Animahenasyon Festival Programmer Ricky Orellana is inviting
professional and amateur/student Filipino animators to join the 2nd Animahenasyon
2008: Pinoy Animation Festival. The event, which is spearheaded by the
Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc., is now on its second year and the
organizers are promising to give local animation enthusiasts a broader and
better program.
Orellana points out, "We want to give festival-goers a larger view of what
Philippine animation by screening earliest works done by animation masters."
According to organizers, last year's festival saw a lot of professional
animators asking for advanced workshops. This year's edition will also feature
master classes for professionals and enthusiasts. There will also be classes on
visual storytelling, film language, production design, Asian and Japanese
animation, and visual effects, he said. Last year's festival screened over 150
original Filipino animation works and featured a two-day conference with
Filipino U.S.-based animator Ronnie del Carmen of Pixar animation as guest of
honor/keynote speaker. The festival also honored the late Larry Alcala with a
Lifetime Achievement Award.
"The support [last year] was overwhelming," says Orellana.
"We are thankful to the animators who submitted very accomplished works as well
as to the movie-goers who went out of their way to watch the screenings. In
fact, the week-long event was even extended for a longer run at the IndieSine
Robinsons Galleria.
Mr. del Carmen of Pixar adds: "I thought that it was a very successful
festival. I was very impressed with the animators. They were undaunted and
courageous in pursuing their passion." In fact, so impressed was Del Carmen that
he even agreed to give a talk in Naga for the regional extension of the
festival. "We have very accomplished animators," he said. "These animators have
contributed over the years to animated content the world over on very popular
properties. If that isn't about being world-class, I don't know what is. We are
known to be reliable and versatile, able to tackle the work and meld into what
the project needs and get the job done."
Just like last year, the second edition of Animahenasyon
will feature 10 categories: one minute up to five minutes; 6 minutes up to 20
minutes; 21 minutes up to 40 minutes; Full-animated feature (more than 40
minutes); music video; OBBs, TVCs, infomercials, demo reels; and TV series. All
of them are open for professional and amateur/student animators.
Some of the award-winning animation entries last year were Jeff Capili's Malaya
(Best Animated Short, professional division), RJ Mabilin's WWII (Animated
Music Video, professional division), Valroman Francisco's Pop (Animated
Music Video, amateur division), and Anna Katrina Bigornia's My Pet (Viewers'
Choice Award). Incidentally, the seven-minute animation My Pet joined
the short film category of Cinemalaya 2008 and was awarded the Special Jury
Prize.
The deadline for the submission of entries is on October 8, 2008. For
inquiries, call: 8172727 loc. 108 or send an email to
animationcouncil@gmail.com or visit ACPI's website www.animationcouncil.org.