International Animation Festival - Animasyros 2.0

The International Animation Festival & Forum AnimaSyros 2.0 will take place in Syros island, Cyclades, Greece from Thursday, September 24th to Sunday, September 27th 2009.

Copying from animasyros 2.0 site :
"...The International Animation Festival & Forum is an annual festival dedicated to the art of animation...The festival is an initiative of PLATFORMA- Urban Culture Co and is organised in collaboration with the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Hermoupolis and produced by mscomm company.
The scope of the festival is to present and promote Greek and foreign animation films, to familiarize the Greek audience with quality animation and to decentralize cultural events.

During the festival a variety of animated films from all over the world, representing a significant number of animation techniques will be screened in the competition section as well as in special screening tributes to international animation film festival such as Annecy International Animated Film Festival (France), Internationales Trickfilm Festival (Germany), Bradford Animation Festival (Great Britain), Anifest (Czech Republic) και Magma Short Film Festival (Italy).

In parallel, the festival organizes two media literacy programmes, a hands-on animation lab with the participation of students from the Technological Institute of Athens- Faculty of Graphic Arts & Design department of Graphic Design and a audiovisual workshop by young creators aiming at the audiovisual documentation of the Festival & the Forum.

The Forum
This year, animasyros 2.0 introduced the new dimension of a professional forum. The forum is a two-day meeting of professional networking, collaborations, presentations and seminars, with the participation of representatives from international animation organizations, educational institutes, creators, production companies, animation studios and other relevant organizations. The forum sessions start on Thursday September 24, 2009 and conclude on Friday September 25, 2009 with the Grand opening of the animation film festival and film screenings.

The indicative programme of the professional Forum includes the following sessions:
Thursday September 24, 2009
BRAVE NEW ANIMATION
Animation as a tool of public service advertising and social messages.

An open discussion on case studies of animation films and tv commercials, which have succeeded their goal to overwhelm and motivate the audience on crucial political and social global issues.

ANIMATION VS EDUCATION
Animation in education- Animation as an educational method
The presentation by audiovisual education and research organisations of formal and informal educational schemes based on animation.

Friday September 25, 2009
PITCHING ANIMATION SHELLS

A Pitching session, which includes the presentation of 4 animation films to representatives of distributors, TV stations and professionals of the audiovisual sector. The works screened will be thoroughly presented by their creators and will be evaluated on a technical, artistic and commercial basis.

PRESENTATION OF A HIGH-END ANIMATION STUDIO
More details will be announced soon.
Please note that the detailed programme of the Forum including the participants will be announced shortly.

WHEN
...The event starts on Thursday September 24, 2009 with the Forum sessions, which are concluded on Friday September 24, 2009 late afternoon. It is then the time for the opening ceremony of the Animation Film Festival and the screenings of the animation films participating in the competition and special tributes sections, the parallel events and of course the parties! will conclude on Sunday September 27, 2009 with the announcement of the winning films and the closing party!

Entrance is free of charge to all festival screenings and parties..."

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