Hometown Heroes: One-on-One with Jennifer Kluska
As we await clarity on the release of Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, the fourth and apparently final movie within the sequence, OIAF is welcoming one in every of its two administrators (who occurs to be a former Ottawan). Kluska will hint her profession path, from early work as a storyboard artist on the likes of Bee Film and Cloudy with a Likelihood of Meatballs 2 all the way in which to the director’s chair.
Convos with Creators: Vivienne Medrano
Medrano is a paragon of indie success in animation: early in her profession, she constructed a big Youtube following, which she has parlayed into an trade deal. Her on-line pilot for grownup fantasy present Hazbin Lodge was seen greater than 40 million instances earlier than A24, the unbiased distributor and manufacturing firm, announced that it would turn it into a series. She’s going to converse at OIAF about her profession, alongside Bryan Dimas, Warner Bros. Animation government and co-director of LatinX in Animation.
Household Issues: Capturing the Breeze with Kang Min Kim
OIAF regulars will most likely have encountered Kim’s final brief KKUM, a beguiling stop-motion tribute to his mom which won last year’s grand prize. The filmmaker will converse in regards to the inventive course of behind his distinctive shorts, which additionally embody Deer Flower and Jeom, in addition to his commissioned work.
Ghosts of a Totally different Dream — The Movies of Mariusz Wilczyński
One other previous OIAF winner is the topic of this retrospective. Wilczyński, who took final 12 months’s characteristic grand prize for Kill It and Leave This Town, has made a number of shorts which are as melancholic and arresting as his magnum opus. Right here’s a uncommon probability to see them in a single go.
Tech Talks: Storytelling in 2D with 3D instrument Quill: A Deep Dive with Erick Oh
Quill is a vr portray instrument developed at Fb (however since handed to its creator) which is proving more and more common with animation filmmakers, amongst them Oh. The director, who was Oscar-nominated this 12 months for his brief Opera, will converse alongside members of Baobab Studio about how he created his newest work Namoo utilizing the software program.
Behind the Scenes: The Trainee and Mentor Journey at Netflix Animation
Netflix’s younger in-house animation studio has been working trainee packages for rising expertise for greater than a 12 months. The way in which trainees work with mentors is the topic of this panel, which is able to characteristic members of the studio’s story and artwork groups.
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Picture at high: “Hazbin Lodge”
