ANČA AWARD

Anča Award is a new international competition of short animation films. max. leght of the films is 30 minutes. There will be three awards in value of 777 EUROS, 555 EUROS and 333 EUROS. International jury members: Ivana Zajacová /SK/ * Wiola Sowa /PL/ * Mihai Mitrică /RO/ * Phil Mulloy /UK/ * Pakito Bolino /FR/

The author of a prix is sculptor Radko Mačuha.


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WIOLA SOWA (1972) — polish animated film director.
She attended Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. She is a member of the Association of Polish Filmmakers and the Association of Creators of Animated and Experimental Film "Studio A". She took part in International Workshop of Animated Film in Krakow and has received the Ministry of Culture and City of Krakow Art Scholarship in the field of film. She's a president of ASIFA Poland.
Wiola Sowa creates auteur animated films, which combine classical animation techniques with most recent computer techniques. Her films have a refined visual design, which is combined with music and sound in an unconventional way. Wiola Sowa documents human experiences and using animation creates touching emotional portraits of her characters. The films Refrains /2007/, Between us /2000/ were screened at most famous festivals.

IVANA ZAJACOVÁ (1977)
After graduating from the Department of Animation at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava she currently works as a teacher there. Her bachelor's film Vediet' (To Know) received special recognition from the jury at the festival Cineteca Bologna 2000 in Italy and has been included in the official survey from the company KODAK "Talent 2000" at the Cannes film festival. Her graduation film Nazdravíčko! (Cheers!), which she co-directed with Jozef Mitaľ, was awarded best film at the national Slnko 2006 awards in the animated film category.
In the position as animation actress, artist, and animator she worked on the production of several films and with various directors (eg Dnes mám prvé randevú / Today I have the first rendezvous; Dir. Boris Sima, Pik and Nik, Dir. Martin Snopek). In 2006 she established a production company that would make animated films, since then she has already operated on several projects as a producer (Fongopolis, Dir. Joanna Koźuch; The Last Bus, Dir. Martin Snopek, Rarach, Dir. Ivana Zajacová; Dreams and Snow, Dir. Ivana Šebestová). The first title released by the production company premiered in December 2007 Štyri (Four), Dir. Ivana Šebestová.

filmography:
2007 — Štyri (Four) (Dir. Ivana Šebestová) — producer
2005 — NAZDRAVÍČKO! (Cheers!) — script writer, co-editor, artist, animator
2003 — Festivalová zvučka BAB (Dir. Michal Struss) — artist, animator
2001 — Dnes mám prvé randevú (Dir. Boris Šima) — animated actor
2000 — Vedieť (To Know) — Bachelor film
1998 — Sklo (Glass) — student film

MIHAI MITRICǍ — director of anim’est film festival Bucharest, Romania. He graduated in 1997 from Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, specialized in Public Management. Since 2000, permanent collaborator of the French Institute in Bucharest.
Joined Transilvania Film Festival organizers for the 2005-2009 editions of the festival.
In august 2005, became one of the founding members of ESTENEST cultural association. Since 2006, director of anim’est — Bucharest Animation International Film Festival. In last — the 3rd edition of the festival joined together animators, film critics, famous names such as Bill Plympton, Juan Pablo Zaramella, John Dilworth. Over 300 films were watched by more than 9,100 spectators in two cinemas.
Mihai cooperates even on festivals as Fest'Asia, Sibiu Film Fest, as well as promoting of Romanian animation abroad.

PHIL MULLOY is a British animator. He was born in Wallasey, Merseyside and studied both painting and filmmaking. Mulloy worked as a writer and director of live-action films until the late 1980s before becoming an animator. His animations have been described as "satirical grotesque" and often portray the dark side of human nature and contemporary social, political, and religious values in a humorous and at times, shocking way. His visual style is distinctive in its use of primitive, often skeletal figures and minimalist backgrounds. Mulloy has made over 30 animated films many of which are in themed groupings based on Hollywood genres. Mulloy has won many international awards for his work and has conducted several workshops for young animators.

PAKITO BOLINO - Le Dernier Cri
There´s no other publishing concern like that of Marseille based Le Dernier Cri (The Last Scream) whose stock in trade is extreme, unrepressed artistic expression. Founded in 1993, emerging from ashes of the „underground zine“ movement of Paris in the 1980s, Le Dernier Cri has published well over 150 books, the majority of which are still hand printed using the silk screen press, making them small Works of art, which they continue to sell for peanuts.
Le Dernier Cri is Pakito Bolino, who appears to be the brains of the operation, and Caroline Sury, who actually works one hemisphere  of that brain. Both are prolific artists of considerable talent and somehow find the time to make books of their own magnificent works on a regular basis. They have a humongous studio, a ratty car and a beautiful little boy named Oskar who looks smarter than both of them.
http://www.lederniercri.org/

* Pavel Ryska excuses himself due to an unexpected illness.