The Polish Animation Festival will be organised for the first time in Leuven from 15 to 17 April. The festival is a mix of film screenings, master classes and exhibitions for youth and adults. Famous polish animation artists such as Piotr Dumała and Marek Skrobecki will be present. Moreover, the Janusz Korczak prize 2016 will be awarded during the festival on Sunday 17 April to a project promoting equal chances for children and youth.
+++ Read more on the website of the Polish Animation Festival
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
>>> STUK (Naamsestraat 96, 3000 Leuven) – see map
>>> from Friday 15 until Sunday 17 April
>>> book your tickets HERE
| 18:00-19:00 | Welcome drink | |
| 19:00-19:30 | Festival opening | |
| 19:30-20:00 | Projection “Franz Kafka” | Piotr Dumała |
| 20:00-20:45 | Master class “Experimental animation techniques” | Piotr Dumała |
| 20:45-21:00 | Break | |
| 21:00-21:30 | Master class “Unconventional animation techniques” | Francis Vanhoutte |
| 21:45-23:00 | Projecties “Golden Collection of Animated Films” | National Schiller Film School of Łódź |
Saturday 16 April
| 19:00-19:30 | Projection “Peter and the Wolf” | Marek Skrobecki |
| 19:30-19:45 | Meeting the Oscar winner, Marek Skrobecki | |
| 19:45-20:00 | Projection “Danny Boy” | Marek Skrobecki |
| 20:00-20:15 | Break | |
| 20:15-20:45 | Presentation “Virtual Reality Animation” | Circus Digitalis & Iwona Pom |
| 20:45-22:00 | Projections “Marchenbilder”, “DIM” and “Ichtys” | Marek Skrobecki |
| 22:00-23:00 | Projections “Students selection of Animated Films” | Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten |
Sunday 17 April
!!! The workshops in the morning are taking place in WIP – Wipstraat 2A, 3010 Kessel-Lo !!! – see map
| 10:00-11:00 | “Puppet animation” | Iwona Pom |
| 11:00-12:00 | “Laser-based animation” | Kaja Renkas |
| 12:00-13:00 | “Before the cinematograph” | Kiwi |
The programme in the afternoon will be continued in STUK
| 15:00-15:30 | Projection “The Magic Piano” | |
| 15:30-15:40 | Break | |
| 15:40-17:00 | Projection “Zarafa” | |
| 17:00-17:10 | Break | |
| 17:10-17:30 | Debate “Animation & social change” | Aga Janowska & Iwona Pom |
| 17:30-19:00 | Awarding Janusz Korczak prize 2016 | Janusz Korczak Vlaanderen vzw |
Exhibitions
We will open on Sunday 17 April an exhibition with works by Kaja Renkas, Piotr Kotlicki and Bart Schoofs!
+++ See the full programme on the website of the festival!
