Gurka
Gábor
Gábor
Gurka
Participant
*animated short *coming of age movie *growing up *mixed 2D&3D *animator
BIO
I was born in 1998. I started my studies at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (MKE) and then I got my BA graduation from the Animation department of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in 2019. Since 2017 I am working as a Freelance 2D and 3D generalist, compositor on short and feature films, and as director on commissioned works, and music videos. Besides that, I am also interested in dramaturgy and directing narrative short films.
A projektem
A Programról
My project
About JUMPSTART
"Last better days" is a coming of age mixed media animated short film about a young girl, who moves to Budapest for University and struggles to get comfortable in her new life. She learns to embrace the end of summer as the beginning of something new and exciting.
Eszter has just arrived back to her sublet after a family vacation. She is quite nervous because it’s the last few days before university, her room is a mess and all of her clothes are dirty. So her only plan for the rest of the day was to tidy up in frustration. But Alíz, her friend from back home, calls and tries to invite her to a party. They didn’t speak much lately so quite some persuasion is needed. At the party at first they start almost as strangers, but after a bottle of wine they finally have their first meaningful conversation in months. Then they drink, laugh and dance a lot. And everything starts to fade together. Next day Eszter wakes up early with an awful headache. It’s her first real hangover. She decides to dice some apples. She starts to get better, so She sits out on her balcony. The neighbourhood is quiet and the sun just started to shine, and she finally looks at what is ahead of her with excitement, and for the first time she feels some comfort in her new home.
The Idea of "Last Better Days’" isn’t new. I started thinking about the theme of the film in the summer between semesters a few years ago. It was born from several disjointed scenes and pictures I painted before. During my studies at a one-week course at MOME, I finally had the time to expand and tie them together as a conceptual trailer. I tried to capture feelings which were familiar to me about moving to another city for university. I think a lot of people can relate to the film because of their own experiences, so I aim to invoke these feelings and memories.
ReferenciA
References
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.