Future Film Festival The new dates of 12th edition Focus on Saul Bass, Motion Graphics, Canuck Animation, stop-motion
Posted on 05/09/2009 in Comunicati Stampa
During the 66th Venice Film Festival, the Future Film Festival announces the new dates of its twelfh edition, that will take place in Bologna, Italy, from 26th to 31st January 2010.
Since eleven years, the Bolognese event dedicated to animation and special effects is the most important date to notice the changes of digital imaginary, and to analyse the evolution of cinema and animation. The Future Film Festival has made known also in Italy important names of the International cinema, now well known by the audience and valued by International festivals as Hayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter, Osamu Tezuka, Satoshi Kon, Bill Plympton, Tsui Hark, Phil Mulloy, Nobuo Nakagawa and Paul Driessen or animation companies at the top of box offices as Pixar Animation Studios, Aardman Animations, Blue Sky. Moreover, in its history the FFF has explored cinematographies not well known like the Iranian and the South American cinema, and the new generations of artists from all over the world.
In the occasion of the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement to John Lasseter and the Pixar Animation Studios directors, the Future Film Festival wants to celebrate the ten-year since its first tribute dedicated to Pixar. In 1999, for the first time ever, the FFF presented all the shorts by Lasseter, from the first Lady and the Lamp (1979), to the A Bug’s Life’s making of, having Glenn McQueen, one of the most important animators of the Studios, passed away few years ago, as special guest of the Festival.
The Future Film Festival 2010 programme, directed by Giulietta Fara and Oscar Cosulich is now in development and it will be full of panels, international previews, special events and workshops dedicated to digital and animation worlds. A special thanks to City of Bologna, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Region and Emilia-Romagna Film Commission which support the event.
Future Film Festival 2010 focuses
Saul Bass & Motion Graphics
Future Film Festival 2010, following its constant analysis of animated image, will dedicate a focus to the Motion Graphics, one of the most contemprary techniques used by young artists, in which the graphic applications give the illusion of movement. The Future Film Festival will focus on some key figures of contemporary motion graphics as Post Panic (Holland) and Rob Chiu (UK), and on one of their source of inspiration: the work by Saul Bass, great opening titles’ author and pioneer of motion graphics.
Saul Bass (1920-1996) is one of the key figure on graphic headlines for cinema. Thanks to Saul Bass, this work became an art. When he was young, he became his carreer as assistant in the art department of Warner Bros. based in New York and he gained experience in the field of Costructivism and Bauhaus. After some experiences as graphic designer, in 1954 Bass collaborated with Otto Preminger for the Carmen Jones poster and opening titles. After that, he realized The Seven Year Itch (1955), The Big Knife (1955), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) title sequences. In 1959 he realized the Preminger’s Anatomy of a Murder poster and opening animated sequence with the original jazz score by Duke Ellington.
Saul Bass collaborated also with Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese, working on Vertigo (1958), Psyco (1960), Spartacus (1964), Goodfellas (1990). He also worked with Steven Spielberg and he realized the posters for the Accademy Awards since 1991 to 1996. Future Film Festival will present also Phase IV, the sci-fi movie directed by Bass in 1974.
Regione Animata – Projects Award
Thanks to the support of Emilia-Romagna Region – Council for Culture and the Cabinet – POGAS, Future Film Festival with the Animated Region network and the Emilia-Romagna Film Commission organized a contest dedicated to animators and young artists based on Emilia-Romagna for the production of shorts, pilots, tv series. During the last months, the four winners are working on making videos. The works by Luca Pinciani, Federico Guidi, Andrea Nadalini and Ettore Tomas will be presented as previews in the occasion of next FFF edition.
Canuck Animation
In 2010 Canada will be the guest country of the Festival, with focuses on contemporary animation, meetings with authors and B2B area dedicated to companies in the field of animation. In collaboration with Emilia-Romagna Region – Council of Production Assets.
Stop Motion Animation
After the great success of the last Henry Selick movie, Coraline, Future Film Festival will pay an homage to the one of the oldest animation technique, that now has used in a very inventive way by artists and production companies. Aardman, Laika and other companies will be the main characters of this homage.
Future Film Festival sections
3D DAY
After the first date on cinema stereoscopy in Italy that Future Film Festival organized in January 2009, the Festival will present in 2010 a new session with panels and a lot of screenings dedicated to this new cinematographic revolution.
Meetings and workshops
As usual Future Film Festival will organize panels with professionals in the field of animation and special effects. From Weta Digital to Pixar Animation Studios, the FFF will present a selection fo the best making of by the last productions.
Platinum Grand Prize
The Platinum Grand Prize is the contest for feature lenght movies in animation or special effects. In 2010 there will take place the third edition of Platinum Grand Prize and a special jury will give the prize to the best movie.
Future Film Short
Future Film Short is the section adressed to short from all over the world realized in traditional or digital animation or live with special effects. As the previous editions, the festival audience will award the best short and for the second time there will be a special jury thanks to the support of Province of Bologna. Groupama Assicurazioni is partner of the section.
SeriesMania
The section dedicated to the new and innovative tv series from all over the world comes back. Previews of new productions which from tv will conquer the audience keen on animation and cartoon.
Festival Showcase
A lot of international festivals like Expotoons (Argentina) and Red Stick International Animation Festival (USA) will present during the FFF 2010 a special programme selection with the best of their last editions.
The FFF entry-forms are available here http://www.futurefilmfestival.org/intl/festival/2010/entry-forms/
The Future Film Festival is supported by Emilia-Romagna Region, Province of Bologna, Bologna City, Emilia-Romagna Film Commission and it is under the patronage of Cineteca di Bologna, University of Bologna.
Sponsors: Biopoint; Digima with brands Christie, Doremi, XpanD and Sim2.
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