European Short Debuts - animation 1

Born in 1987 in Jena, Germany. In 2009 he graduated from studies of illustration at HAW in Hamburg. Untitled is his film debut.

He graduated from the Bournemouth Arts Institute. He majored in layout, background and environment design, however he is well acquainted with all the aspects of the production process as well as in 2D and stop motion animation. He is interested in a career of an art director and a stage designer both in animation and action films. His passion is drawing and sketching. He is fascinated with the power of communication through picture.

He started making films at the age of 16. In 2006 his film was on the front page of YouTube. This led him to the direction of a French video clip for the BBC children’s channel. He is interested in creating worlds that combine photography with drawing. He likes to work in the area between film and animation. Currently he is living in Great Britain, where he works as an independent director and animator.

Studentka École des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation. Jej krótkomterażowy debiut Françoise pokazywany był na wielu uznanych międzynarodowych festiwalach animacji i krótkiego metrażu (m.in. International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand).

The members of the group create visual works using the latest achievements in the world of animation. They use both 2D and 3D techniques. An example of their application is the film entitled Pest(s).

NoBrain is a collective of four French directors who work together since 2001. Sylvain, Sébastien, Charles and Niko came from the postproduction area: Sébastien and Sylvain are specialized in compositing, Charles in 3D and Niko in postproduction supervision. NoBrain was created in 2001 as an independent structure for postproduction. The Gloaming is their first short film.

A 21-year-old student, a director, a stage designer, a composer, an animator and editor in one person, who touches upon psychological and social problems in his creative work and I’m Going to Disneyland is its proof.

Born in Saint Petersburg, lives and works in Germany. At present he studies Media Art & Design at the School of Fine Arts Saar. In his free work he often concentrates on existential questions and the quest for the being.

Jean-François Martin was born in Paris in 1967. After studying at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Arts, he started his career as artistic director of Bayard Presse, a post which he gave up in 1997 to forge a career as an independent illustrator. He has worked ever since for publishing houses and the press, both in France and abroad. He gives regular exhibitions in Paris.

Joanna Rubin Dranger is a graphic novelist, artist, writer, director and a professor at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, where she is head of the mastergroup Storytelling. She published her first picture at age nineteen and has since then published several graphic novels, short stories and children’s books. Her books are translated to eight languages. Joanna Rubin Dranger have also had solo exhibitions, written essays for magazines, papers and radio, created theatre plays, stamps for the Swedish Post Office, book covers, illustrations, Christmas decorations and cuddly creatures.