Saturday, September 2nd, FxF#19’s official program will start with the Norwegian Animation Industry Presentation session where Mikrofilm, Qvisten Animation, Animaskin, Den Siste Skilling, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Try, Høyskulen i Volda and Norsk Filmforbund will tell us about their past year.
Starting 12:00, at Cinemateket
Saturday, on FxF#19 day, we will start the day with a little portflio review session at 11:00, right outside Tancred (Cinemateket). Anyone is welcome to bring their work and show to a person of their choice among these artists: Kajsa Næss (director at Mikrofilm), Are Austnes (director and production designer at Qvisten Animation), Magdalena Osinska (director of 2d, CG and stop motion projects), Sara Gunnarsdottir (director of 2d projects and illustrator), Stig Saxegaard (art director and animator at Storm Studios).
Session will last 50 minutes and we will share the time among the people present.
Don’t miss Magdalena Osinska‘s presentation on September 2nd, at Cinemateket. After her presentation, Magda will screen her short film I am your Mother, made at Aardman, for Lucas Films and Disney +, as part of the Star Wars series Visions!
During FxF#19 on September 2nd, Sara Gunnarsdottir will screen her Oscar Nominated short film My Year of Dicks.
Don’t miss it!
Did you know, our French guest Alexandre Heboyan animated on Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs. Aliens, and also on Michel Ocelot’s Azur & Asmar: The Princes’ Quest?
His directorial debut, Mune: Guardian of the moon is getting many awards world wide.
Check out the trailer and some lovely still images here.
Rune Spaans is a veteran in the CG animation world in Norway.
With over 20 years of experience in design, animation and visual effects, he has contributed animation and VFX to films such as Monster Thursday and Trollhunter, and directed several award winning commercials. He has co-directed animated feature film such Pelle Politibil 2 and Knutsen & Ludvigsen og den fæle Rasputin.
The Absence of Eddy Table is his first short film, a CG animated horror romance short film, based on the works of Dave Cooper, produced by Tordenfilm.
On FxF#14, Rune will be talking about the making of The Absence of Eddy Table.
The film will not be screened, but you will have many little peaks inside Eddy’s world!
And for a little teaser check out these lovely new stills from the film!
Congratulations to our guests and friends Mikrofilm and Cartoon Saloon on their Oscar nominations!
Our guest Christopher Nielsen has an exhibition at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Where his new short film Rulletrappen is screened on a loop as part of the exhibition.
Our animator friends’ comic book Krüger & Krogh is finally out!
You can purchase it here.
Our FxF5, 2008, guest Tomm Moore had presented his brilliant film: The Secret of Kells.
Now the art book is coming out!
Our 2013 evening screening Ernest and Celestine is nominated for an Oscar!
Directors: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
Les Armateurs/Maybe Movies/La Parti Production/Melusine Productions/GKIDS
Our 2012 guest is now about to start shooting Shaun the Sheep series 4, and they are also in development of a longer format Shaun project.
Loyd has also been working with the Model making team developing the new characters needed for both of these projects.
At Aardman, they are also developing their next feature films, one of which will be a Nick Park film.
Our guest from 2008 is now directing the beautiful Song of the Sea.
Follow the Director’s blog here.
Here is the web site of our guests from 2007
the French studio Je Suis Bien Content, who did Persepolis.
Our guests from last year, Folimage’s feature film Une Vie de Chat is nominated for an Oscar!
Congratulations to them!
more here
Our Studio Soi guest from 2010 tell us that they just finished a Christmas special for the BBC called “the Gruffalo’s Child” that will air in Great Brittain on the 25th of December.
more info here
Our lovely guest from 2009 is now back in her hometown in Belgium, she has since supervised the animation of
a CGI serie called “Minuscule”, in collaboration with a structure called
“the Pole Image” which aims to promote live action and animation co-productions.
French site here.
Our guest from 2008 will participate in an auction with his paintings.
See more info here
Our guest from 2008 is still at Pixar, currently working on “Monsters University”.
After finishing The Baker with Qvisten Animation, Kine is now preparing for her upcoming short film “Magic Times”.
Our guest from 2007, Drifa Bensehir was animation supervisor here in Oslo after Frame by Frame, on Knerten Gifter Seg. She now lives in Tokyo and works as a 3D animator there.
Kyle Balda, our guest from 2007, has now co-directed The Lorax for Illuminated, from France
After FxF in 2007, Antoine worked in the Illusionist (Sylvain Chomet), went to Japan to work for a Tokyo based French classical animation studio, and then worked on storyboards for A Monster in Paris (Bibo Film)
You can follow his work here
