Viborg Animation Festival 2023 Highlights: Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Deep Sea, ANIDOX VR, More…
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Viborg Animation Festival is just around the corner – from September 25th to October 1st 2023 – in collaboration with The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark!
This year you can experience lots of great films, meet artists and network with the entire creative industry. The full program, information and booking is available on the website animationsfestival.dk
Highlights
- VAF is proud to present Niki Lindroth von Bahr as VAF Artist of 2023. During the festival you will be able to see a retrospective of her amazing shortfilm, experience an exhibition of some of her filmsets, and of course meet the artist herself.
- Opening Film: Deep Sea, China, Tian Xiaopeng, 2023. Shenxiu was abandoned by her mother when she was a child. One day, she travels on a cruise ship with her new family, and on a stormy night she falls into the sea and breaks into the magical “Deep Sea” restaurant, an old, transformed submarine. DEEP SEA is the sea of the soul, where painful secrets and beautiful memories are hidden.
- 5 fantastic features are in competition for VAF Best Feature 2023 and are screened throughout the festival week in Viborg.
- The Inventor, Jim Capobianco & Pierre-Luc Granjon, Ireland/France/USA, 2023
- Aurora’s Sunrise, Inna Sahakyan, Armenia/Lithuania/Germany, 2022
- Mars Express, Jérémie Périn, France, 2023
- Roselil & Stentrolden, Karla Holmback, Denmark 2023
- Titina, Kajsa Næss, Norway 2022
- 8 short film competition categories with more than 100 nominated films. This year for the first time VAF introduces the Diversity Film Award, showcasing stories from underrepresented groups, focusing on issues in minority groups such as sexual orientation, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, disabilities, or others.
- Diversity Film Award
- VAF Best Feature Film
- VAF Best Short Film
- VAF Best Experimental Short Film
- VAF Best Graduation Project
- VAF Commissioned Award
- Open Workshop Danish Talent Award
- ANIMOK Youth Jury
- The Animation Showcase will be present during VAF with two special programs, one presenting animated shortfilms eligible for the Academy Awards®, while the second will be focusing on LGBTQ+. The programs are curated by Benoit Berthe Siward, film strategist and founder of ‘The Animation Showcase’ consulting boutique.
- VAF presents a number of conferences and industry events with lots of interesting guest speakers sheding light on the animation business, applied animation and technology such as Ai and XR.
- Creative Media Industry Forum – CMIF 2023 will take a look at where we are now and what to expect and how new technology will influence creative choices, mindsets and business models. Meet:
- Dylan Sisson, Pixar: Exploring the Boundaries of Creativity: AI, VR, and VFX
- Erik Smitt, Director of Creative Production, Skydance: Creative Production, Two Sides of the Same Coin
- Philippe Llerena, Chief Technology Officer Fortiche and Emmanuelle Aubeau, Talent Acquisition Manager & School Partnerships Fortiche: ARCANE: Behind the Scenes of the Hit Series: Target Audience, New Technologies, and Talent Search
- CAVE Concept Art Conferene. Among others you can meet:
- Jama Jurabaev, Senior Concept Artist, LucasfilM
- Rasmus Poulsen, Franchise Art Director, IO Interactive
- Jort van Welbergen, Concept Artist, HBO & Marvel
- ANIDOX VR. Artists Michelle and Uri Kranot presents a curated selection of animated documentary VR-experiences. You can meet the artists Melanie Courtinat (FR), Darren Emerson (UK), and Abner Preis, VR creator (NL)
Get the full overview at animationsfestival.dk