The Animattikon Project
The Animattikon Project is a festival of short animation films organised by the European Capital of Culture. It aims to become established as an annual event, celebrating the art of animation. The festival will be combined with an animation workshop for children that will be organised by the Animasyros International Animation Festival, which is an official collaborator and co-producer of the Animattikon Project.
Charalambos Margaritis is the curator of the programme.
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28 October 2017 | Ananas 8bit Coffee
20:00 | CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ANIMATION
The Animattikon Project invites Pan, Whirl-dos and Laurie Isle (aka Spivak), members of the music collective and record label Honest Electronics to celebrate the International Animation Day at the Ananas 8bit café, on Saturday, 28th of October 2017, at 8pm. Pan and Whirl-dos will attempt to match and interpret in musical terms the projection of a compilation of history’s first animated movies. They will combine explorative and cinematic records and ambient aiming soundscapes. The program is composed by two sets of 20 minutes. A party will follow, during which Laurie Isle will play cross-genre selections.
29 October 2017 | Kimonos Art Centre
10:00-12:00 | CHARACTER DESIGN WORKSHOP
The Animattikon Project hosts animator Panagiota Michael who organizes a character design workshop for children. The workshop’s subject will be the characters of the Mythology of Pafos. The workshop will take place at the Kimonos Art Center on Sunday, 29th of October 2017, from 10am to 12pm. It is addressed to children of the ages from 8 to 12.
There are limited places for participation, so those of you who are interested please contact 99578003 or send a message at the Facebook Page of the Kimonos Art Center.
The participation is free.
31 October 2017 | Ananas 8bit Coffee
20:00 | SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SCREENING
The Animattikon Project organizes, on the occasion of the Halloween, a special screening with short animated horror films at Ananas 8bit Coffee, on Tuesday, 31st of October at 8pm. 8 films will be screened, thanks to their directors’ generosity. The programming lasts 40 minutes. A Halloween party will follow.
Movies:
Bimbo’s Initiation (1931) by the Fleischer Studios
Mirror by Hasani Walker
Disappear by Hendrikus De Vaan (2014)
Other Lily by David Romero (2015)
Spegelbarn / Looking Glass by Erik Rosenlund (2007)
The Box Man by Nirvan Mullick (2002)
The Passenger by Chris Jones (2006)
Swing You Sinners! by the Fleischer Studios (1930)
2 November 2017 | Kimonos Art Centre
20:00 | LECTURE BY THE ANIMATOR NICOS SYMNOS:
La Soupe: Applying animation research and experimentation to narrative
The Animattikon Project invites animator Nicos Synnos for the presentation “La Soupe: Applying animation research and experimentation to narrative”. By experiments on ways of compositing the filmic time and the film frame, Nicos Synnos’ research aims to discover alternative ways of producing illusions of motion as viewing experience. Some of these experiments are applied on his latest animation film “La Soupe” where a relation between the medium and the scenario is developed.
3 November 2017 | Attikon
19:00 | PRESENTATION / History of the festival by Yiorgos Tsangaris
Τhe Animattikon Project invites Yiorgos Tsangaris, the artistic director of the first Animation Festival of Cyprus, to present the history of the festival, which was created in 2002, in Cyprus’ countryside and has, ever since, promoted the independent animation scene throughout Cyprus
3 November 2017 | Attikon
20:00 | STELIOS HADJICOSTA / CONCERT
The Animattikon Projects inaugurates its official screening weekend by presenting Stelios Hadjicosta in concert. The songwriter will present his personal work, a total of ten songs created during the last ten years. He will be accompanied on stage by Chrysostomos Kelis at the guitars and the bouzouki. The music will be matched by the projection of live animation by Charalambos Margaritis. The concert will take place at Attikon, on Friday, 3rd of November 2017, at 8pm.
3 November 2017 | Attikon
21:00 | SCREENING / SPECIAL GUESTS
The Animattikon Project presents the screening of the films of its official guests. A programming of 20 short animated films from Cyprus and abroad, specially invited for the first day of the official Animattikon Project screenings.
4 November 2017 | Attikon
19:00 | SCREENING OF WORKSHOP ANIMATIONS
The Animattikon Project presents the films created during its workshops along with the documentation of the procedure of their creation.
4 November 2017 | Attikon
20:00 | SCREENING / OFFICIAL ANIMATTIKON SELECTION
The Animattikon Project presents its official selection of animated short films, on Saturday the 4th of November at the Attikon, at 8pm.
5 November 2017 | Attikon
20:00 | SCREENING / The history of Animasyros by the cofounder & president of the Animasyros International Animation Festival + Agora
5 November 2017 | Attikon
20:00 | Screening / Evrόpi: 28 animation narratives for Europe
The Animattikon Project presents, on the 5th of November 2017, at the Attikon, the program of the Animasyros International Animation Festival + Agora, with the title Evrόpi: 28 animation narratives for Europe.
9 November 2017 | Ananas8bit Coffee
20:00 | SCREENING / QUIRINO CRISTIANI: THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRST ANIMATED MOVIES
On the 9th of November 1917, the first full length animated film was released in the cinemas of Argentina. It was made by the Italian animator Quirino Cristiani and it bared the title “El Apostol”. The man and his work remained practically unknown for many years. Film historian and specialist in the history of animation Giannalberto Bendazzi shed light on his story with his book “The Man who Foreran Disney”. Based on this book, Italian animator Gabriele Zucchelli, directs the film “Quirino Cristiani / The mystery of the first animated movies” presenting the life of this great pioneer and making him known to the public.
Honoring the 100-year anniversary of the release of the first full-length animated film in history, the Animattikon Project organizes a screening of Zucchelli’s film at Ananas 8bit Coffee. The film was generously offered by Gabriele Zucchelli himself and his company The Caravel Animation
