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Anifilm is an international festival of animated films held in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 2010. Until 2019, it was held in Třeboň, and since 2020, it is held in Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr .... The festival features the most interesting films from the entire spectrum of animation, with awards in the categories of student work, design for television and made to order, and Best Film. Awards Gameday Gameday is a video game festival that has been a part of Anifilm since 2010. Visitors can try multiple video games there and meet their developers. The Czech Game of the Year Awards were held there until 2017. See also * Anifest References External links *GameDay Website
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Liberec
Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Liberec was once home to a thriving textile industry and hence nicknamed the "Manchester of Bohemia". A symbol of the city and the main landmark of the panorama of Liberec is the Ještěd Tower. Since the end of the 19th century, the city has been a conurbation with the suburb of Vratislavice nad Nisou and the neighbouring city of Jablonec nad Nisou. Administrative division Liberec consists of 33 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Liberec I-Staré Město (9,793) *Liberec II-Nové Město (2,979) *Liberec III-Jeřáb (5,657) *Liberec IV-Perštýn (3,117) *Liberec V-Kristiánov (5,312) *Liberec VI-Rochlice (17,268) *Li ...
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The Day Of The Crows
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Max Hattler
Max Hattler is a German video artist and experimental filmmaker. He created the kaleidoscopic political short films "Collision" (2005) and "Spin" (2010), abstract stop motion works "Shift" (2012) and "AANAATT" (2008), and psychedelic animation loops "Sync", "1923 aka Heaven" and "1925 aka Hell" (2010). Biography Max Hattler was born in Ulm, Germany. He is the son of Hellmut Hattler, a German bass player mainly known for his Krautrock band Kraan. Max Hattler holds a BA from Goldsmiths (2001), a Master of Arts in Animation from the Royal College of Art (2005) and a doctorate in fine art from the University of East London (2014). He is an associate professor at thSchool of Creative Media City University of Hong Kong. Hattler's work has been described in the following terms: "Max Hattler works on the thin line between abstraction and figuration, being able sometimes to create powerful political statements while eschewing the traditional constraints of narrative, choosing a p ...
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The Bigger Picture (film)
''The Bigger Picture'' is a 2014 British animated short film directed by Daisy Jacobs. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation at the 68th British Academy Film Awards The 68th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 8 February 2015 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2014. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Televi .... The film is about two sons who are ambivalent about taking care of their aging mother and was made by combining 2D painted art and life-size puppetry, animated in life-size sets. Cast * Anne Cunningham as Mother * Christopher Nightingale as Nick * Alisdair Simpson as Richard Awards and nominations References External links * *Homepage 2014 drama films 2014 animated short films British drama short films British animated short films Films about old age ...
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Alberto Vázquez (artist)
Alberto Vázquez Rico (born 1980) is a Spanish ( Galician) comic book artist and filmmaker. He has received three Goya Awards for his animated films. His most famous works are '' Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'', a feature-length adult animated movie based on his own graphic novel, and '' Unicorn Wars'', an original feature-length adult animated film. He is also a drummer in the ''Mano de obra'' band. Career He studied on University of Vigo and University of Valencia. One of the co-founders of Polaqia comic-book creators group, he published his first album in 2002. His comic books include ''Freda'' (2003, with Kike Benlloch), ''Psiconautas'' (2006) and ''El evangelio de Judas'' (2007). His drawings were published in ''El País'', he also illustrated works of Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. In 2011, together with Pedro Rivero, he adapted his own graphic novel, ''Psiconautas'', in a form of a short animated film under the title ''Birdboy''. It won a Goya Award and encourage ...
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Don Herztfeld
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *Don (river), a river in European Russia * Don River (other), several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin * Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India * Don, Nord, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France * Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania * Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy * Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 * Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada *DON, Chapman code for County Donegal, Ireland People and characters Role or title *Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect * Don (academia), a fellow or tutor of a college or university in the U.K. and elsewhere *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia People with the name * Don (given name), a short form of the masculine give ...
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Claude Barras
Claude Barras (born 1973) is a Swiss director, producer, and writer. Barras was born in Sierre, Switzerland. He studied illustration and computer graphics at Emile Cohl School in Lyon and 3D infographics at ECAL. He then received a degree in anthropology and digital images from Lumiere University. He works as a freelance illustrator in Geneva. After his studies, Barras and his friend Cédric Louis co-founded Hélium Films. Under this production company, they’ve co-produced and sometimes co-directed multiple animated short films. Many of their films, like ''Land of the Heads'' (2008), have received awards and critical acclaim at numerous festivals. Throughout his career, Barras directed several short films, including ''The Genie in a Ravioli Can'' (2006). Barras' first full-length animated feature, '' My Life as a Courgette'' (2016), was presented at the Director's Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival and received numerous awards at film festivals around the world. Switzerl ...
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My Life As A Courgette
''My Life as a Courgette'' (; also titled ''My Life as a Zucchini'' in North America and Australia) is a 2016 stop-motion animated comedy-drama film directed by Claude Barras, and co-written by Céline Sciamma. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. This is the second adaptation of Gilles Paris' 2002 novel ''Autobiographie d'une Courgette'', as there was a French live-action television film adaptation called ''C'est mieux la vie quand on est grand'' which aired in 2007 by Luc Béraud. The film received acclaim from critics, with many praising the film's visual aesthetic, emotional depth, and sympathetic characters. It won Best Animated Film and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 42nd César Awards. At the 89th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film and was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. Plot Set in Switzerland in th ...
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Alain Gagnol
Alain Gagnol (born 1967) is a French film maker. In January 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ... for the animated movie '' A Cat in Paris''. He also directed '' Phantom Boy''. References External links French animators French animated film directors French film directors Living people 1967 births People from Roanne {{France-film-bio-stub ...
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Jean-Loup Felicioli
Jean-Loup Felicioli (born 1960) is a French film maker. In January 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the movie '' A Cat in Paris''. He also directed '' Phantom Boy''. Born in 1960 in Albertville, Felicioli studied at Schools of Fine Arts in Annecy, Strasbourg, Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ... and Valence. References 1960 births Living people French animators French animated film directors People from Albertville Date of birth missing (living people) {{France-film-bio-stub ...
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Phantom Boy
''Phantom Boy'' is a 2015 animated fantasy film directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol and written by Alain Gagnol. The film stars Édouard Baer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Audrey Tautou, Jackie Berroyer, Gaspard Gagnol and Noa Bernaoui-Savreux. The film was released in France on October 14, 2015, by Diaphana Films. Plot 11-year-old Leo, dealing with cancer, reads a bedtime story to his younger sister Lily, before sharing a special secret with her: the illness has given Leo the ability to separate his spirit from his physical body, allowing him to hover and fly through the air in an intangible, invisible, and impalpable form, with his body remaining mostly asleep. He refers to this state as a "Phantom", but if he spends too much time away from his body, he will begin to fade away before disappearing entirely. Meanwhile, NYPD Lieutenant Alex Tanner is demoted by his boss, Captain Simon, and assigned grunt work after he manages to catch two burglars robbing a supermarket, bu ...
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The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya (film)
is a 2013 Japanese animated historical fantasy film co-written and directed by Isao Takahata that is an adaptation of '' The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'', a 10th-century Japanese literary tale. It was produced by Studio Ghibli for Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DYMP, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and KDDI. The film's ensemble voice cast featured Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata, Tomoko Tabata, Tatekawa Shinosuke, Takaya Kamikawa, Hikaru Ijūin, Ryudo Uzaki, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, Isao Hashizume, Yukiji Asaoka (in a special appearance) and Tatsuya Nakadai. It is the final film to feature Chii, who died in June 2012, and also the final film to be directed by Takahata, who died in April 2018. ''The Tale of the Princess Kaguya'' was released in Japan on 23 November 2013 by Toho. With a budget of US$49.3 million, it was the most expensive Japanese film. It received critical acclaim and was nominated for th ...
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