Over the past five months, participants of a joint project between the Skwigly Animation Magazine (UK) and LINOLEUM Festival (Ukraine) – as part of the UK/UA Animation Lab – have received a series of consultations from leading UK animation mentors on best practices for developing a short film or TV series project. Following their first presentation at LINOLEUM in September, they will pitch their projects to a UK audience for the first time at Manchester Animation Festival; sharing important insights into preparing a project for a pitch.

Guests

Alexandra Dzhiganskaya is an award-winning Ukrainian animation director. She holds a master of arts from the University of Applied Arts Vienna and her graduation film ‘Under The Endless Sky’ was shown at 100+ festivals worldwide; winning several awards.

Iryna Sosimovych is a recent graduate (2022) from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts, an ambitious director with experience creating animated films that have been screened at many international animation festivals.

Olha Havrylova has held various positions within animation (screenwriter, storyboard artist, motion designer), both in creating original projects and collaborating with other directors. Since 2008 she has collaborated with numerous Ukrainian publishers as a children’s book illustrator; and directed the animated films ‘Topsy-Turvy’ (2018) and The War That Changed Rondo (2019).

Wednesday 13 Nov 2024 – 12:15  |  International Anthony Burgess Foundation  |  Runtime: 75 mins (approx.)