Hi to all!
Here i am in Stuttgart for the Festival of animated film.The festival just started yesterday but from the opening night i can see that i will enjoy these few days. We have been invited to this festival for the pitching forum where we will present our new project “An old woman and a dog”. I will talk more on this later on.
The first international selection shown just how strong the competition will be. I would single out This way up (this years Oscar nominee), which was my first chance to watch the film. I loved it:) and apart from a few films i have already mentioned from previous festivals i would have to say that ORGESTICULANISMUS is a must see for all animators. As far as i know there is no rotoscope in this film (im sure you will agree with me on this one)
Usually this is where i would end, perhaps with a few photos from the party afterwards, but this time there is something more. The strange thing with this opening night was the fact that there was no trailer…Through the funny and hardly understandable translations of German into English i managed to find out that they indeed had a trailer but this will not be shown because it promotes violence…I have to say that i have seen the trailer and this is a bunch of bullocks… I have not been able to find the link to the trailer but here are two stills from it- Basically its a bunch of kids shooting paint guns in vibrant live colors all over Stuttgart. I found the trailer to be fun, innocent and well made, and can only give a big thumbs down for this move of the festival organization…
Man ….I really wanted to go to this festival.
maybe next year.
jriggity