Future Film Festival - The 12th edition
Posted on 15/11/2009 in Comunicati Stampa
On the occasion of Torino Film Festival, Future Film Festival presents the news about the programme of the 12th edition that will take place, as usual, in Bologna, Italy, from 26th to 31st January 2010 at Teatro Duse (Via Cartoleria 42) and Palazzo Re Enzo (Piazza del Nettuno) that will host the Future Village (press conferences, accreditation office, workshops, kids area, cocktails and relax area) and for the first time will be a screenings venue too.
Since eleven years, the Bolognese event dedicated to animation and special effects is the most important date in Italy 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.
The Future Film Festival 2010 programme, directed by Giulietta Fara and Oscar Cosulich will present the news of cinema but not only. The focuses on stop-motion and on Motion Graphics will take stock of the contemporary uses of these techniques. The 3dDAY, after the success of the last January, will reveal the secrets of stereoscopic technique with key figures (distributors, theaters owners, producers) and the works for the cinema, tv and videogame. A special thanks to the City of Bologna, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Region and Emilia-Romagna Film Commission which support the event.
Since its first edition, Future Film Festival for its image has created a strong link with visual arts: every year the Festival asks an artist of the last generation to create an original work that will become the image-icon of FFF, looking for links and synergies between cinema, visual arts, photography and street-art. The FFF2010 has entrusted its image to the young writer UFO 5 who will realize a wallpainting that will be the symbol of the new edition. Amongs symbols and signs of his imaginary, UFO 5 will interpret the Future Film Festival changeable identity.
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 Mischa Rozema, cofounder of Post Panic, the production company based in Holland, and author of commercials and videos for well known brands as Nike and MTV, and the English artist Rob Chiu, (alias The Ronin) author of a lot of works for Nokia, BBC, EMI, Greenpeace and many others. The FFF will focus on also 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.
Stop-Motion Animation
After the great success of the last Henry Selick’s Coraline, Future Film Festival will pay an homage to the one of the oldest animation technique, that now is used in a very inventive way by artists and production companies. A fil rouge will follow the audience amongs movies, labs and meeting dedicated to stop-motion. The key figures of this focus will be the artist from Aardman Animations (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit), and the English artist, Osbert Parker, famous for the original mix in his works of a lot of techniques, from stop-motion to cut-out to live action. Also the Japanese artist Fusako Yusaki will attend the FFF; she works and lives in Italy, and she’s famous for animated advertisings as Fernet Branca.
On the occasion of the focus, FFF will present the exhibition of Panique au Village, the stop-motion movie directed by Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar, distributed in Italy by Nomad and premièred at the Festival.
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.
Regione Animata – Projects Award
Future Film Festival 2010 will present as previews the works by the winners of Projects Award, the contest realized with the Animated Region network and with the support of Emilia-Romagna Film Commission. Thanks to the support of Emilia-Romagna Region – Council for Culture and the Cabinet – POGAS, in the 2007, FFF has promoted a contest dedicated to animators and young artists based on Emilia-Romagna for the production of shorts, pilots, tv series. During these 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 special event during the 12th edition of FFF.
FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL SECTIONS
3D DAY
After the first date on stereoscopic cinema in Italy that Future Film Festival organized in January 2009, the Festival will present in 2010 a new panel and a lot of screenings dedicated to this new cinematographic revolution that today involves also tv and the videogame worlds. The FFF programme of January 30th and 31st wil be dedicated to the stereoscopic 3D with a round table with technology producers, professionals in the field of 3D, cinema owners, distributors and contents producers to explore the present and the future of this technology. The 3dDAY will be the chance to think about the 3D evolution for TV and the new applications for videogames. The section will present also a lot of 3D screenings such as the Pixar Animation Studios masterpieces, Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D, distributed in Italy by Buena Vista.
In these last months the stereoscopy seems to be considered by many directors as the new revolution. Key figures of cinema are working in 3D, using the new technology both for the animation and for live-action: from the last Pixar’s masterpiece Up by Peter Docter to Avatar by James Cameron. Special guest of FFF2010 will be Joe Letteri, a Director of Weta Digital and Senior VFX Supervisor of Avatar, who will present to the audience, as big première, the making of the movie.
Meetings and workshops
As usual Future Film Festival will organize panels with professionals in the field of animation and special effects such as the awaited meeting with Joe Letteri, a Director of Weta Digital and Senior VFX Supervisor of Avatar. The FFF will present a selection of the best making of by the last productions.
Special event will be also the preview of the last short by the painter, illustrator, comic-strip artist and animator Stefano Ricci. The artist will attend the FFF and meet the audience to present the making of the short, Febbre suina, Gallina evasa, based on a text by Marco Baliani and produced by the production centre L’Arboreto Teatro dimora in Mondaino. On the occasion, an exhibition with the original paintings will be presented at Galleria Stamperia Squadro (Via Nazario Sauro 27/b, Bologna). The exhibition will open with the Future Film Festival (January 26th) and will close on February 20th.
The special guests of FFF will hold workshops adressed to the professionals: Rob Chiu and Mischa Rozema will give a workshop dedicated to Motion Graphics. In collaboration with the UK Council, there will be panel discussions and labs on stop-motion. Digital Video will realize a special workshop on the new StoryPlanner software.
FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL CONTESTS
Platinum Grand Prize
The Platinum Grand Prize is the contest for feature lenght movies in animation or with 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.
FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL SHOWCASE
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/
You can ask the FFF2010 pass by December 31st
http://www.futurefilmfestival.org/intl/festival/2010/accreditation-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 and University of Bologna.
Official sponsors: Gruppo Hera, Groupama Assicurazioni
Sponsor for the digital technologies: Digima with the Christie, Doremi, XpanD and Sim2 brands.
Supporter: Biopoint
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