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Anya

Anya

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Participant

*animation *filmdirector *animationforchildren *creative

BIO

I am an animation director, graphic designer and handmade artist based in Italy. Born in 1987 in Saint Petersburg. In 2021 I took part in Big Animation School course, which led to my first student film "ZOT". Later on I have co-directed two more short animation films "Papa is big, I am small" and "Tangerine Jam", which were selected for various international festivals. I love making animation for kids as well as unite in my works animation with graphics and craft materials. My favorite techniques are cut-out and stop-motion animation.

I am animation director, graphic designer and mixed media artist based in Italy. Born in 1987 in Saint Petersburg, I graduated in Pedagogical University in 2009. The same year I graduated from costume design school. In 2021 I was selected to take part in animation course at Big Animation School, which led to my first student film "ZOT". Later on I have co-directed two more short animation films "Papa is big, I am small" and "Tangerine Jam", which were selected for various international festivals, such as Zlin, Oberhausen and Giffoni. I love making animation for kids, because I believe that if you explain your idea to a child, you can explain it to everyone else. Children are the best audience, because they trust you, and take everything seriously, learning something each time they watch a film. As a handmade artist in my works I like to unite animation with graphics and craft materials. My favorite techniques are cut-out and stop-motion animation.

A projektem

A Programról

My project

About JUMPSTART

At the Primanima Jumpstart programme I am developing two projects. "Freckles" is a short animation film for children from 3+. The story is about a little girl Ivy, who has a first encounter with her external difference – her freckles. She starts doubting herself if it is normal to have them, but eventually her parents help her to accept them as a part of who she is. Growing up, children begin to wonder if they are "perfect" enough, if they "fit in", if they can be considered like others or if they have some flaws. I wasn’t exception, as I have freckles since my childhood. Some time ago I’ve also found out a short children’s poem of a famous Soviet poetress Agnia Barto, which depicted the girl with freckles, who thought they make her face ugly. Uniting this little poem and my own memories about this particularity, I came up to an idea of this short film. Changing the point of view on "imperfections" is absolutely necessary and still has a long way to go. To develop and convey to the young spectators the message that everyone is unique and must not fall within the standards, it is very important to have a playful approach. This is why animation is a perfect medium. In this film, I will play with some serious aspects, keeping as the main idea the freedom and courage not to be like everyone else, but to be yourself.

The characters and decorations will be cut from different paper to create a handmade feeling for the film. The background object will be done in collage tecnique. The film’s environment and characters will be simple, child- like and flat, with easy recognizable objects, so it will remind of children’s colourful world. All the characters and scenes will be created in Moho, and then transferred to After Effects for colour correction, effects and other editing. There will be also a part of frame by frame animation (indicated in the script draft), to distinguish visually the difference between character’s world and their drawings. Usage of the paper forsees another important aspect of this project - sustainibility. The materials will be handmade also out of recycled paper. This means that almost none of them will be bought on purpose. I hope this kind of recycling will add visibility to some important environmental topics and maybe will inspire more filmmakers to choose sustainable production in future.

"Eyesolation" is a short animation for older children/adults from 7+. This is a story about mother and son, who both have opposite vision problems: the mother has Nearsightedness (myopia) so she cannot see far, and her son has Farsightedness (Presbyopia) for which he cannot see close. This is an allegory of parental over-protecting and child’s desire to explore the world by his own.

ReferenciA

References

ZOT (2021)
student short animation film
Papa is big, I am small (2021)
animation short film for children
Tangerine Jam (2022)
animation short film for children
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Jumpstart

A 2022-es Primanima Jumpstart egy tehetséggondozó kezdeményezés, amely „kettő az egyben”  lehetőség egy gyakorlati workshopon és egy forgatókönyv-fejlesztő programban való részvételre, amely már a 10. Primanima Nemzetközi Elsőfilmes Animációs Fesztivál előtt elkezdődött, és utána egész évben folytatódott online és személyes konzultációk formájában. Az egyedülálló műhelymunkában 12 kiválasztott tehetségnek van lehetősége részt venni, akik a gyakorlati munka után egy dramaturg segítségével dolgoznak filmtervük forgatókönyvén. 

A program első eleme egy négynapos, gyakorlatközpontú műhely, amelyet az Thomas Renoldner, Marzieh Emadi és Sina Saadat alkotók tartottak a Primanima előtt. A résztvevők itt egy közös animációs projektet hoztak létre, amelyet a fesztiválon mutattak be a budaörsi Majorban. A műhely résztvevői magára a fesztiválra is meghívást kaptak, ahol vetítéseken, fórumokon és mesterkurzusokon vehettek részt. A fesztivál hetének második felében saját animációs filmterveikhez is tanácsot kérhettek a magyar animációs filmrendező és dramaturg Hermán Árpádtól, illetve csoportos megbeszéléseken is prezentálhatták önálló projektjeiket. A fiatal tehetségeknek a közös élmény folytán lehetőségük van erős kapcsolatot építeni egymással, és még 11 alkalommal, havonta vehetnek részt konzultációkon forgatókönyvük fejlesztése érdekében. A Primanima Jumpstart tehetségfejlesztő programja egyedülálló abban, hogy a résztvevők a gyakorlati workshop eseménye után hosszútávú szakmai támogatást kapnak.

A 10. Primanimán startolt Jumpstart megvalósításában partnereink is aktívan részt vesznek. A visegrádi térség kiemelkedő filmes és animációs szakmai platformjaival működünk együtt. Nagy segítséget nyújtott nekünk a lengyelországi MOMAKIN, akik csapata révén résztvevőink meghívást kaptak a 2022-es ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forumra, a CEE Animation Forum, akik gyakorlati útmutatást adtak a fórumra történő jelentkezésről, és a szlovák StoryLab, akik az egyik résztvevőnket delegálták. A programban mentorált alkotóknak eszerint nagyobb lehetőségük adódik a térség más animációs szakmai programjainak a látogatására, valamint lehetőségük van a már létező és jól működő regionális hálózatokhoz is csatlakozni. 

Primanima Jumpstart
2022

Primanima Jumpstart 2022 is a talent development initiative that offers a "two-in-one" opportunity to participate in a practical workshop and a script development programme that started before the 10th Primanima World Festival of First Animation and continued throughout the year in the form of online and in-person consultations. The unique opportunity for 12 selected talents to take part in the experimental workshop is followed by a practical session in which they are working on the script of their film project with the help of a dramaturg.

The first part of the programme was a four-day, practice-oriented workshop held right before Primanima by experienced tutors and filmmakers from Vienna, Thomas Renoldner, Marzieh Emadi and Sina Saadat . Here the participants created a collaborative animation project, which was presented at the festival in the exhibition space of Major in Budaörs. The participants were also invited to the festival itself, where they had the opportunity to participate in screenings, forums, master classes and the festival's vibrant life. During the second half of the festival week, they could also consult a Hungarian animation filmmaker and dramaturg Árpád Hermán for their own animation film projects and present their individual works in group sessions. The young talents have the opportunity to build strong relationships with each other through the experience and will have 11 more monthly consultations to develop their scripts. Primanima Jumpstart talent development programme is particularly unique in that participants receive long-term support after the practical workshop event.

Our partners are also actively involved in the implementation of Jumpstart 2022. We collaborate with prominent film and animation professional platforms in the Visegrad region. We have received great help from MOMAKIN in Poland, whose team enabled our participants to be invited to the 2022 ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum, we have collaborated with the CEE Animation Forum, who provided practical guidance on how to apply to their well known event, and we have the chance to work on our partnership with StoryLab in Slovakia, who delegated one of our participants.All in all, one of our main goal was to provide a wider access to the creators mentored in this programme other animation industry events in the Visegrad region, as well as the chance to join existing and well-established regional networks and promote international cooperation among them.

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