Third edition of the European Animated Short Film Festival to present groundbreaking works of contemporary animation from nearly 20 EU countries.
Kicking off on Tuesday, Animated Spirits: European Animated Short Film Festival is returning for its third year with recent animated shorts from Europe, presented by the European National Institutes of Cultural (EUNIC) in New York City. The third edition of the festival brings together groundbreaking works from nearly 20 European Union countries to illustrate the spirit of experimentation and discover the boundaries of animation.
The selections will include highlights of the past year in animation, fresh student films from leading European schools and an expanded selection of Visegrad Four films curated by the Visegrad Animation Forum. Each night will include a panel discussion with gurus of contemporary animation from both sides of the Atlantic. Animated Spirits is a carefully curated program, seeking to emphasizing the new, the exciting and the unconventional, while reflecting on the potential of traditional techniques.
The festival is curated by animation historian Anna Ida Orosz, lecturer at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and co-founder of Primanima World Festival of First Animations, and Vienna-based animation artist, filmmaker, producer and teacher Holger Lang.
All screenings are free and open to the public. Please note that the selections feature shorts exclusively for mature audiences.
A list of dates and venues is shown below; the full program can be viewed here:
Tuesday, May 9 | 7:30 pm Austrian Cultural Forum New York (11 Est 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022) Borderland Surveyors curated by Holger Lang, followed by reception and networking event
Panel discussion and Q&A with Vienna-based animation artist Holger Lang and teacher and animator and software developer Ted Wiggin. RSVP here.
Wednesday, May 10 | 8:00 pm Guest screening at Animation Nights New York (180 Maiden Lane) Into the Wilderness 1 curated by Anna Ida Orosz
Yvonne Grzenkowicz Founder and Executive Director of Animation Nights New York in discussion with József Fülöp DLA President of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME). RSVP here.
Thursday, May 11 | 7:00 pm Bohemian National Hall (321 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021) New Talents by the Visegrad Animation Forum & Into the Wilderness 2 curated by Anna Ida Orosz
Panel discussion and Q&A with József Fülöp, President of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME); Amid Amidi, animation journalist, film historian, founder and publisher of Cartoon Brew; Holger Lang, Vienna-based animation artist, filmmaker, producer and teacher, guest lecturer at various US universities and board member of ASIFA Austria; and Ted Wiggin, animator, software developer and teacher at Parsons and Rhode Island School of Design. RSVP here.
Hosted by the Balassi Institute, Hungarian Cultural Center New York, Animated Spirits is the product of a collaboration between several organizations and entities, including the Austrian Cultural Forum, NY, Czech Center New York, Dutch Culture USA (Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), Bonobo Studio Croatia; Polish Cultural Institute New York; Consulate General of Switzerland in New York; Consulate General of Latvia in New York; Consulate General of Estonia in New York; Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia; Consulate General of Slovakia in New York; Italian Cultural Institute; Consulate General of Spain in New York; Consulate General of Slovakia in New York and Flanders House New York.
Source: Animated Spirits
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
