Yuri Norstein and Nina Shorina visit US
By dkilmer
Created 10/18/1999 - 00:00
Russian animators Yuri Norstein and Nina Shorina are visiting the US.
ASIFA-Hollywood will host a reception for Yuri Norstein on Thursday,
October 21, 1999 from 7-9 p.m. at ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Center,
located at 721 South Victory Blvd., in Burbank.
There is no charge to attend this reception. However due to limited
space, reservations are required. To RSVP, please call the ASIFA-Hollywood
office at (818) 842-8330. Born in Moscow in 1941, Norstein is considered
one of the most remarkable animation directors to emerge from the current
generation of Russian animators. Norstein has won numerous awards at
animation festivals all over the world for many of his animated films
including: THE HEDGEHOG IN THE FOG, SEASONS, HERON AND CRANE and THE TALE
OF TALES. He is currently completing production on the film many expect
will be his masterpiece, THE OVERCOAT, based on a short story by Nikolai
Gogol.
ASIFA-Hollywood will also welcome Nina Shorina at the Animation Center on
Thursday, October 28, 1999 from 7-9 p.m. Shorina will present a program
discussing her work, and will screen several of her award-winning animated
films. Born in Moscow, Shorina was a popular child actress who studied
first acting and then filmmaking at the State Film School (VGIK). She began
working at Soyuzmultfilm in 1976 and directed several children's films
including POODLE. Just prior to perestroika Soyuzmultfilm's administration
approved DOOR, a script ostensibly about a boy repairing a door, believing
it would also be a film for children. However, the film Shorina delivered
in 1986 was for a grown up audience, the first of a trilogy including DREAM
and ALTER EGO that would explore the Soviet person's reaction to the
dramatic political changes sweeping the former Soviet Union. Jane Pilling,
author of WOMEN AND ANIMATION, has described Nina Shorina as "one of the
only woman animators in the former Soviet Union to have created a
substantial body of work that ranks her along the established (male) names
in Soviet animation."
Admission to this program is free, but again reservations are required. To
RSVP, please call the ASIFA-Hollywood office at (818) 842-8330.
Yuri Norstein will also be making the following appearances in California:
SAN FRANCISCO AREA
Sunday, October 17, 10 am - 4:30 pm
SF De Anza College and ASIFA SF
"Show and tell" of Norstein's films and art
For more information contact: Marty MacNamara (415) 337-7079
Monday October 18, 5 - 8 pm
Industrial Light & Magic
For more information contact: Kate Shaw (415) 448-3768
LOS ANGELES
Tuesday October 19, 1 - 3 pm
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
For more information contact: Dan McLaughlin (310) 825-5829
Tuesday, October 19, 7 pm
California Institute of the Arts
For more information contact: Nancy Buchanan (323) 225-1046
Wednesday, October 20, 12 noon - 2 pm
The Disney Studio
For more information contact: Ed Oboza (818) 526-4117
Wednesday, October 20, 7 - 9 pm
University of Southern California
For more information contact: Christine Panushka (213) 740-0759
Thursday, October 21, 9 am - 12 noon
Art Center
For more information contact: Andillon Hackney (626) 396-2345
Friday, October 22, 6 pm
East LA College, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park
For more information Tel. (323) 265-8842
Nina Shorina will also be making the following appearances in Canada and
California:
CANADA:
October 21 - 24
Ottawa Film Festival - Russian women animation retrospective
For more information contact: Chris Robinson (613) 232-8769
LOS ANGELES AREA:
Tuesday, October 26, 11 am - 1 pm
Art Center
For more information contact: Andillon Hackney (626) 396-2345
Wednesday, October 27, time TBD
LA Community Colleges
For more information contact: Chris Moreno (213) 622-3770
Thursday October 28, 4 pm
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
For more information contact: Dan McLaughlin (310) 825-5829
