european short films - animation, set 1

Born in 1973, Anja Struck studied Animation and Experimental Film at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany. 1999 she founded the art collective ‘Reflektorium’ together with Lars Henkel and Mario Wagner. She directed several animated short films that have been screened internationally and have won several awards.

Award-winning writer/director, exploring a variety of unique visual and storytelling styles. His films have played at festivals across Europe, and his recent short Internet Story recently attracted over half a million viewers online Adam Butcher currently works for Red Bee Media, writing and directing promos for the BBC.

Niina Suominen has graduated from the Arts Academy at Turku in 2004. She also has an education of a blacksmith, animal nurse and a forestworker. She works as a film director and media artist using traditional animation techniques requiring hand-work. Her works have been shown widely at the festivals both in Finland and abroad. She lives and works in Southwest Finland.

Ülo Pikkov was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 1976. He graduated from the Turku School of Art and Media in Finland in 1988, and completed law studies at the Institute of Law, University of Tartu, Estonia in 2005. He has been making animated shorts and experimental films since 1996, and today also produces works by other directors.

Born in Paris in 1990, Flora Molinié began her studies of animated film at Vocation Graphique School, then went on to take her diploma in animated cinema at Paris’ Institut Sainte Geneviève. In 2010, she began work on her very first short film, Apnée, using the technique of paint on glass.

Robert Morgan studied animation at The University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, before making a series of highly acclaimed short films which have won over 30 international awards. He works in both live-action and animation. He is currently developing various feature length projects. In addition to his filmmaking, he teaches film & animation practice at The University of Westminster, and has been a visiting lecturer at The National Film & Television School and The Royal College of Art.

Dan is a graduate of The Royal College of Art with an MA in Animation. He is an award winning animator and director based in London. Predominately using stop-motion animation and scale models within his work, he also combines other film making methods to create the desired aesthetic and movement.

Atsushi Wada was born in 1980. He studied at the Osaka Kyoiku University and the Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2002, through self-study, he began creating short animation works. Day of Nose (2005) won the Best Short Film of the Norwich International Animation Festival and Well, That’s Glasses (2007) won the Best Film of the Young Jury in Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival. In a Pig’s Eye (2010) won the Best Film in Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, and Silver Jabberwocky at Etiuda and Anima. The Mechanism of Spring (2010) premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

Stephen Irwin is a graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design. His film Moxie was awarded the Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011, and The Black Dog’s Progress won the Best Short Film award at the British Animation Awards 2010. He was named as one of Animation Magazines Rising Stars of Animation 2009.

Georges Schwizgebel was born in 1944. In 1970, he founded Studio GDS with his friends Claude Luyet and Daniel Suter. Spending more and more time on making his own films, he continued to work as a graphic artist and illustrator for another decade before animation became his full-time occupation. Lives and works in Geneva.