Fredrikstad Animation Festival

Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2011 is at it’s end. 7 Golden Gunnar Statues were awarded to the following winners.

Lifetime Achievement Award
Gunnar Strøm

Lifetime Achievement Award is decided by the festival board, by chairman Jon Gisle, and boardmembers Julie Ova, Trine Vallevik Håbjørg and Bjørn Heidenstrøm.

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Best Nordic Baltic Student Film
Kuhina/Swarming
Joni Männistö – Turku Arts Academy

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Special Mention:
The Backwater Gospel
Bo Mathorne – The Animation Workshop

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Best Nordic Baltic Commissioned Film
AIDES ‘Smutley’
Josh Thorne – againstallodds

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Special Mention:
The Pirate
Olov Burman – Meindbender Animation Studio

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Special Mention:
Gullblyanten 2010 / The Golden Pencil 2010
Christian Ruud – Toxic

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Best Nordic Baltic Short Film
PL.ink
Anne Kristin Berge – Storm Studios

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Grand Prix
Mankeli / The Mangel
Jan Andersson, Katja Kettu – Indie Films

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Audience Award
Escape of the Gingerbreadman!!!
Tod Polson – The Animation Workshop

Beste nordisk-baltiske barnefilm
Captain Awesome: The Rumble in The Concrete Jungle
Ercan Bozodgan – The Animation Workshop

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The jury for commissioned films was
Veronika Wallenberg, Harald Fossen and Tod Polson.
The Jury for Short and Student films was
Elli Vuorinen, Frank Mosvold and Alexis De Jesus Costa

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The Childrens Jury was :

Balder Daae, 8 years
Mikkel Dalene Fossen, 7 years
Madelen Søderberg Knudsen, 8 years
Zeb Stenseng-Molven, 7 years
Ylva Langvik-Aasen, 6 years

Fredrikstad Animation Festival has got the pleasure to open the festival with a big international premiere. Arthur Christmas is Aardman Animations brand new feature and has previously only been screened in New York and London. On the cast we find names like James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie and Billy Nighy. We are also proud that the Supervising Animators from Aardman will be present and introduce the film.

Thursday November 10th we follow up with an exclusive presentation on the film, where Seamus and Alan will talk about the work behind this years big christmas feature. Bothe are veterans in their profession and has worked extensively with both stop-motion and 3D CGI animation for Aardman. One of the highlights of the festival.

Åpningsseremoni | November 9th | 20.00 | Fredrikstad Kino

Making of Arthur Christmas | November 10th | 20.00 | Fredrikstad Kino

At this years seminar for professionals we are proud to present three distinct voices in animation. The industry legend behind Ren & Stimpy John Kricfalusi, director and designer Tod Polson, and Dutch independent animator Rosto.

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Despite a production counting only three shorts, Suzie Templeton is regarded as one of the masters of modern puppet animation. She is best know for her Academy Award winning version of Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’, which won her the Oscar in 2008. The film recieved great reviews for its groundbreaking mix of analogue stop-motion and new digital techniques, interacting with beautifull, classical music. The film got much attention in Norway due to Norwegian production company Storm Studios involvement with the films postproduction.
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