The decision to limit the competition section of the Festival to films from Central and Eastern Europe has proved a good one, resulting in a varied and highly satisfying programme of the 2005 edition. By including Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia we hope to further improve the quality of the competition programme. This is designed to bring together and present, in one and the same competition section, a variety of animated films: narrative and experimental, created in film schools or by animation professionals, using classic or computer animation techniques.
Annick Teninge, Valence, France (head of the animation film school La Poudrière)
Annick Teninge is preparing a selection of contemporary animation films created by the students of the La Poudrière School, one of the best and most innovative animation schools in Europe. The programme will include both graduation films having received awards from various international festivals, and students’ films which will premiere at the Animateka Festival.
Patrick Smith, New York, USA, (animation film director, illustrator)
Patrick Smith will present a retrospective of his films from 2000 to 2006.
Joachim Kreck, Wiesbaden, Germany (director of the Wiesbaden Animation Film Festival)
Joachim Krieck, a seasoned animated film programmer, will prepare a selection of German contemporary animated film. The only restriction imposed by the Festival was that the selection should be limited to the last decade.
Jan Stehlík, Prague, Check republic (director of the Fresh Film Fest festival)
Fresh Film Fest is a recently created international festival of students' film. The third edition of the festival will take place in 2006 in Karlovy Vary. It includes sections on short fictional, documentary and animation films, as well as a section dedicated to experimental film forms.
Best of the Rest
There is one more void Animateka is intended to fill: it brings the best West European animated films of 2005 and 2006 to all those who cannot afford to visit festivals abroad.
Contemporary Nordic animation film
This year’s edition of the Festival introduces a panorama of contemporary animated film production in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Each year, the programme focuses on one of these countries.
Retrospective of Norwegian animation film
The screenings will take place at the Slovenian Cinematheque theatre. Contemporary production cannot be fully appreciated without knowledge of the work accomplished by animation pioneers. The programme is prepared in co-operation with the Norwegian Film Institute.
Contemporary Norwegian short documentary, experimental and fiction film
After last year's focus on contemporary Swedish short film the festival now turns to Norway. Exceptional production conditions will give outstanding results, and in Norway contemporary authors seem to favour experimental short fiction film In cooperation with the Norwegian Film Institute.
Avoid Eye Contact - Programme of animation films from independent New York authors.
New York City is a place of constant change, invention and chaos; Avoid Eye Contact sums up these urban qualities in animated terms. Young animators join seasoned masters in a show that is surely to become another important part of the animation enthusiast's library. All films are international award-winners, each with a distinct look, united only by genre and the gritty soul of New York City.
From Clermont-Ferrand: French animation film
Antoine Lopez, film programmer at the famous Clermont-Ferrand short film festival, presents a varied selection of contemporary French animation film selected specially for Animateka Festival.
Two animated feature films are programmed; at the moment, one is certain to come to the festival. The enormously popular Raining Cats and Frogs (La Prophétie des Grenouilles) by Jacques-Rémy Girerd, produced by the famous Folimage Studio, is scheduled for temporary distribution: an important event which we wish to share with as many schoolchildren as possible. Additionally, Animateka is preparing teaching materials to stimulate the children's critical reflection on the film and its themes. In cooperation with the French Institute, Ljubljana.
The animated films composing the Slon programme are carefully selected to promote ethical and ecological values, non-violence, peace, harmonious interpersonal relationships and tolerance. These thematical guidelines do not mean, however, losing sight of artistic value, and we try to introduce children to a range of animation techniques extending from computer animation, with which they are the most familiar, to puppet animation, hand-drawn animation, collage animation, plasticine animation and others.
The programme is supported by Office for Youth of the Ljubljana. the media partner of the programme is the Ciciban magazine.
A selection of animated short films from various countries, stressing themes connected with human rights. The aim of this programme is to present, by means of a contemporary art form, the fundamental principles of human rights to the Slovenian audience, especially the young. We wish to stimulate critical, original reflection of human rights, dealing with problems of peace, security, tolerance, equality etc.
The programme is supported by the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman.
Animateka's third artist in residence is Lars Fiske, Norway.
The third music group invited to the Animateka International Animation Film Festival is Srečna mladina from Ljubljana. By engaging these musicians we wish to add a new series of events to the festival, bringing together two art fields: music and visual arts. Young Slovenian artists will be invited to create animated visual background for the chosen band's concert.
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