivate great interest of viewers and creators alike. While the creative input from countries with lower production capacities is often celebrated and their creators sought for, the lack of tools and knowhow in production, co- production and distribution of feature films is still strongly apparent across the whole CEE region. Despite this fact, last year the organizers decided to open a new pitching category for feature films and the success of CEE filmmakers didn´t wait. The first ever winning project of the 2018 CEE Animation Forum Of Unwanted Things and People was recently presented at Cartoon Movie and received the Eurimages Development Coproduction Award. Discover with us new promising feature- length animated projects. The jury for when she made her Feature Films directorial debut with pitching the feature Crossing competition: Dates. Since then, she has been director, screenwriter and producer of seven features, of which three Anca Damian studied were animated. at the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest where she obtained a diploma in Cinematography and a Doctor’s degree in Arts, Cinema and Media. Anca worked as a director, screenwriter and producer for several documentaries Mats Grorud is a film on art, and also director and animator

F eature ilm P rojects: Pitchin g Com p etition worked as director of from Norway. He photography on two previously directed two long feature films and short films and worked many documentaries as an animator on and shorts until 2008 several feature films, documentaries and music videos. During his childhood, his mother worked as a nurse in refugee camps After making their pitch, the teams will have in Lebanon. In the 1990s, a special feedback and networking meeting Mats studied at the with invited experts. Thanks to the partnership American University of with several European prestigious training Beirut, Lebanon while programmes, selected filmmakers will grant a full working as an English scholarship for following events: and Animation teacher EAVE Marketing Workshop, CEE Animation in the Burj el Barjaneh Workshop, Anomalia, Pop Up Film Residency or refugee camp. Based European Animation Development Lab Animation on the testimonies of Sans Frontières. Among traditional awards remain the refugees and his the Nespresso Audience Award and the cash prize experience, he wrote of EUR 1,000 for the winning project. the script for his first feature film, The Tower. Alexis Hofmann Marcin Łuczaj Marie-Pierre Valle graduated in modern graduated in Film & holds a Bachelor of literature from La Media Studies from Arts in Literature and Fémis. After working the University of Lodz History of Art. She first for the French National and in Cultural Studies worked at TF1 where Center of Cinema from the University she was responsible for (CNC), he joined Haut of Warsaw. He works TV films acquisitions. et Court Distribution, for New Europe Film Then she was creative and then Memento Sales, a Warsaw-based director at StudioCanal Films, working in the sales agency for both and since 2008, head booking and marketing features and shorts, of acquisitions at departments for each. where he is responsible Wild Bunch, working He joined BAC FILMS in for feature film with domestic 2006 as a programmer acquisitions and for the and international and then became short film catalogue. independent marketing project Marcin has several companies. manager for the years of experience Wild Bunch particularly company. Alexis has as a programmer looks for young been overseeing for the Warsaw Film directors and new acquisitions for BAC Festival and ZUBROFFKA talents. Their films FILMS since 2013. International Short have been successful Film Festival, and as all over the world and a guest curator for often awarded at various international numerous major film film festivals. He is also festivals. an alumnus of the TorinoFilmLab’s story editing programme.

CEE Animation Forum 76--77 Allah is Not Obliged Allah n’est pas obligé

Length: 90’

Marion Boffelli Zaven Najjar Head of Development | France Director | France [email protected] [email protected] feature film --79 78 Sébastien Onomo Zaven Najjar Production company: Special Co-producers confirmed: Estimated budget: EUR 4,698,442 Funding secured: Procirep/Angoa, Primary target audience: Primary target audience: 3D (CGI) Animation technique: Producer: Touch Studios, France Paul Thiltges Distributions s.a.r.l, Luxembourg; Lunanime BVBA, Belgium FR (EUR 3,400) – CNC, CVS, FR (EUR 70,000) – CNC development fund (EUR 42,000) – CNC Co-development Grande Region (EUR 20,000) – Grand Est Region development, FR (EUR 20,000) – Ciclic Animation development, FR (EUR 25,000) – Media single Projet (EUR 60,000) – Film Fund Luxembourg (EUR 30,000) – Gkids USA (EUR 21,260) to transform this pacifist manifesto manifesto pacifist this to transform and is both funny film that into a hearing tragicomic I grew up dark. family about everyday stories of my the Lebanese civil war. life during epic I found the same In the book, Child soldiers stories of scoundrels. as bloodthirsty are often depicted they are killing machines. Here, forced to simply human beings adapt to survive. all audiences Director: Birahima, a Guinean Guinean a Birahima, When ten-year-old When ten-year-old Director’s statement: Since 1980, CEE Animation Forum Synopsis: increasing tensions between freedmen and natives in Liberia have led to a civil war bringing the country to its knees. Many of these atrocities were perpetrated by child soldiers, a macabre whirlwind that has had a devastating impact on an entire generation of children traumatized by their own crimes. This is the terrible topic of Ahmadou Kourouma’s novel. The book immerses the reader in a terrifying conflict through the eyes of a kid named Birahima. It is a universal story tinged with dark humour. I wanted novel to make Kourouma’s into an animated film, both to show the terrible fate of child soldiers, and Birahima’s mother dies, he leaves Birahima’s mother dies, Cote d’Ivoire, his native village in and cook accompanied by sorcerer for his aunt Yacouba, to search border into Mahan. Crossing the by rebels and Liberia, they are seized service. Birahima forced into military Fighting becomes a child-soldier. alongside in a chaotic civil war many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity. Logline: Logline: of ten years of only orphan how he story of tells the age, when a child soldier became in to join his aunt he tried the help of four Liberia with irony. and heavy dictionaries Babu in the Night City Babu v nočním městě

Length: 75’

Radim Procházka Petr Vodička Producer | Czech Republic Director | Czech Republic [email protected] [email protected] feature film --81 80 Estimated budget: EUR 1,000,000 Funding secured: Czech Film Fund, Primary target audience: family, Primary target audience: Animation technique: stop-motion Director: Petr Vodička Producer: Radim Procházka Production company: Produkce Co-producer confirmed: Studio CZ (EUR 37,000); Studio Anima, CZ (EUR 13,000) children aged 6–10, primary school children aged 6–10, Radim Procházka s.r.o., Czech Republic Anima

for artistic elements in order to in order elements for artistic fusion of planned that the ensure inspiration and street-art puppets I am of the opinion takes place. age group it is intended that for the 75-minute length for, the roughly my limiting, and using is in no way I think theatre experience extensive story to its full it is possible to tell a anything potential without losing aim to make in terms of depth. We linked to the multi-layered dialogues to be interesting detective story plot as well. for the adult audience A girl aged eight on eight on aged A girl Director’s statement: The theme, Following the mysterious Synopsis: Following the mysterious CEE Animation Forum which thus far was produced as a theatre and a radio play, provides for me a solid torso onto which one can add some flesh of a puppetry treatment. When writing the script, I am ready to enrich the plot with new settings and characters, strengthen the detective story frame and also to provide more space disappearance of her dad, 8-year- disappearance of her at home old Babu is often alone a thief steals with her parrot. When night-time it, Babu sets off on a animal expedition to save her she finds friend. During her journey, unexpected allies: an unsuccessful rapper, a night jogger and a homeless they man. Together, must overcome the mad Professor X who is able to transform humans into animals and vice versa. A film- noir detective puppet-animated story takes place in a contemporary city where the night-time inhabitants take on dimensions of fairy-tale characters and all the while don´t lose touch with everyday social reality.

Logline: Logline: the city´s through trek a night of a lost search in periphery children´s film-noir parrot. A story with elements detective and also Petr of sci-fi, film feature-length Vodička´s script is based debut. The radio and on his successful theatre plays. The Guardian of Legends Powrót Strażnika Legend

Length: 90’

Tomek Niedźwiedź Magda Rawa Director | Poland Executive Producer | Poland [email protected] [email protected] feature film --83 82 Estimated budget: EUR 1,900,000 Funding secured: At the Animation technique: 3D (CGI) Animation technique: Producer: Magda Rawa Production company: Badi Badi, Primary target audience: children Primary target audience: Co-producer confirmed: N/A development stage, the project received support from Creative Europe MEDIA and Polish Film Institute. Directors: Tomek Niedźwiedź, Waldek Mordarski Poland aged 6+, family

sister Madeleine (11) is aware of the of the (11) is aware Madeleine sister his brother to help and tries situation the Hypnotist’s him from and save as a I saw this story fatal influence. version of the “Snow contemporary I’ve The issues Queen” archetype. and seem so important found in it a large dramatic and have such me sure comic potential, making I would like to tell that this is the story film for in the form of an animated children. When Jake Jake When Director’s statement: While working 7-year-old Jake gets Synopsis: 7-year-old Jake gets CEE Animation Forum on the series The Flying Bear and the Gang, I felt that the story told in it has much greater potential and can oscillate around the issue of “hypnosis by electronic devices” directly affecting almost all of us and certainly children. I decided to expand this topic and tell a story about a small boy addicted to computer games who discovers a new VR game in which the main “boss” is the Hypnotist – an evil artificial intelligence trying to hypnotize human’ minds. Jake (7) engages in the game so much that in the real world, he stops responding to any stimulus. His stuck in a VR game controlled by the stuck in a VR game His 11-year- power of the Hypnotist. enters the game old sister Madaleine Teddy Bear and together with her of the game and the inhabitants they world, Legendary Creatures, defeat the Hypnotist, freeing Jake, the Legendary World (game world) and people in the real world from under his influence.

Logline: Logline: a VR game stuck in gets the evil by controlled his sister Hypnotist, together Madaleine Bear and the with Teddy of the game inhabitants Jake and the world frees from the Legendary World malefactor’s influence. My Sunny Maad Moje slunce Maad

Length: 75’

Petr Oukropec Michaela Pavlátová Producer | Czech Republic Director | Czech Republic [email protected] [email protected] feature film --85 84 Production company: Negativ s.r.o., Production company: Co-producers confirmed: Estimated budget: EUR 3,400,000 Funding secured: Czech Film Fund, Primary target audience: adults Primary target Animation technique: Director: Michaela Pavlátová Producer: Petr Oukropec Czech Republic Sacrebleu Production – Ron Dyens – FR, BFilm – Peter Badač – SK Czech TV, Tax Incentive, CZ; CNC, Grand Est, Strasbourg Eurometropole, Region Reunion, FR; Audiovizualny Fond, SK 2D (vector based)

share the strong emotion, thrill and, thrill and, emotion, the strong share the specific to me, importantly most musical sound, and through humour stylization. and visual Welcome to Kabul: Kabul: to Welcome Director’s statement: The main When Herra, a Czech When Herra, Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum strength of the story based on Petra Prochazkova’s novel lies in gentle humour and well observed everyday details of the family life. My Sunny Maad is a deeply moving story that makes me laugh and cry at the same time. A universal tale of husbands and wives, lovers and friends, who all seek happiness and acceptance against the backdrop of the unexpected events emerging around them. It is a story about the conceptions of human faith in a war-stricken country, seen through the eyes of the main heroine, the Czech woman Herra. I found a story in which I can fully use the possibilities of an animated film to woman, falls in love with Nazir, an in love with Nazir, woman, falls the has no idea about Afghan, she her in the post- life that awaits nor about Taliban Afghanistan, to join. the family she is about a feminist, an A grandfather who is who astounds adopted young boy Freshta who with his intellect, and away from will do anything to run Like the other her abusive husband. Herra wears women in the family, a closet when a burka and hides in starts a new guests arrive. She soon woman, Heidi, job with an American who has little understanding of the way women live in Afghanistan, and still less that not everybody wants to be saved by the Westerners.

Logline: Logline: secrets. countless family, one Pearl

Length: 85’

Martin Kotík Director and Producer | Czech Republic [email protected] feature film --87 86 Primary target audience: children Secondary target audience: family Animation technique: 3D (CGI) Director: Martin Kotík Producer: Martin Kotík Production company: Rolling Co-producer confirmed: N/A Estimated budget: EUR 5,500,000 Funding secured: Rolling Pictures aged 7–12 Pictures spol. s r.o., Czech Republic Entertainment Group, Private Equity Investors, PFX, CZ predestined to confront a much confront a to predestined invincible and seemingly stronger called demons – the opponent on The Ancients feed The Ancients. pride) (fear and negative emotions limiting defeated only by and can be The rid of such emotions. or getting the evil within Ancients represent dangerous ourselves: the dark and This is a side of human characters. where fear parallel to real events to awaken and pride have helped and caused evil in entire nations a disaster of huge proportions. has the I believe that our story to the audience potential to present issue: intense an extremely current for parents, yet educational lacking for children – without attractiveness and adventure. In a world of fearful fearful world of In a Director’s statement: The main In a world of fearful water Synopsis: In a world of fearful CEE Animation Forum heroes of our story are the water girl Pearl and the human boy Oliver who are nothing like invincible and flawless American-style superheroes. They are heroes who struggle with the distrust of the surroundings, and their own weaknesses and imperfections which they must overcome in order to succeed. However, they are sprites who are hiding from the eyes sprites who are hiding and somewhat of humans, a brave up. When crazy girl Pearl is growing is threatened, the entire water world despite she is the only one who, can save it. everyone, believes she her way into To do so, Pearl makes the human world to find the key to protecting the water sprites. But since she does not know her way around the human world at all, she has no choice but to find a buddy there. This is how an ordinary boy, Oliver, a cynical loser who doesn’t even know how to swim, becomes part of an extraordinary adventure to save both the water world and our world. Will Pearl and her friend Oliver be able to save the world?

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Length: 90’

Alan Holly Carla Vulpiani Director | Ireland Producer | Italy [email protected] [email protected] feature film --89 88 Alan Holly Estimated budget: EUR 4,500,000 Funding secured: Screen Ireland, IR Animation technique: traditional Animation Producer: Carla Vulpiani and maps Production company: Ikki Films, Co-producers confirmed: young young audience: target Primary Secondary target audience: adults Secondary (EUR 25,000) Director: and plans, Ireland Hungary France; CUB Animation, adults

The world burns. world burns. The Director’s statement: Piece is at its A group of teenagers A group of Synopsis: CEE Animation Forum heart a teen drama that explores the difficult psychological terrain of confidence, self-belief and the general struggle to make sense of the emotions that go with being a teenager. At the same time, it is a film about the huge problems we face as a global society, as the price of our lifestyle begins to catch up with us. By combining an involving character narrative with disaster elements that address current environmental and societal issues, we aim to make a film that is both engaging and exciting as well as thoughtful and moving. begin what seems like another seems like another begin what the suburbs of ordinary weekend in on much greater Dublin. It soon takes interpersonal significance as their to a head and inner conflicts come at a house while they are trapped a violent storm, party in the midst of city. With their as flooding hits the into stark own problems thrown of real perspective in the face real effects danger and the very climate, of our fast-changing these young people are brought to question their place in the world and their part in its future.

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Length: 90’

Jerome Piot Author | France [email protected] feature film --91 90 Gateway Sébastien Onomo Rony Hotin Sidi Kaba and the Sidi Kaba Production company: Special Estimated budget: EUR 5,010,000 Funding secured: N/A Co-producer confirmed: N/A Primary target audience: Animation technique: Touch Studios, France Producer: all audience 2D (vector based) Director: were taken away from theirtaken away were in transported and homeland Africa was animals. holds, like ship’s people to provide thebled of its to feed the great Westernmanpower Their sacrifice hascivilizations. live world in which we shaped the today. is my way of honouring ourHome is my way of honouring regardless of ourcommon ancestors differences.physical, social or moral with the storyI instantly fell in love Jerome Piothad originsits written; genuine. I agreedand intentions felt so realization ofto support him in the becausethis magnificent project opportunityit also offered me the ancestry. Sidito reconnect with my film.Kaba is a positive and unifying Its ambition is to plunge children into an epic adventure set against the backdrop of the slave trade. Sheltered in the in Sheltered

In a village on the west In a village on the west Director’s statement: For three CEE Animation Forum belly of a whale, here is the here of a whale, belly this starting Sidi Kaba young adventure where incredible of his brother and the fate Island of the Sugar the slaves on a Homeric Battle depend the Brown Resisters, between forgotten Slavers and the centuries, fourteen million people Synopsis: Sidi Kaba coast of Africa, the young his family, lives peacefully with men of the protected from the village is sea. Tonight, the whole initiates celebrating. The young spirits. have chosen their animal brother Azou, Sidi admires his older whose shadow of a panther is visible on the ancestral rock. He too dreams of finding his spirit animal. In fact, he is planning with his friends Abdou and the twins on going on a trip to the forbidden forest early the next morning. But the men of the sea led by Captain Sacabas exploit his innocence to follow him and ransack his village. Sidi watches his brother entering the Door of No Return, forcibly embarked on board of Sacabas’ ship. Sidi soars into the Ocean, but a tidal wave takes him. Mamy Wata the Goddess comes to his rescue and offers to help him find his brother. In return, Sidi has to rehabilitate her to his people. Sheltered in the belly of a whale, here is Sidi Kaba, starting this incredible adventure! Gods. Logline: Logline: Solo Lobo

Length: 90’

Eva Konrad Producer | Hungary [email protected] feature film --93 92 Attila Zoltan Miklosy Herko, Estimated budget: EUR 5,000,000 Funding secured: Creative Europe Primary target audience: family Animation technique: Producer: Eva Konrad Production company: Umatik Co-producer confirmed: N/A MEDIA (EUR 60,000) 2D (vector based) Directors: Filmforgalmazó Kft., Hungary

experience for the audience is simply is simply the audience for experience and the exciting Besides amazing. have put we storyline, entertaining on the character a great emphasis the of Solo Lobo: at development a loner of the story, Solo is beginning as changes slowly but his character the be fond of Paunch, he starts to love for his new puppy. His evolving through the friend can be followed Solo makes his entire film. Although is still a lovable living by robbing, he identify with. person. He is easy to he’s fumbling His flaws and the way audience. We around cheer up the crossed for are keeping our fingers to be part of Solo Lobo and wishing his adventures! Solo Lobo is Lobo is Solo Director’s statement: Our aim Meet Solo Lobo, a bandit Synopsis: Meet Solo Lobo, a bandit CEE Animation Forum was to make a film that is funny, full of exciting adventures and entertaining for the entire family. The story takes place in the historical times of the Wild West, where Indians and cowboys were ruling the canyons and the prairies. By using a very special combination of 2D and 3D techniques, the visual of the clumsier kind. He roams the of the clumsier kind. his trusty prairie on the back of and tries to friend Mula, the mule way. Usually rob travellers on his day, Paunch, without much luck. One of his loot a puppy becomes part entire life. and changes Solo’s Suddenly, he has all the prospects to become a rich man if he returns the puppy for a reward. However, this task proves to be heavier than it first seems, as others wish to set hands on Paunch as well. When our clumsy bandit learns that, he heads for canyons and deserts, escapes from dangerous bandits, Indian warriors, and from the depth of a mine so that he could save this heart-melting puppy from greedy relatives.

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Length: 90´ CEE Animation Workshop WILD CARD

Vojin Vasovic Milorad Kocić Director and Producer Producer | Serbia Serbia / Canada [email protected] [email protected] feature film --95 94 Vojin Vasovic, Milorad Production company: To Blink Estimated budget: EUR 2,300,000 Funding secured: Creative Europe Primary target audience: family Primary target audience: Animation technique: 3D (CGI) Director: Vojin Vasovic Co-producer confirmed: To Blink Secondary target audience: age Animation, Serbia Studio, Canada MEDIA (EUR 60,000), Film Centre of Serbia development (EUR 20,000), Proof of concept (Canada Council, Toronto Art Council, Ontario Art Council – EUR 60,000) 35–50 Producers: Kocić

more so unhappily finding himself himself finding so unhappily more to unable obviously in situations is the and there on his own, solve him. Nika to help pure and curious A Time, the audience In Twice Upon in conflicting can find themselves phobias and games aspirations, play, but one that the characters family story can also find a strong overcoming the about support and addresses loss. The film’s theme a general issue of contradictions that are both of mankind – wishes that are both good and bad, times voices that happy and sad, inner the never- puzzle our mind, and ending duality of mankind. Princess Nika Nika Princess Director’s statement: Two kings in Many years after her Synopsis: Many years after her CEE Animation Forum one are fighting for predominance, revealing to us the world that always has the flip side of the coin. This film speaks about duality rather than the split-nature of the world. My wish is for the audience to feel the connection and identification with the young rebel Nika, but also with both kings (or both sides of the king) at different moments. The King is not vicious in his intentions, but mother’s death, Princess Nika is still mother’s death, Princess of her trying to win the attention – Poet King. always absent father appearance, She lies about Dragon’s and ends fakes her own kidnapping only up being actually kidnapped absence to realize that her father’s his rivalry with and neglect is due to – Warrior King. his split personality Once Nika disappears, the two kings start fighting with each other and thus ruining the kingdom because of their opposing strategies of how to bring her back. Nika now has to save herself, save the kingdom from her father’s deeds and, most importantly, help her father overcome the loss of her mother Queen which was the initial reason for his split.

Logline: Logline: father her to help is trying his defeat King to Poet Warrior King. archenemy, problem is that The only kings are actually these two one man. CEE Animation Talents This project is intended for alternative promotion of the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. Its aim is to present internationally the 9 best films made by young and debuting artists in a given year to a professional audience and for the general public. The selection of the films focuses on extraordinary talents whose work promises successful future careers. The project counts on the presentation of this compilation at selected European animated film festivals and to draw attention to new talents and bring them together with experienced foreign producers. Why did we create this project?

While the quality of animation from CEE increases yearly, alternative presentation channels are needed due to the lack of scope for animated film promotion through national film institutes. Hence the CEE Animation has taken the initiative and, as the first such project in the region of Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia, we aim to raise the profile of our animation even outside the films’ production countries.

How do we select the films?

An expert board from CEE is annually compiled to select the best regional work produced that year. Festival artistic directors Anna Ida Orosz (Primanima), Olga Bobrowska (StopTrik), Pavel Horáček (Anifilm), Maroš Brojo (Fest Anča), Daniel Šuljić (Animafest Zagreb), and Igor Prassel (Animateka) participated in the selection.

The TALENTS project doesn’t aim for sales but rather to support dissemination at film markets, and among film distributors, sales agents and festival programme directors. The selection will also be screened at various film festivals around the world to reach mainstream audiences. The CEE Animation will also closely cooperate on the project with national film centres and regional professionals. Our primary ambition is the year-round promotion of young CEE artists’ animation and assistance for its further development, visibility and distribution. Apart / Spolu sami

Director: Diana Cam Van Nguyen 2018, Czechia Producer: Karolína Davidová Sales: Karolína Davidová / karolina.davidova@ post.cz

Bless You! / Na zdrowie!

Director: Paulina Ziółkowska 2018, Poland Producer: Polish National Film School in Lodz Sales: Miyu Distribution [email protected]

Cloudy / Pod mrakem

Director: Zuzana Čupová 2018, Czechia Producer: Lukáš Gregor / Tomas Bata University in Zlín Sales: Tomas Bata University in Zlín / [email protected]

CEE Animation Forum 98--99 Dance of Love / Ples ljubezni

Director: Leo Černic 2018, Slovenia Producer: Nina Robnik / UL AGRFT Sales: UL AGRFT [email protected]

I Am Not Playing Anymore / Ja sa nehrám

Director: Matej Babic 2018, Slovakia Producer: Adam Schwarz / FTF VSMU Sales: FTF VSMU [email protected]

Poetika Anima

Director: Kriss Sagan 2018, Slovakia Producer: Diana Švihlová FTF VSMU Sales: FTF VSMU [email protected] Take Me Please

Director: Olivér Hegyi 2017, Hungary Producer: József Fülöp MOME Anim Sales: Hungarian National Film Fund [email protected]

Two for Two

Director: Jelena Oroz 2018, Croatia Producer: Vanja Andrijević Bonobostudio Sales: Vanja Andrijević [email protected]

Unsafe Land / Zűrös környék

Director: Marcell Szénási 2017, Hungary Producer: József Fülöp MOME Anim Sales: Hungarian National Film Fund / orr.krisztina@ filmalap.hu

CEE Animation Forum 100--101 Industry Program CEE Animation Forum has grown into a platform where producers can build networks among themselves and with CEE region broadcasters, present new talents and their creative work for EU producers and help find financing and distribution for their projects. In addition to the main pitching competition for Short Films, Series / TV Specials and Feature Films, the three-day programme offers a number of networking opportunities, presentations, debates and screenings. Animation professionals at the Forum can acquire skills and know-how from foreign experts from the field as well as useful contacts that will contribute to making their animated project a success. Bosnian and Herzegovinian Animation Today

The animation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is about to blossom. After six decades of authors who had a brilliant debut movie, only to give up after a few projects and continue with documentaries or to be interrupted by the war – the situation is finally changing. Founding of the animation department at the Academy of Arts at the University of Banja Luka, combined with animation festivals in Banja Luka and Neum, helped the animation community to start growing. Besides the newly founded school, there are at least five animation studios and plenty of freelancers active. At the moment, four short films and five graduation short films are in production, along with one TV series, so we expect the year 2020 to be a “good year” for us. Next steps are funding of association of and its work towards relevant film officials to give more opportunities and support to animation in general. Bulgarian Animation Today

Contemporary Bulgarian animation is a worthy successor of the notable Bulgarian animation school of the 1960s and 70s. Two local festivals are dedicated to animation – the World Festival of Animation Film (WFAF), set up in 1979 in Varna, and Zlaten Kuker – based in Sofia. WFAF had its 14th edition in 2018. Other Bulgarian festivals featuring animation include Oscar® qualifying in the Animated Short Film category IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival. In 2018 the state subsidy for animation films, distributed through the National Film Centre, amounted to 550,000 Euro, and supported 8 shorts, 2 debuts, 2 films with duration over 26 min. and 1 co-production. Independent Bulgarian animation is steadily developing in a range of diverse genres and techniques. 20 Kicks by Dimitar Dimitrov was in the official selection of Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2018, while Techno by Atanas Filipov is in the 2019 student selection of Animafest Zagreb. Two other recent films deserve to be mentioned – surrealistic Touch by Canada-based V. Kazakov and Roses in the Night by P. Kunchev. V. Dantcheva took part in an international anthology project with her abstract film Hierarchy Glitch, presented with a live performance by Klangforum Wien and touring festivals in 2019. Audiences are expecting with interest the premiere of Paper Kite by A. Kovanova.

Written by B. Mateeva, 2019

CEE Animation Forum 104--105 Croatian Animation Today

Croatian Audiovisual Centre supports national production of short animated films with about EUR 400,000 per year. Besides that the Centre offers minor coproduction support and short animated projects also qualify for the support. About 40 short animated films were released in 2018/2019 by different production houses and schools. This year Croatia is represented in Annecy festival with 6 short films: 1. Toomas Beneath the Valley of The Wild Wolves by Chintis Lundgren (Adriatic Animation), 2. A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts by Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov (Adriatic Animation), 3. From Under Which Rock Did They Crawl Out by Daniel Šuljić (Kreativni sindikat, Zagreb film), 4. Imbued Life by Ivana Bošnjak and Thomas Johnson (Bonobostudio), 5. Animafest Zagreb 2018 “Official Festival Trailer” by Stipan Tadić (Animafest Zagreb) and 6. OIAF 2018 Signal Film by Chintis Lundgren (Adriatic Animation). Little Who Who, animated series for children from studio RECIRCLE (52x5min) received Creative Europe single project development funding and they are ready to bring in more partners to finance the development and production. Amulet Studio has created 13 episodes of the web animated series &Black&White for young adults and it is searching for distribution. A Macedonian film John Vardar vs the Galaxy Goce Cvetanovski got minority co-production financing EUR 120,000 from Croatian Audiovisual Centre and film is due to start the pre-production with 3D2D Animatori in 2019. Czech Animation Today

In 2018, four Czech feature films came to cinemas: Pat & Mat: In Action Again and Winter Adventure (nearly 88,000 viewers), the highly anticipated film by Jan Švankmajer, Insects, and Mimi & Lisa: Christmas Lights Mystery. Harvie and the Magic Museum became the best-selling Czech animated film of modern history (sales to 90 countries). Several feature films are scheduled for 2019: Great Adventures of the Lucky Four, the anniversary of the fall of the communist regime will be commemorated by Fritzi – A Revolutionary Tale, Noro Držiak is preparing The Impossible Voyage about the death of Rastislav Štefánik. Several promising projects are already in production: Even Mice Belong in Heaven, The Crossing or Tonda, Slavka & Genius. Fruits of Clouds excelled among short films, screened at almost 200 festivals and awarded at Berlinale 2019. The short film The Kite also premiered at Berlinale and was recently selected to the Annecy Festival. The talented Diana Cam Van Nguyen again drew attention with her Apart, selected to IFF Rotterdam, and Charlie the Snowman’s Christmas Wedding won the Audience Award at the Biennial of Animation Bratislava. The co-production feature film Of Unwanted Things and People was recently presented at Cartoon Movie and received the Eurimages Development Coproduction Award.

CEE Animation Forum 106--107 Today

The year started exceptionally for the Estonian animation as Lotte and the Lost Dragons premiered at Berlinale. Lotte, co-produced by Eesti Joonisfilm and Rija Films, is not the only full-length animation to keep an eye on. BOP Animation is in production with Old Man Cartoon Movie. Old Man has grown out from the Estonian Youtube sensation and will premiere in September. Estonian-Danish co-production Raggie – an animated feature about a rag doll, will reach the screens in 2020. Estonian animation is known for its rich short film scene. Five short films will screen at Annecy: Chintis Lundgren’s Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves, Anu-Laura Tuttelberg’s Winter in the Rainforest, Estonian- Croatian co-production A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts, Kristjan Holm’s Life24 and Priit Tender’s Orpheus. In addition, three student films from the Estonian Academy of Arts made it to Annecy. Teofrastus, produced by Nukufilm will travel to several festivals, including Zlín. Nukufilm is also in production with About Love and Riho Unt’s The Wings. Both will wrap production this year. Cartoon d’Or winning Kaspar Jancis is in production with Cosmonaut, produced by Eesti Joonisfilm. The film will be ready at the end of summer. Surreal 2D short Solstice directed by Mikk Mägi and Sander Joon from BOP Animation is set to release in autumn. Hungarian Animation Today

For one long decade, no Hungarian feature-length animation appeared in cinemas, and especially great anticipation thus preceded the arrival of Ruben Brandt, Collector directed by Milorad Krstic in 2018. The film is now on its successful festival tour around the world. Feature films are supported by the Hungarian National Film Fund, whereas all animation shorts and series are supported by the Media Patronage Program of the Media Council of Hungary, the programme that also sponsors the international launch of Hungarian animation with a stand at MIFA, Annecy Festival. Recent years have seen a new wave of Hungarian animation. The upcoming generation of authors trained at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (among others Peter Vacz, Reka Bucsi, Zsuzsanna Kreif, Borbala Zetenyi, Nadja Andrasev, Luca Tóth and the freshest Berlinale award winner, Flóra Anna Buda), as well as at the Metropolitan University (David Dell’Edera) has begun to receive international recognition, their films having been screened at several prestigious film festivals like Annecy, Berlinale, Clermont-Ferrand, Sundance or Cannes. This has led to the creation of a professional medium that has brought the Hungarian Animation Producers’ Association to life in 2019, with the aim to unite the animation scene in Hungary and further strengthen its international reputation.

CEE Animation Forum 108--109 Latvian Animation Today

The most productive and popular Latvian directors these days are Vladimir Leschiov, Edmunds Jansons, Gints Zilbalodis, Anete Melece, Nils Skapans, Dace Rīdūze and Kārlis Vītols. Among the studios, one should take a look at the recent works of Atom Art, Animācijas Brigāde, Rija Films, and the newcomer Locomotive Productions that currently works on Signe Baumane’s upcoming feature. Latvian animated films are still made with small and medium-sized budgets. Many projects, both in short and long formats, are made as co-productions. This definitely is the right time to look for good-quality services in Latvia, there is now a considerable number of trained professionals in the country. Latvian animation is blooming – we have had seven features and twice as many shorts on our plate in the last two years. Among their directors, there are also promising new talents like Lizete Upīte and Zane Oborenko. Last but not least, the Latvian Animation Association was founded in 2016 and currently represents 17 members. Lithuanian Animation Today

In 2018, the annual state support for the film industry in Lithuania was 6,423,000 EUR. Out of 54 films produced, there were 7 animated shorts. The Lithuanian Film Centre supports animation development, production and distribution. The Lithuanian Film Tax Incentive offers an opportunity to save up to 30 % of the budget. In 2018, there were two important international premieres: Trail of Angels, a short VR animation (dir. Kristina Buožytė, prod. Okta), had its premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, and The Juggler (dir. Skirmanta Jakaitė, prod. Art Shot), premiered at DOK Leipzig. Two Lithuanian films will be screened at Annecy IAFF 2019: The Juggler (dir. Skirmanta Jakaitė, prod. Art Shot) and the minority co-production Winter in The Rain Forest (dir. Anu- Laura Tuttelberg, prod. Art Shot). Other recent successful Lithuanian productions include Running Lights (2017), Mr Night Has a Day Off (2016), and Junction (2016). BLON is an international festival for animated films, games, AR and VR, taking place in Klaipėda. Since 2015, the Lithuanian Animation Association has been aiming to unite animation-related companies to form a network, and to promote Lithuanian animation.

CEE Animation Forum 110--111 Macedonian Animation Today

After its appearance and success throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Macedonian animated film was in a period of deep hibernation for nearly thirty years, until the “new wave” animation authors emerged over the last decade: Ivan Ivanovski, Goce Cvetanovski, Vuk Mitevski, Vladimir Lukash and Zharko Ivanov. Their animated films have had a successful global festival run: Zharko Ivanov’s animated trilogy Round Trip has been shown at more than 100 festivals including Hiroshima and Holland Animated Film Festival, winning more than 15 awards. Ivanov is the founder of the production company which has so far produced nearly 15 short animated films, and is currently in production of seven short projects with different authors and techniques. After his festival success with the short film Hansel and Gretel: the true story, Goce Cvetanovski became co-founder of the biggest 2D animation studio in the Balkans, Lynx Animation Studios. He is currently working on the first Macedonian animated feature film, John Vardar vs the Galaxy, a major coproduction project between Macedonia, Croatia and Bulgaria. Romanian Animation Today

The Romanian animation scene was very active in 2017-2018, and is looking forward to 2019 new productions. With three short films that travelled around the world and won prizes in major animation festivals – The Blissful Accidental Death by Sergiu Negulici, The Last Customer by Sergei Chiviriga and CEVA by Paul Mureșan – the upcoming generation of authors has begun to receive international recognition. The support from the National Film Fund and the interest of independent film studios in making artistic shorts have activated the field. In 2019, a new feature film of awarded director Anca Damian will be ready and will most probably hit the festivals. Besides, Romania’s only cultural event completely dedicated to the animation film industry, Animest, the film festival, celebrates its 14th edition later this autumn. Apart from bringing good tutors to Bucharest to teach workshops, the festival has made solid steps in getting young local animators work together, so the future does look a lot brighter.

CEE Animation Forum 112--113 Serbian Animation Today

Animated film in Serbia has seen a significant increase in production and visibility in the last three years. Aside from many short animated projects, three feature films are currently in the development stage. Untravel (2018), a film by Ana Nedeljković and Nikola Majdak Jr., was screened at Berlinale, Annecy, Sundance and nominated for an Annie Award. Musical Traumas (2018) by Miloš Tomić was nominated for an Emile Award. The previous year was marked by the festival success of Kosta Rakićević and Boriš Simović (Echo), and Vojin Vasović’s Twice Upon a Time, whose feature film was granted support by the Creative Europe MEDIA programme. Iva Ćirić’s Florigami and docu-animated project Radiovision are about to start screenings at festivals. Jelena Milunović is in production of her VAF 2018 pitch award-winning film Floating and we eagerly expect the premiere of our veteran Rastko Ćirić’s newest film, Lights and Shadows. Development of animation in Serbia has been continuously supported by the Film Centre of Serbia and the Union of Film Animators of Serbia (UFAS). International animation festivals taking place in Serbia include Balkanima and Animanima. Slovak Animation Today

Slovak animation showed in the past year again a growing number of feature films with minority and majority Slovak co-production share, and also new TV Series made in co-production with CEE and distributed in Poland, Czech Republic and France (cinemas). Animation in Slovakia receives a growing support from the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and RTVS (national broadcaster). The Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers (APAF) is active abroad and is a founding member of CEE Animation, involved in organization of all its activities. APAF develops the animation sector by organizing masterclasses on a wide range of topics connected to animation in cooperation with Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava and Animation Festival Fest Anča. Among the highlights is the success of co-production feature film Of Unwanted Things and People, winner of VAF 2018 and Eurimages Development Award at Cartoon Movie 2019. Shorts successfully toured festivals, such as Journey by Marek Jasaň premiered at Fest Anca, Kite by Martin Smatana premiered at Berlinale, and Poetika Anima by Kriss Sagan which was selected in Annecy 2019. A new TV Series Ka- Boom premiered, while the new Mimi & Lisa TV special became a box office success in French cinemas.

CEE Animation Forum 114--115 CEE Animation Workshop 2018/2019

CEE Animation Workshop is a year-long training programme of project development and networking for producers and their creative teams, focused on animated or hybrid projects of all lengths and types (shorts, features, series, documentary & fiction, also hybrid projects with a considerable amount of animation). It is open also to professionals (studios, freelance, public institutions, distributors, broadcasters etc.) without a project with interest in animation. The aim of the training is to provide tutoring in the field of content development, starting with consultancy on the script as well as artistic and production consultancy. Lectures and presentations of recent trends in production, marketing and distribution, case studies of international co- productions, financial and legal matters and other important elements will be provided by acclaimed international experts. The year-long programme is focused on three intensive modules, each 6 days long. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to pitch projects and receive subsequent online consultancy. Selected projects and participants 2018/2019

FEATURE FILMS: Gentle Jaco (David Toušek, Hana Lehečková; Czech Republic) Hello Isabelle (Siniša Juričić, Marjan Alčevski; Croatia) Lady Pirates (Miljana Dragičević, Dorotea Vučić; Croatia) Twice Upon a Time (Vojin Vasovic, Milorad Kocić; Serbia)

SERIES: The Adventures of Tubby and Stretch (Mladen Đukić, Dejan Mijatović, Jelena Kojović Tepić; Bosnia and Herzegovina) Koyaa (Kolja Saksida, Sara Živkovič, Marko Bratuš; Slovenia) Rabbit from a Tin Hat (Ivan Bereš; Serbia) Summer Kingdom (Yana Palamarenko, Roman Kepkalo; Ukraine)

SHORT FILMS: Grandpa is Sleeping (Helga Fodorean, Matei Branea; Romania) Kafka in Love (Sabine Andersone, Zane Oborenko; Latvia) Noah’s Tree (Gabor Osvath, Peter Vácz; Hungary) Viskovitz (Ioana Lascar, Serghei Chiviriga; Romania)

PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT PROJECT: Belina Jano (Animated Society, Albania) Levan Lapachi (Highwayvfx, Georgia) Kumelj Polona (Invida, Slovenia) Danijela Radulovi (Film Centre of Montenegro, Montenegro) Orsolya Sipos (SALTO Films Ltd., Hungary)

CEE Animation Forum 116--117 Anifilm Highlights

Tomek Ducki: Masterclass

One of the most significant authors in animated music video production, Tomek Ducki uses a blend of techniques, visually bewitching colour combinations and hidden stories in his works. During the masterclass, he’ll reveal the process behind creation of his were the award-winning videos Paradise Wednesday, May 8 Awaits, Daydreamer, Man in the Moon, Animals…. allowing enough time for Q&A session. As part of the non-competition programme of Anifilm festival, he will also be presenting his retrospective.

Max Hattler: Masterclass

A well-known figure on the scene, Max Hattler works on the edges between abstraction and representation, where meaning is freed from the constraints of traditional storytelling. In this masterclass, Hattler presents some of Thursday, May 9 his works and the ideas behind them, offering an insight into his way of working. As part of the accompanying programme of Anifilm festival, he will also be presenting his retrospective and a stereoscopic audiovisual performance Hattlerizer 4.D. Note: You’re welcome to take part in the Anifilm festival highlights from Wednesday to Friday, for times and places, please, check the Anifilm program schedule.

Markus Krohn: Making of Chris the Swiss

Having a deeper look into the process of making Chris the Swiss, we will discuss tasks and strategies of music and sound design that are typical for . Markus Krohn will show examples of great collaboration between composer and sound designer Thursday, May 9 and different layers of sound and might touch editing, directing and production issues as well.

Jonas Odell: Masterclass

Jonas Odell discusses the nature and raison d’être of the Animated Documentary with his own films in the genre as a starting point. Does the seemingly paradoxical combination of the words

“animated” and “documentary” even Friday, May 10 make sense? As part of the non- competition programme of Anifilm festival, he will also be presenting his retrospective in two programmes: films and music videos.

CEE Animation Forum 118--119 Georges Schwizgebel: Masterclass

With the help of a projection of film extracts, line-tests, images and various documents, Georges Schwizgebel will present his approach to short animation. He will address the topics that interest him particularly; music, loops, movements in space and metamorphosis. One of the Saturday, May 11 most celebrated directors and animation pioneers will show the audience some of his older from his films. As part of the non-competition programme of Anifilm festival, he will also be presenting his retrospective.

3 Feature Films in Progress

Michaela Pavlátová: My Sunny Maad Work in Progress

In an interview with Eliška Děcká, an Oscar-nominated Czech director Michaela Pavlátová will present her new feature-length project based on the book Frišta, and also her other works. She’ll talk about her way from Friday, May 10 short animations to feature-length films, from dreams to reality, from doodling to realizations, letting us look through the keyhole into her creative „kitchen“. Florence Miailhe The Crossing Work in Progress

French painter and animation director, Florence Miailhe will take us through making of The Crossing, her first feature-length film about two siblings on the run. The French-

German-Czech co-production is Saturday, May 11 partly made in cooperation with Czech animators in Prague, and it is made using a demanding pain-on- glass animation technique.

Denisa Grimmová, Jan Bubeníček, Vladimír Lhoták: Mice Belong in Heaven Work in Progress

Making of the stop-motion project Mice Belong in Heaven started at the end of 2018. Directors Denisa Grimmová and Jan Bubeníček, and the producer of the film Vladimír Sunday, May 12 Lhoták will show us how they used and combined technology, digital drawing, 3D printing and visual effects in pre-production and production phases of filmmaking, and we’ll also see the preview of the new film.

CEE Animation Forum 120--121 Who Is Who at CEE Animation Forum 2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina Đukić Mladen / AEON / CEEA Workshop Participant; Director, Producer, Writer / [email protected]

Belgium Denney-Phelps Nancy / Animation World Network / Journalist / [email protected] Hermans Gert / Jekino / Journalist / [email protected]

Bulgaria Dantcheva Vessela / Compote Collective / SF: Where to; Producer / [email protected] Lopez-Koleva Alexandra / Zographic / TV: The Brownies; Author,Writer / [email protected] Petrov Asparuh / Compote Collective / SF: Where to; Director, Scriptwriter / [email protected] Velinov Lachezar / Zographic / TV: The Brownies; Producer / [email protected]

Canada Popović Jelena / National film board of Canada / Producer / [email protected]

Croatia Bučević Mia / Kreativni sindikat / SF: Raft; Producer / [email protected] Dješka Marko / Adriatic Animation / SF: Family Portrait; Producer / [email protected] Dragičević Miljana / 3d2d, Minya Films and Animation / CEEA Workshop Participant; Producer / [email protected] Meštrović Marko / Kreativni sindikat / SF: Raft; Director / [email protected] Milić Matea / Animafest Festival / Festival Producer / [email protected] Petković Vladan / Cineuropa / Journalist / [email protected] Šuljić Daniel / Animafest Festival / Festival Director / [email protected] Vidaković Lea / Adriatic Animation / SF: Family Portrait; Director / [email protected] Vučić Dorotea / CEEA Workshop Participant; Director / [email protected] Czechia Babinec Petr / Kouzelná Animace / Creative Producer / [email protected] Bahulová Zuzana / Filmový uzel Zlín / [email protected] Chytilová Vlaďka / Kreativní Evropa – MEDIA / [email protected] Čížková Karolína / Animuj.cz / Journalist / [email protected] Davidová Karolína / CEE Animation / Head of TV Section / [email protected] Dudek Vojtěch / Krutart / TV: Kosmix; Director / [email protected] Hovorka Martin / Eallin / Executive Producer / [email protected] Ivančíková Lenka / Director / [email protected] Jallageas Marta / CEE Animation / Public Relations / [email protected] Jůza Martin / Krutart / TV: Kosmix; Producer / [email protected] Kotík Martin / Rolling pictures / FF: Pearl; Director / [email protected] Kučerová Zuzana / Frame Films / [email protected] Kupková Petra / ASAF / Non-profit sector financing - specialist / [email protected] Lehečková Hana / CEEA Workshop Participant; Writer / [email protected] Meils Cathy / Film New Europe / Journalist / [email protected] Mika Jan / Filmofon animation / SF: The Goose; Director, Producer / [email protected] Míka Jiří / PFX / Executive Producer / Partner / [email protected] Oukropec Petr / Negativ s.r.o. / FF: My Sunny Maad; Producer / [email protected] Pavlátová Michaela / FF: My Sunny Maad; Director / [email protected] Podhradský Michal / Animation people/CEE Animation / CEO / Producer / Chairman / [email protected] Procházka Radim / Produkce Radim Procházka / FF: Babu in the Night City; Producer / [email protected] Sádek Jiří / COFILM / Director / Executive Producer / [email protected] Schuch Bojan / CEE Animation / Head of Financing / [email protected] Surý Radovan / BareBear Production / Producer / [email protected] Toušek David / 3Bohemians / CEEA Workshop Participant; Director / [email protected] Vallová Alena / CEE Animation / Production Coordinator / [email protected] Vandas Martin / MAUR film/CEE Animation / CEO / Producer / National Coordinator / [email protected] Vášová Anna / 13ka / Scriptwriter / [email protected] Vodička Petr / Produkce Radim Procházka / FF: Babu in the Night City; Director / [email protected] Vrátilová Marcela / CEE Animation / Head of Production / [email protected]

CEE Animation Forum 122--123 Denmark Wendorff-Østergaard Ole / CEEA Workshop Group Leader; Producer / [email protected]

Estonia Tõldsepp Kristel / A Film Estonia / Producer / [email protected] Pedmanson Peep / Estonian Film Fund / Writer / Estonian Film Fund Animation Commissioner / [email protected]

France Bizzaro Agnès / Cartoon Springboard / Cartoon Springboard Content Coordinator / [email protected] Boffelli Marion / Special Touch Studios / FF: Allah is not obliged; Head of Development / [email protected] Bonny Marc / Gebeka Films / Distributor / [email protected] Cadoux Iris / Eurimages / Project Manager – Animations, Features / [email protected] Catherin Olivier / CITIA / Producer, Animation Consultant / [email protected] Crouzeix Laurent / Sauve qui peut le court métrage / Film Programmer, Project Manager / [email protected] Darras Matthieu / CEE Animation. First Cut Lab, Pop Up Film Residency / [email protected] Duret Laurent / Bachibouzouk / TV: Some of Us; Producer / [email protected] Hofmann Alexis / Bac Films / Acqusitions / [email protected] Le Corre Jean Francois / Vivement Lundi! / Producer / [email protected] Le Gall Francois / a_BAHN / Producer / [email protected] Megherbi Damien / Les Valseurs / Producer / [email protected] Najjar Zaven / Special Touch Studios / FF: Allah is not obliged; Director / [email protected] Onomo Sebastien / Special touch studios / Producer / [email protected] Petry Sirvin Emmanuèle / Dandelooo / Producer / [email protected] Piot Jérome / Special Touch Studios / FF: Sidi Kaba and the Gateway Home; author / [email protected] Urroz Ilan / Foliascope / CEO/Producer / [email protected] Valle Marie-Pierre / Wild bunch / Acquisitions / [email protected] Wery Jean-Baptiste / Dandelooo / Producer / [email protected]

Georgia Lapachi Levan / Highway VFX / CEEA Workshop Participant; Producer, Animator, CGI Artist / [email protected] Germany Blaney Martin / Screen / Journalist / [email protected] Droessler Thorsten / FilmVermoegen / SF: Paolo´s Happiness; Director / [email protected] Friedrich Esther / MovieBrats pictures / CEO / Producer / [email protected] Heinzl Anastasia / Studio Huckepack / TV: Grandma’s Pond; Writer / [email protected] Lumb Manuela / Independent Producer and Consultant / [email protected] Messner Laura / Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg / TV: The Very Hairy Alphabet; Producer / [email protected] Schäper Friedrich / Studio Huckepack / TV: Grandma’s Pond; Director, Producer / [email protected] Schuh Jakob / Independent Director / [email protected] Wisskirchen Grit / FilmVermoegen / SF: Paolo´s Happiness; Producer / [email protected]

Greece Kroustallis Vassilis / Zippy Frames / Journalist / [email protected]

Hungary Domonyi Rita / CEEA Workshop Script Advisor / [email protected] Falvai Györgyi / MOME / CEEA Board Member, National Coordinator / [email protected] Gelley Bálint / CUB Animation / TV: The Cat Princess; Producer, CEEA Board Member / [email protected] Glaser Eszter / MOME / Manager of Animation Department / [email protected] Konrád Éva / Umatik / FF: Solo Lobo; Producer / [email protected] Kreif Zsuzsanna / Animation Artist, CEEA Forum tutor / [email protected] Lukács Péter Benjámin / Boddah Riotfilm / SF: Amok; Producer / [email protected] Osváth Gabor / Boddah Riotfilm / CEEA Workshop Participant; Producer / [email protected] Sipos Orsolya / Salto Films / CEEA Workshop Participant; Producer / [email protected] Tamás Iván / CUB Animation / TV: The Cat Princess; Director / [email protected] Turai Balázs / Boddah Riotfilm / SF: Amok; Director / [email protected] Vacz Peter / CEEA Workshop Participant; Director / [email protected] Vadász Zita / MOME / Emerging Media Advisor / [email protected]

Ireland

CEE Animation Forum 124--125 Holly Alan / And Maps and Plans / FF: Piece; Director / [email protected] Honan Moe / Moetion Films / Producer / [email protected]

Italy Burani Matteo Nicolò / Studio Croma animation / SF: Playing God; Director / [email protected] Compagnoni Raffaele / Tiwi / TV: Move It or Lose It; Director / [email protected] Cozzarini Valeria / Altreforme Società Cooperativa / SF: Butterfly on the Hook; Director / [email protected] De Mata Caterina / L&C / Director, Producer / [email protected] Gheller Arianna / Studio Croma animation / SF: Playing God; animator / [email protected] Guadagnini Remigio / Altreforme Società Cooperativa / SF: Butterfly on the Hook; Producer / [email protected] Raffaelli Luca / Zero Milestone srl / New Media Adviser / [email protected] Riboldazzi Federico / Tiwi / TV: Move It or Lose It; Producer / [email protected] Vannucci Enrico / Venice Film Festival – Orizzonti Corti, Torino Short Film Market, Varicoloured / Festival Programmer / [email protected] Vulpiani Carla / And Maps and Plans / FF: Piece; Producer / [email protected]

Latvia Andersone Sabine / Atom Art / SF: Kafka in Love; Producer / [email protected] Oborenko Zane / Atom Art / SF: Kafka in Love; Director / [email protected]

Luxembourg Elo Satu / EAVE / Programme Manager Europe / [email protected]

Montenegro Radulović Danijela / Film Centre of Montenegro / CEEA Workshop Participant; Producer / [email protected]

Norway Grorud Mats / Nubbsjangs Productions / Director, Animator / [email protected] Poland Bobbitt Sean / Breakthru Films / CEO, Producer / [email protected] Horszczaruk Zofia / Warsaw Kids Film Forum; SPPA / Project Manager / [email protected] Jakubczyk Maciej / New Horizons Association / Head of Distribution / [email protected] Jaszczurowski Robert / GS Animation / SPPA / CEO, Producer / Chairman of SPPA / [email protected] Leszczyński Wojciech / WJTeam/ SPPA / CEO, Producer / Board Member of SPPA / [email protected] Łuczaj Marcin / New Europe Film Sales / Acquisitions / [email protected] Niedźwiedź Tomasz / Badi Badi Sp. / FF: The Guardian of Legends; creat. Producer, Director / [email protected] Ozorek Aneta / Artistic Director of KLIK, Film Curator / [email protected] Plocieniak-Alvarez Eliza / TV: The Very Hairy Alphabet; Director / [email protected] Puszczyńska Ewa / Opus Film / CEEA Workshop Group Leader; Producer / [email protected] Rawa Magdalena / Badi Badi Sp. / FF: The Guardian of Legends; Producer / [email protected] Sadurska Agnieszka / Agimagine / TV: The Wind Over Aleppo; Director, scriptWriter / [email protected] Sobolewska Ewa / TV Studio Filmów Animowanych / TV: The Wind Over Aleppo; Producer / [email protected] Żukowski Marcin / Studio Trefl / Executive Producer / [email protected]

Romania Branea Matei / SF: Grandpa is sleeping; Director, Comics and 2D Animation Artist / [email protected] Chiviriga Serghei / SF: Viskovitz; Director / [email protected] Damian Anca / Aparte Film / Director, Writer, Producer / [email protected] Fodorean Helga / Safe Frame / SF: Grandpa is Sleeping; Producer / [email protected] Lascar Ioana / deFilm / SF: Viskovitz; Producer / [email protected]

Serbia Bereš Ivan / Origin Tales / CEEA Workshop Participant; Director / [email protected] Kocić Milorad / To Blink Animation / FF: Twice Upon a Time; Producer / [email protected]

CEE Animation Forum 126--127 Majdak Nikola / Film House Baš Čelik / SF: Money and Happiness; Director / [email protected] Nedeljković Ana / Film House Baš Čelik / SF: Money and Happiness; Director / [email protected] Vasović Vojin / To Blink Animation / FF: Twice Upon a Time; Producer, Director / [email protected]

Slovakia Badač Peter / B-Film / Producer / [email protected] Balážová Soňa / SFU – The Slovak Film Institute / Information Officer & Film Promotion / [email protected] Brojo Maroš / CEE Animation / CEE Animation Talents Coordinator / [email protected] Budinska Barbara / APAF – Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers, Plutoon / Producer / [email protected] Budinsky Peter / APAF – Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers, Plutoon / Producer / [email protected] Bulantova Klaudia / Inout / TV: Street Pack; Art Director / [email protected] Cvangová Henrieta / APAF – Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers, Artichoke / Producer / [email protected] Dubišová Verona / CEE Animation, Artichoke / Junior Producer / [email protected] Gabrižová Saša / VŠMU – The Academy of Performing Arts / [email protected] Holub Matej / Inout / TV: Street Pack; Director / [email protected] Javorská Kateřina / AVF – Slovak Audiovisual Fund / Member of the Commision / [email protected] Kerekesová Katarína / APAF – Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers, Fool Moon / Producer, CEE Animation National Coordinator / [email protected] Krasnohorsky Juraj / CEE Animation, Artichoke / Producer / [email protected] Marčeková Halka / Radio and Television Slovakia, RTVS / Dramaturgy / [email protected] Moláková Katarína / VŠMU – The Academy of Performing Arts / [email protected] Ochabová Michaela / APAF – Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers, Fool Moon / Production Manager / [email protected] Pagáčová Lea / SFU – The Slovak Film Institute / Information Officer & Short Film Coordinator / [email protected] Sobolčáková Michaela / RTVS – Radio and Television of Slovakia / Acquisitions Department / [email protected] Slovenia Bach Saša / DSAF – Slovenian Animated Film Association / [email protected] Briški Sabina / Creative Europe Desk Slovenia / Head of MEDIA Sub-Programme / [email protected] Černic Leo / director, animator / [email protected] Kumelj Polona / Invida / SF: Mouse House; Producer / [email protected] Lampret Ana / CEE Animation / [email protected] Leder Timon / Invida / SF: Mouse House; Director / [email protected] Oprešnik Maja / CEE Animation / [email protected] Peštaj Martina / RTV Slovenia / Head of Children’s and Youth Programme / [email protected] Rutar Jožko / CEE Animation / [email protected] Saksida Kolja / ZVVIKS / CEEA Workshop Participant; Director / [email protected] Šturm Matija / CEE Animation / [email protected] Žgajner Eva / CEE Animation / [email protected]

UK Parker Phil / BCre8ive / CEEA Workshop Script Advisor, Forum Tutor / [email protected]

Ukraine Kepkalo Roman / Yarki Studio / TV: Summer Kingdom; Director / [email protected] Palamarenko Yana / Yarki Studio / TV: Summer Kingdom; Producer / [email protected]

USA LaZebnik Philip / ScreenWriter, Producer / [email protected]

USA / Bolio K. Jamie / 62 GEORGE STREET / Consultant, Acquisition / [email protected]

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