Who are the contemporary virtual characters and what are they and their managers up to? And we, grey humans, where are going along with our avatars? Cartoombria 2001 tries to respond to these questions in the full two-day event.
Cartoombria, back again at the Teatro del Pavone, presents for the first time a live performance and showcases fresh and funny characters as well as new and refined animated images. This edition concentrates on the most recent and inedited productions including films, trailers, visual effects, mixmedia shorts, first films and schools productions, music videos, commercials, games, computer and web animation creations.
The International Animation Exhibition gives broad space to Web Animation exploring the frontiers of animation in Internet; so, the characters of the strip cartoons performing in the Net, the 3D animation with the avatars and the virtual testimonials, are the starting point for introducing a new subject that is the virtual character or digital actor within real-time animation on line and off line, motion capture, Artificial Intelligence softwares and 3D streaming. After Animutations.net, this year the site www.cartoombria.com has to place at all sufers' disposal a large section dedicated to animation for the web. Almost seventy new very interesting links can be consulted by enthusiasts and experts. The contents: WebComics in Italy and worldwide, WebCartoons, WebReviews, WebExperiments, WebGames...
WEDNESDAY 12
5 p.m. — 7 p.m.
VISUAL EFFECTS -
Meeting with Alain Escalle (F): visual effects and digital compositing. Retrospective of the Director:
Video Art creations, short films and commercials.
D'après le Naufrage, 1994, 9'
Ephémères, 1996, 8'
Icarus' Drownings,1997, 2'30"
Making-of Le Conte du Monde Flottant, 2001, excerpts
Ads realised in Japan: NTT data 97 "Dali's World" and others.
L'Ame et la Pierre — Fontevraud, 12', world première
from 9 p.m. to midnight
Opening
Graveyard, Michaela Pavlatova, USA, 4'56"
The Shark and the Piano, Gabriele Pennacchioli, D, 6'36"
Aida degli Alberi (by Guido Manuli), Preview, excerpt of the feature film: screening of Sequence of The Dream realised and presented by Manfredo Manfredi.
Auto, Ha-mok Jun e Do-ick Yun, KOR, 5'
Existence, Myung-ha Lee, KOR, 5'40"
Le Foto dello Scandalo, Daniele Lunghini, ITA, 7',
OFFLINE COMICS Meeting with Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri and presentation of the 3D PC game Druuna: Morbus Gravis.
Where is Frank ?, Angela Jedek, D, 8'
ONLINE / OFFLINE COMICS -
Giuseppe Palumbo presents the CD-Rom Inferno together with Fabrizio Rebagliati: Dummy and Daddy Ape, Flash animated web "comedies".
Meeting with Gianluca Costantini on Inguine.net and Orazio project
Umbria Flash (in collaboration with Umbria Fumetto)
Presentations by: Abelard_Snazz 2000 (Biagini, Bracchi, Famiani, Fighera, Lanzillotti, Lelli, Rosi, Siena, Tribbiani), Saverio Massi Benedetti, Stefano Neri and Claudio Ferracci (President of Umbria Fumetto).
Skate.it e Anvilman, Molecole, ITA, 4'
Storia del Mondo per chi ha fretta, Bruno Bozzetto, ITA, 2'14"
Yes & No, Bruno Bozzetto, ITA, 3'13"
X-Men (making-of), Kleiser & Walczak, USA, 1'50"
Little Miss Spider, Kleiser & Walczak, USA, 4'
AnnLee You Proposes, Dr. Frankenskippy, GB, 3'30"
Molly Star Racer, T. Romain & S. Yeatman-Eiffel, F, 2'19''
OI!, Paul Donnellon, GB, 4'
Twisted, Juan Solanas, F, 3'35"
Dice Raw: Thin Line between Raw and Jiggy, One Infinity, USA, 4'54''
Saturation Engine: part I, One Infinity, USA, 5', world première
Father and Daughter, Michael Dudok de Wit, GB/NL, 8'30''
Credo, Jonas Raeber, CH, 6'30''
THURSDAY 13
4 p.m. — 5 p.m.
EUROPEAN SCHOOLS
Das Rad, A. Uibel, C. Stenner, H. Wittlinger, D, 8'
Géraldine, Arthur de Pins, F, 8'45"
Ear Meets Foot, Dean Koonjul, GB, 6'57''
The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Catherine Mullan, GB, 1'52"
Joe's Playtime, Kevan Shorey, GB, 2'
Major Project, John Haddon, GB, 2'25"
Kitty Kat Mash-up, Simon Boscaro, GB, 4'
When Boris met Dolores, Andrew Walker, GB, 2'50"
Majestic, Adamu Wasiri, GB, 2'50"
Group Project, D. Nolan & L. Schurgers, GB, 3'45"
Where is My Mind, Julien Goldsborough, GB, 1'
5.p.m. — 7 p.m.
VIRTUAL ACTOR STUDIOS
International Seminar
Rudy Verbeeck (B), Imagination in Motion
Giacomo Verde and Stefano Roveda, Progetto Euclide—Studio Azzurro (I)
Andrea Brogi and Fabrizio Bondi, X-Lab (I)
Claudio Prati (CH) and Ariella Vidach (I), AiEP
Digital Animations Group (GB)
From 9 p.m. to midnight
Live performance preview
BUF (solo) - Ariella Vidach-AiEP Company
Interactive Dance Performance
VIRTUAL ACTOR SHOW
Synchronicity, Hans Uhlig & Tony Hurd, USA, 3'54''
Eve Solal "The Claim", Attitude Studio, F, 2'27"
Imagination in Motion show-reel, B, 15'
Gift, Creat Studio, 4'40''
Digital Animations Group show-reel, GB, 15'
VISUAL EFFECTS
Le Conte du Monde Flottant, Alain Escalle, F/JP, 24'
Première in the presence of the Director
Hubert's Brain, Phil Robinson, USA, 17'12''
PROMO & DEMO
Mikros Image Demo, F, 3'30''
Studio AKA (GB): Orange "Eak", Shynola, 30"; Natwest "Fishing Line", Shynola, 50''; Vodafone "Night Out", Mic Graves, 1'.
Chasseurs de Dragons, trailer of the film produced by Futurikon, CGI Sparx*, F, 1'20''
L'hygiène du Robot, Geoffroy Barbet-Massin, Mikros Image, F, 2'
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
Trailer of the film produced by Pepper's Ghost Productions, GB, 2'
Zero Filmes, direction: Amon (BRA): Brahma Chopp "Crab", "Turtle", "Revenge", "Lift", 4 x 30''; Telemar "Frogs Don't Talk", 1'; Audi RS4 "Slug", 45''; Skol Pilsen "Mermaid", 10''
Lipton Ice Tea, special and visual effects produced by Sparx*, F, 30"
Thomas Est Amoreux, CG 3D produced by Sparx* and directed by Pierre-Paul Renders, F, 3'30"
The Sunflower, Joo Jae-hyung, KOR, 16'
