On the Animation Trail

20 Years of Animation Festival History
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-56570-5
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

This book charts the history of more than 20 years of animation festivals. From Annecy, the oldest animation festival in the world, to Beirut, or the founding of the festival in Peja, Kosovo, Nancy Denney-Phelps has recorded not just the films screened but also the people and what makes each festival unique.

What is it like to travel to China, Beirut, or Kosovo for an animation festival? Spend a week on a boat with 200 animators from around the world or be thrown off a train in Belarus? All of this and much, much more has happened to Nancy Denney-Phelps in her many years as an animation journalist.

Documenting more than 20 years of travels, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in animation. If you are a young animator and want to know what festival life is like, this is the book for you. If you are a seasoned veteran and want to bring back some memories of festivals past, this book should bring some smiles to your face.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Denney-Phelps, Nancy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Animationsfilme, Zeichentrickfilme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: In the Beginning

Chapter 2: On to Annecy. Never Like the First Time

Chapter 3: Upping the Ante on Festival Standards

Chapter 4: It’s Not a Trick. It’s Animation!

Chapter 5: The Festival That Changed a City

Chapter 6: What’s in a Name?

Chapter 7: Exploring Polish Animation

Chapter 8: Puppet Animation Takes Center Stage

Chapter 9: A Tale of Two Portugals

Chapter10: Euganea: On the Way to Three Days on The Island in The Sky

Chapter11: Two Capitals, Five Cinemas and a River of Animated Films

Chapter 12: Beirut Animated

Chapter 13: To See or Not to See Animation in China

Chapter 14: My Love Affair with Norway

Chapter 15: The Magic of Animation Comes to Life on a Beautiful Greek Island

Chapter 16: Pedro’s Party in Bilbao

Chapter 17: The Warm Hospitality of The Republic of Georgia

Chapter 18: A Place in The Sun for Animation

Chapter 19: Those Were Some Jolly Good Times

Chapter 20: This is the End, My Friend.

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy Denney-Phelps lives in Belgium with her husband Nik and their dog, Miss Coco Chanel. She has been an animation journalist writing for Animation World Network for many years as well as an animation historian. She has served on numerous festival juries, selection committees, and delivered papers at numerous animation festivals and events as well as curating animation programs. She is also a pitching coach. Nancy loves to watch animation. You can read her AWN blog at: www.awn.com/blogs/sprockets