The Festival

It is been six years since the first edition of ANIMAGE in Recife, in 2009. From that moment on, the festival has only grown. The number of exhibitions, places, selected movies has tripled and the public has increased in a very extensive way.

ANIMAGE focuses on the authorial animation cinema and the movies are seen by the adults, making a different and reflexive world view possible, and also by the children, who get charmed with colors and shapes on the screen.

This year, once again with the presence of producers from many countries and a record number of entries for the competitive screening, ANIMAGE also counts on exhibitions, master-classes and workshops and it consolidates itself as the most important event of the animation cinema of Pernambuco and stands out at the national and international scene.

On the 6th edition, the audience will have the opportunity to check the exhibitions at seven places all over Recife and Olinda, at main movie theaters and cultural centers of the cities, as much as in parks and open air spaces.

From September 16th to 28th, the best opportunity to see, learn and get charmed by the animation cinema is at ANIMAGE, as completely free event that counts on the cultural incentive of Funcultura – Government of Pernambuco, sponsor of Caixa Cultural Recife and Centro Cultural Correios, production by Rec-Beat Productions.

Jury

Chris Robinson (Canadá)

Artistic director and curator
Regina Pessoa (Portugal)

Portuguese filmmaker
Alê Abreu (Brasil)

Designer, filmmaker and artist

Chris Robinson (Canadá)

Artistic director and curator

Artistic director and curator of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada), he is also a writer and a historian, and received in 2004 an award given by ASIFA - East Animation Festival for his contribution to promote the independent animation cinema. Screenwriter of the acclaimed animation documentary “Lipsett Diaries” (Director: Theodore Ushev, 2010), Robinson started working with animation films in the beginning of the 1990’s, when he was still a student ar Carleton University. Currently, he is working on the graphic novel “My Balls are Killing Me”. Between 2003 and 2011, Robinson published thirteen books that talk about diverse subjects, from seventh art and sports to personal experiences. It is worth highlighting his publications about characters of the history of the animation cinema from Estonia, Canada and Japan.

Regina Pessoa (Portugal)

Portuguese filmmaker

The Portuguese filmmaker Regina Pessoa is graduated in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto, in Portugal. Regina stands out because of her mixed techniques of drawing and craft materials. Sometimes she draws directly on the computer, what she calls “stone in pixel”. Her works are related to the oral tradition, a result of her childhood times when she lived in a village near Coimbra. “Tragic Story with Happy Ending”, one of her most remarkable movies, won the Annecy award in 2006, and “Kali, The Little Vampire”, that talks about a story of a different child whose dream is to be like the others, was a co-production of Portugal, France, Canada and Switzerland. The film received more than 20 awards and was nominated as an International Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

Alê Abreu (Brasil)

Designer, filmmaker and artist

With works on the areas of TV, advertisement, cinema and literature, the Brazilian from São Paulo, Alê Abreu is one of the most important names of the animation cinema in the country. In his résumé there are many short films and the feature film “The Boy and The World”, released on the commercial circuit in the country this year and awarded on the Havana International Festival and the Annecy Festival of Animation Cinema, the most important of its kind in the world. On the French awards ceremony in July, the film won the reward of the jury and the public. Drawer, filmmaker and artist, his works have a soft trace mixing traditional and digital techniques. Alê Abreu took his first steps on the seventh art at age 13 through a course of cartoons promoted by the MIS - Museum of Image and Sound. Right after, joined the university and graduated in Social Communication, presenting his first works, the short films “Sirius” (1993) and “Scarecrow” (1998).

Staff

Meet the team that makes ANIMAGE!

Staff

Antonio Gutierrez - General Direction
Nara Normande - Artistic Direction | Curator
Tião - Curator
Renata Claus - Curator
Lilian Pimentel - Curator | Assistant

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Júlia Izidoro - Executive Production
Luiza Ramos - Production
Jamila Marques - Production
Ugo Pereira - Production
Adryana Thyara - Production
Carlos Eduardo Ferraz - Production | Logistics
Cynara Melo - Finance

Eduardo Serrano - Technical Coordination
Rafael Batista - Production | Technics
Nathália Cantanhede - Production | Technics
Alejandro Vargas - Production | Technics

Lucianne Vasconcelos - Communication Coordination
Bruno Guimarães - Press Office
Gianni Paula de Melo - Press Office | Assistant
Jarmeson de Lima - Press Office | Content Production
Jessica Miranda - Social Media Management
Tiago Calazans – Photo Record
Costa Neto – Photo Record
Dozão Produções – Video Record

Com Acessibilidade Comunicacional – Audiodescription

Alê Abreu - Illustration
Tomaz Alencar - Graphic Design
Lirinha – VT Soundtrack

Paula Neves - Translations

Program

FREE ENTRANCE

The ticket distribution will happen one hour before each session, except for Masterclasses and Exhibitions, with free access.

HASTA SANTIAGO
TEMPÊTE SUR ANORAK
CANDIDE KALANDJAI
WURST
KAMAKURA
NEEUKLIDINE GEOMETRIJA
ME AND MY MOULTON
LAZNIA

INVERNO E RAMARRO
FRUIT FRUIT
TIMBER
MARILYN MYLLER
I LOVE HOOLIGANS
EL CANTO
JUTRA
MAN ON THE CHAIR
SIMULACRA

VIGIA
GUIDA
EAGER
ANOMALIES
RAINY DAYS
PADRE
MEND AND MAKE DO
FLUXOS
HISTOIRE DE BUS

SOIF
365
SOMEWHERE
CASTILLO Y EL ARMADO
PINEAPPLE CALAMARI
WIND
LOOP
THE BIGGER PICTURE
NIEBIESKI POKOJ

MI NE MOZHEM ZHIT BEZ KOSMOSA
DO SERCA TWEGO
TEISEL POOL METSA
LAKE
O GAIVOTA
1000 PLATEAUS
LA TESTA TRA LE NUVOLE
INSOLATION
THIS IS NOT A TIME TO LIE

HALF WET
MONKEY LOVE EXPERIMENTS
WONDER
EDIFÍCIO TATUAPÉ MAHAL
PILOTS ON THE WAY HOME
SOMETHING IMPORTANT
THE EDUCATION
HUNGER
VIAGEM NA CHUVA

SYMPHONY N. 42
CRUISE PATROL

LA PETITE CASSEROLE D’ANATOLE
HEDGEHOGS AND THE CITY
CHUZHOY SREDI AISBERGOV
BEREN OP DE WEG
BLACK BEAR MOON
FUGA ANIMADA
PAGE D’ÉCRITURE
ASTRONAUT-K

MALÝ COUSTEAU
JEAN-PIERRE-HENRY
PIGLET BABYSITTER
VAZHNEYE NE BYVAYET
KARIMA-ÁLOM
US
ÂNE DORMANT
JUAN Y LA NUBE
NOVY DRUH

BALLOON BIRDS
LARISA UMEYET LETAT
KAKIS MAISA
LES MONSTRUEUX
IL BRUCO E LA GALLINA
MY STUFFED GRANNY

LEBENSADER
MIRAGE
LA MAISON DE POUSSIÈRE
ARGUMENT
JINXY JENKINS, LUCKY LOU
V RADE
MONSTERSYMPHONIE
ELECTRIC SOUL

LOAD
APRÈS LA PLUIE
REFLECTIONS
EL ÉDEN DE KIKO
ZHUIKA
JUSTE DE L’EAU
OKTAPODI
LUCY AND THE LIMBS
CHICKEN WINGS

CLICK
VOL AU VENT
WEDDING CAKE
UNDERWATER

ATÉ QUE A SBORNIA NOS SEPARE
CHEATIN'
O MENINO E O MUNDO
ERNEST ET CELESTINE
SINFONIA AMAZÔNICA
IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY?

PAS DE DEUX
A CHAIRY TALE
HORIZONTAL
BEGONE DULL CARE
BLINKITY BLANK
BOOGIE DOODLE
SYNCHROMY
NEIGHBOURS

LE MERLE
DOTS

KISTEHÉN
THE HAT
FRANZ KAFKA’S A COUNTRY DOCTOR
LIPSETT DIARIES
WIR LEBTEN IM GRAS

PILOTS ON THE WAY HOME
PORNOTOPIA III
EROS
FUTON
LA BÊTE
MEAT LOVE
LONG LIVE THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
PIXEL JOY

BOOBIES
TEMPÊTE DANS UNE CHAMBRE A COUCHER
EVEREADY HARTON IN BURIED TREASURE

THE DARK POETRY OF CHILDHOOD
THE EXPERIMENTAL METHODS OF THEODORE USHEV
THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF "OH WILLY..."

NORMAN MCLAREN
KALI, THE LITTLE VAMPIRE

Check here the folder of our program

Mostra Parque 4

Non Competitive Screening

LEBENSADER

Angela Steffen | Germany 2009 | 06'00''

21/09 – SUNDAY

18h30 - Praça do Carmo 18h30 - Alto José do Pinho

28/09 – SUNDAY

17h30 - Caixa Cultural Recife 18h30 - Parque da Jaqueira

A little girl finds the whole world in a leaf.

Conferences

THE DARK POETRY OF CHILDHOOD

Regina Pessoa | |

25/09 - THURSDAY

17h - Caixa Cultural Recife

Regina Pessoa will start from an analysis of her works in cinema to talk about "The Dark Poetry of Childhood". Regina set her conference in three axes talking chronologically about her animations with the techniques she has used and her evolution as an artist. "A Noite", her first film, was built with drawings on drywall plaques giving the tone of the first part of the Masterclass, talking about "Shadows and Fears". The second part "Light and Difference" presents the composition and the stages that led her to make "História Trágica com Final Feliz" using drawings with black ink on paper. The work of Regina at "Kali, The Little Vampire" closes the Masterclass where she makes a parallel between self-acceptance and the moment of letting childhood behind. This short film was awarded on more than twenty festivals and was considered an "International Cultural Heritage" by UNESCO.

Conferences

THE EXPERIMENTAL METHODS OF THEODORE USHEV

Theodore Ushev | |

24/09 - WEDNESDAY

17h - Centro Cultural Correios

A Bulgarian settled in Canada will talk about the experimental methods he has been using in some of his movies. Through examples from History of Art and his own movies and drawings, the animator tries to deconstruct and mirror life to project it on the cave of our own prejudices. This Masterclass is what Ushev calls "Cave of Dark Dreams". Owner of many awards for his films, Ushev already exhibited his paintings and drawings at the Barbican Centre, in London.

Conferences

THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF "OH WILLY..."

Emma de Swaef e Marc James Roels | |

23/09 - TUESDAY

17h - Caixa Cultural Recife

The two Belgian directors Emma de Swaef and Marc Roels talking about the creation process of the short film "Oh Willy...". The film, released in 2012, uses the stop motion technique and is full of care with scene, light, movement and screenplay. All of these awarded "Oh Willy..." in more than 89 festivals and events around the world including ANIMAGE 2012. Swaef and Roels will detail the creative process of the short film giving hints to the participants about how to improve productions of this kind.

Exhibitions

NORMAN MCLAREN

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September 16th to 28th

12h - 20h (mon - fri) | 10h - 17h (sat - sun) - Caixa Cultural Recife

The year of 2014 marks the centenary of Norman McLaren, one of the most importat names of world animation. Among the diverse techniques McLaren worked with, it is worth highlighting the Pixilation and Animation Directly on the Film, when the animator draws directly on a virgin film strip (also known as cameraless animation). His consecration came with the film Neighbours, which gave him the Golden Palm of the Cannes Festival and the Oscar of Best Short Animation, n 1952. Some of his most important films, drawings, studies, photographs and documentaries about his life will be available for the public, that can have a closer contact with his wide work through this exhibition.

Exhibitions

KALI, THE LITTLE VAMPIRE

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September 16th to 28th

9h - 18h (mon - fri) | 12h - 18h (sat - sun) - Centro Cultural Correios

The film by Regina Pessoa which names this exhibition was awarded at many international festivals and it is considered an International Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. The renowned Portuguese filmmaker uses different techniques of drawing through the use of craft materials, going from paper to the computer, or, as she likes to say: “From stone to pixel”. The objective of this exhibition is to make the movie leave the screens to explore other possibilities of showing it without going through the traditional exhibition room, deconstructing it so people can interact with the images”. It will be possible to notice, in a simple and almost no technological way, how an animation film is made through the handling of light and shade, creating a movement illusion.

Norman McLaren Special Screening

PAS DE DEUX

Norman McLaren | Canada 1968 | 13'22”

21/09 - SUNDAY

20h - Cinema São Luiz

This short film is a cinematic study of the choreography of ballet. A bare, black set with the back-lit figures of dancers Margaret Mercier and Vincent Warren create a dream-like, hypnotic effect.

Norman McLaren Special Screening

A CHAIRY TALE

Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra | Canada 1957 | 9'53”

21/09 - SUNDAY

20h - Cinema São Luiz

A fairy tale in the modern manner told without words. In the film, a chair (animated by Evelyn Lambart) that declines to be sat upon and a young man perform a sort of Pas de Deux.

Norman McLaren Special Screening

LE MERLE

Norman McLaren | Canada 1959 | 4´39”

21/09 - DOMINGO

20h - Cinema São Luiz

In this film, Norman McLaren imparts unusual activity to an old French-Canadian nonsense song. Simple white cut-outs on pastel backgrounds, many by Evelyn Lambart, provide lively illustrations.