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Friday, October 28, 2011

The best animated films of the Basque cinemateque at Animacam 2011

As every year, and by the hand of the Basque Culture Department and the "Eskadiko Filmategia" - Basque film archive-, the festival is pleased to show on its billboard new outbreaks belonging to the best creations of Basque short film.

New names and old acquaintances from the Basque animated world that tell their stories, their feelings and their desires through these beautiful art forms.

Now it is the time for these three short stories in terms of time, but large, very large in content; creations that we want you to enjoy as much as the Animacam team has done.

"Amár" tells the story of Ines's journey to India, where she visits a friend who has been living confined in a mental hospital for years, and who gives the name to the film. During the trip, Inés remembers the last few days they spent together and her promise to return.

"Ámár" is a little gem created by the director Isabel Hergera, who after having spent several years working for major American studies, comes back to her native city San Sebastian, from where she directs the International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, ANIMAC, as well as travelling frequently to India to teach Animation. Of course, she is always accompanied by her travel notebook in which she describes the social reality of these places.

"Daisy Cutter" tells the story of a 10-years-old girl, Zaira, who as many other children of her age, lives an unfair war. Despite of this, she describes the conflict from her tender and innocent perspective; Zaira collects margaritas to her missing friend every day, as not to forget or lose him ... This film has been performed and directed by:

Enrique Garcia, who with his opera prima, "Perpetum Mobile" won more than twenty international awards, as well as a Goya nomination and an Oscar candidacy.

The co-founder of the Silverspace producer, Ruben Salazar, accompanies him on the direction managment, being the responsible for the executive production duties as well as the postproduction.

"Ondar Ahoak" is a documentary short film that you can enjoy at the multimedia category. It talks about the tuna lives, who spend large months hibernating after an active feeding stage in the Cantabrian Sea. Each year, this station is recorded in the form of rings, leaving opaque areas due to the absence of food.

This short film has won the award for best experimental short at the Animation Festival of San Diego, USA, and comes from the hand of Ángel Aldarondo, orchestra man of this audivisual. As The Perfume's protagonist, Ángel is born surrounded by fish and, consequently, he can't test this food until he reaches his sixteenth. So this book pays tribute to the sea work, very rooted in his native city San Sebastian, as well as in other Basque towns.

We wish you'll enjoy the great proposal that we have presented. Don't forget to follow us next Monday, when the best French animation will shine again.

Happy weekend to all!

Know the best of the retrospective animation in Animacam

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

A new premiere of five important films of the best international animation.

New releases on the Animacam Billboard that will delight all audiences in the most animated Festival.

Today, we have the great pleasure of showing you five new releases for a very special Wednesday. Great reencounters and new welcomes, will serve to put the animated touch at the International Animated Festival.

And if about great reencounters is what we are talking about, it is a pleasure to welcome you to our dear friend Ivan Maximov, that year after year delights us with great animations of international renown. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, from Russia and by courtesy of the great Ivan Maximov, come and enjoy "Tides to and fro".

To give a more adult touch, but at the same time very, very amusing we present the creation "No Da", which comes from Chile by the courtesy of director Pablo Alibaud and tells us about the dangers of love in old age. The laughs are assured friends!

Meanwhile, today and after the great success the series of Leo Ka has had on the festival, we have the great pleasure to present a special edition of "Casino flotante", so you can enjoy once more of the secret agent John Bardo adventures, without cuts or interruptions.

In the retrospective category arrives from Italy the work of Julia Gromskaya "l'anima mavi", a film full of chromaticism that is related to the dreams' crossroads and the encounter with the pure and clear soul. A beautiful animation that will fill you with feelings.

And for the adult audience, also in the retrospective category, on the Animacam billboard shines the amusing French creation "Happy Hour", directed by Maxime Paccalet and that tells us a fun adventure in a coffee. Do not miss it.

And this is how the Animacam presentation ends today. But before we would like to offer you a preview of the next Friday premieres, that will be headlined by the best of the Basque Film Archive, as well as a tribute to a very special director.

Animated greetings, friends!!!

Know the best of the retrospective animation in Animacam

Monday, October 24, 2011

Great animation works from Argentinia, Romania and Germany shine at the Animacam billboard 2011

To begin the week, the Animacam Festival has the immense pleasure to introduce you great international animation works of animation that will compete for prizes in their respective categories in the fourth edition of the festival.

From Argentina, for the short film category and by the hand of the young directors Daniel Jervis, Javier Inga and Ricardo Jurado, comes an elaborated and hilarious animated short film that will change all the classical mythology theories. Do not miss this very interesting creation, "Mitologia" that will make you have a while of a lot of fun.

This category will be accompanied by a very interesting piece of animation that comes from Romania by courtesy of Cristina Zoica Dumitru, "It´s a living". A fun proposal that will put us in the shoes of a chary thief who might not be as deft as we thought. Find out what this work offers to us.

In the retrospect category, the prestigious creator Jessica Cheeseman, gives us three small works that show an interesting proposal from the Germano-Polish school of animation. From London we do get "Point of View", "A brilliant idea" and "What's he Got?". To be enjoyed.

Finally, also in the retrospect category, we have a very elaborated proposal that comes from Trexel Studio's friends, Argentina. Under the direction of Pablo Alberto Díaz, we have the great pleasure to introduce you

"Copia A", an animated fun approach that will make you enjoy the best of Argentine Animation.

And so we closed a new Monday, reminding you that next Wednesday you can enjoy new releases on the animated Billboard.

Receive our best wishes!

Know the best of the retrospective animation in Animacam

Friday, October 21, 2011

Animacam offers you great international animated classics for a very special weekend.

The week is finishing and Animacam offers you a very animated proposal for these days. From Taiwan, Russia, Norway and Argentina we get several interesting international animation classic that will make you enjoy.

To start the presentations, and as about classics we are speaking, the retrospective category dresses up with to host major international animation works.

From Taiwan comes the creation "Roue", a proposal of the prestigious animator Wu Taili, who shows us a self-portrait using fragments of her dreams, childhood memories and emotions. A work of great beauty and refined technique that will make you enjoy an unforgettable time.

The Scandinavian mythology is showed in all its essence by the courtesy of Tuva Synnevag, who with her creation "Sáiva", tells us a beautiful story about Sami culture personified with the searching of a woman of her dead lover. A beautiful animation that you must not miss.

With a tender and a very graphic touch, from Russia arrives Olga Kudryavtseva with her creation"Pro Ptitsu" that tells us the tender story of a bird's dream that may not be fulfilled as he hopes. A wonderful animated short film that will delight young and old.

To get into the short film category, and if we talk about classic and birds, what would be better than talk about our good friend Ileana Andrea Gomez Gavinoser, who is entertaining us once more with a tender, poetic and thought-provoking story of a bird with an ode to freedom. Thanks again Lleana for showing such substantial stories dyed of magical poetry.

And finally ... It has arrived what you were waiting for ... the outcome of the great adventure of Juan Bardo. Thanks to Leo Ka, the adventures of the most famous secret agent of Argentina in the "Casino Flotante" come to an end. Will John get his goal?. Do not miss the phenomenal outcome of this adventure while looking forward to get many more. Thank you very much for the contribution dear friend Leonel.

We wish you enjoy the weekend: from the Animacam team we give you our best wishes. We want to remind you that next Monday you'll have a new appointment with the best of the animation world in the more lively billboard.

Happy weekend to all !!!

Know the best of the retrospective animation in Animacam

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The great week of international animation goes one with the premiere of five high-qualified creations on the animated billboard

It's a great pleasure to introduce the five works that are released today on the Animacam billboard and that will compete for the different awards in their respective categories.

Four major animated films and a happy reunion at the multimedia category, will be the stars of this animated Wednesday at Animacam 2011.

Begining with the presentations, today we have the great pleasure to present a work that has caused and is still causing a sensation in several international festivals, as well as specialized social networks. From Denmark, courtesy of Henrik Malmgren, arrives "The Guest", a dynamic social drama that will awake our most tender and thoughtful side, and that comes with the irrefutable endorsement of the success achieved at the festival Siggraph in Los Angeles, considered by many as the most important event of the 3D animation over the world.

The short film category presents a great creation of the Spanish director Gerardo de la Fuente, who launches his book "El amor era eso". The faultless argument that characterizes this interactive work, has used 3D and live action to show a very interesting proposal that surely will please the most demanding public.

The most sensitive side comes from the hand of Carmen Diaz, who with her creation named "FQ" gets us into the depths of the disease that gives its name to the short film, "Cystic fibrosis". A tribute video that you cannot miss. Thank you very much Carmen for your work.

By the way, the series which doesn't need presentation is "Casino Flotante" of the the Argentine director Leo Ka. Today he launches his third chapter of this series which is on the top. It is a must.

And finally, the Animacam team is filled with happiness presenting once more our well-known creator Inma Carpe. The double winner of the retrospective category at the Animacam Festival 2009 and 2010, entertains us this time with an interesting proposal named "Daddy's girl", an spot that you must do not miss. Welcome home Inma .

We hope you'll enjoy the creations proposed, and there's nothing more left to say that it would be a pleasure if you share with us the new releases that Animacam is preparing for Friday.

Animated greetings!

Know the best of the retrospective animation in Animacam

Monday, October 17, 2011

Five major successes of the international animation open a new week at Animacam Festival

The best of the Argentina animation and a reputable musical contribution arrive by the hand of the nominated directors for the "Gramy" Yuval and Merav Nathan.

To start a new week, today we have the great pleasure to present five of the most highlighted creations of the international animation, that bright on their own in the Animacam billboard.

To start the presentations, we have three works from Argentina created by the animation director with more prestige and international reputation, Juan Pablo Zaramella. He has won more than 50 awards, and arrives at Animacam with three wondeful creations that are required to be watched by all the genre lovers.

"At the opera" is a clay animation, with a great chromatism, ambientation and beauty that plunges us into a soulful evening under the musical setting of the play Opera"Cavalleria Rusticana". A fantastic animation work that has garnered a great success in several international festivals.

Juan Pablo also presents an amazing and very elaborated comedy in the short film category under the name "Hotcorn". A fun and exceptional art idea that shows the quality of the works of this renowned director.

To end the Juan Pablo Zaramella presentation at the 4th edition of Animacam, nothing better than to introduce his award-winning creation "Lapsus". A traditional animation that after having collected multiple awards in five continents, shines with great delicacy in the retrospective category of the festival. Do not miss this extreme visual beauty, with a deep meaning of this classical creator of the argentine animation.

Meet the film work of Juan Pablo Zaramella

To get into the multimedia category, and by the hand of the great animator Guy Ben Shetrit, we present a very elaborated animated clip directed by Yuval and Merav Nathan, Grammy Award nominees, that entertains us with "lose this child", a creation of one the most successful groups in the Canadian and American Rock scene, Eatliz, whose album "Teasing Nature" is having a great welcome.

Meet the film work of Yuval and Merav Nathan

And as we promised, today we have the premiere of the second chapter of the animated set "Casino Flotante". A sequence of Leo Ka that comes from Argentina and that takes us into the most famous parody of the Argentine secret agent and that you can enjoy exclusively in the short film category at Animacam festival.

Here you have these great creations to enjoy in all their essence. We also want to remind you to follow the incoming films of the highest level within the International Animation next Wednesday.

We'll be waiting for you!

Know the best of the retrospective animation in Animacam

Friday, October 14, 2011

Five great premieres at Animacam

To end a very moved week, there's nothing better than five great releases at Animacam. Estonia, Argentina and Spain are the ones that offer us these high qualified creations this animated weekend.

To start the presentations, we have the great pleasure to introduce you Andres Tenusaar, Estonia, who brings us two elaborated music animation videos that are defined as follows.

With Sunny Mission, he shows us a very elaborated Stop Motion that tells us a story about a battle on a table. To make this clip, Andres has requiered 25 hours and has used as a unique source of light two candles. This clip has a great musical atmosphere run by the group Hauschka.

With Commitment Strange, Andres takes us into a world of visual poetry represented in decks of cards, which will allow the viewer to awake a feeling of extreme beauty. The powerful background music is provided by the Estonian group Opium Flirt.

Two animations of great beauty and careful preparation that you should watch.

To get into the short film category, it's worth to start the presentations with the animated serie Casino Flotante. From Argentina by Leonel Klanjberg comes this hilarious animated serie that tells the story of the most famous secret agent of Argentina, in his particular adventure styled "Casino Royal". If you want to have a fun time do not fail to watch this first chapter of a total of four, that you can enjoy exclusively at Animacam.

Following this fun side in the short film category, we have the great pleasure to present CAT Reserva a careful work of animation that comes from the hand of the Flores brothers, Fernando and J.B., who have won numerous awards in major animation spanish competitions. We are sure that the Animacam fans will also receive it with a great welcome.

Finally, what have no better way to get into the pure visual poetry than talking about Óscar Cabezas and his short film Petita Vida. This film is based on short philosophical stories acclimated with the music of two ukuleles. A very interesting creation that the Animacam team offers you to open an amazing weekend.