Animation Lab tutor and renowned producer Jean-François Le Corre gives insights in the production process of the upcoming documentary “Suzanne” (Anaïs Caura, Joëlle Oosterlinck, FR/CZ/BE/DK, in production) combining animation and archive footage.

Isabel Herguera offers a unique insight into her practice as a director and co-creator. Guided by her, we will look between the transparent layers of her films, ascend steep spiral staircases that lead to her characters’ inner lives and explore the emotional topography of her filmic landscapes.

The panel organised by the German Animation Association will dive into current trends towards medium length formats in animation production and discuss new opportunities as well as challenges.

Join the Get Together hosted by AG Animationsfilm – Animation Association Germany, AG Kurzfilm – German Short Film Association, DIAF – German Institute for Animated Film, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS).

Monsters open their jaws, coloured dots spring from the depths – the art of animation showed its psychedelic potential early on. In 1832, movement illusions were drawn on discs – today, the phenakistiscope has long been a fixture of club culture. An intoxicating evening of optical-kinetic miracles in eight films and a live set by Sculpture (London).

Translucent colour planes set against porous ink strokes in rich black, idiosyncratic perspectives and expressive animation – this is the signature style that has made Isabel Herguera’s more recent films unmistakeable. Three film programmes and a Masterclass offer insights into her creative practice.

One evening, two female artists whose works could not be more different at first glance. Here: a love of language, complex characters, artistic diversity. There: shadowy figures, minimalism in image and sound. An artists’ dialogue in which they present their films and practices to each other and the audience.