Animarkt Stop-Motion Forum 2023

Event Description:
ANIMARKT STOP MOTION FORUM is a unique meeting venue of the field’s top artists, craftsmen, producers, distributors, broadcasters, and investors. Its diversified program offers a unique combination of workshop and vocation-oriented elements on the one hand with networking and business-to-business meetings on the other, while the pitching of short puppet animations is a unique opportunity for artists.
Apart from the Pitching Competition, the main programme will comprise workshops, masterclasses and panel discussions for students and young specialists (the Masters section), this year revolving around topics related to the making of a stop motion puppet as well as relations between animation makers and producers. The third part of the programme – Business, concentrates on establishing contacts in the industry and recruitment sessions for international animation studios or stop motion projects.
2023 Call for Entries
This year pitching is in two forms:
- short projects in development with at least the first draft of the script and a duration of no more than 25 minutes
- projects of features, series, or TV specials being in different stages of realization
The necessary condition in both cases is that 80% of the animation had to be planned to be created using the stop-motion technique and also plan for sustainable production of the film that will stand for 10% of its rating
From all submissions, there will be chosen 10 projects of short films, and 10 projects of feature films and TV series that will have a chance to get in contact with people able to support the process of the film’s development, production, and/or distribution.
- Regulations
- Application Form
- Deadline: 31 May 5 June (12:00 CET) 2023
2022 Event Coverage
2021 Coverage
- The Captain and the Ship: Director and Producer in Stop Motion Animation
- Animarkt 2021 Winners
- New Polish Stop-Motion Animation Project
2020 Event Coverage
Selected Stop-Motion Projects
1. A Rede (The Hammock), dir.: Beatriz Lima, prod.: Ana Luisa Lima, country: Brazil
2. Carcassonne-Acapulco, dir.: Marjorie Caup & Olivier Heraud, prod.: 12//24 FILMS, country: France;
3. Communication Lost, dir.: Pablo Muñoz and Vicente Mallols, prod.: Leticia Montalvá - Pangur Animation, country: Spain;
4. Electra. A Poem, dir.: Daria Kashcheeva, prod.: FAMU and co-producer MAUR film - Martin Vandas, Zuzana Krivkova, country: Czech Republic;
5. Fia dir.: Luciana Martinez & Iván Stur, prod.: María Rosario Carlino, country: Argentina;
6. Isolated, dir.: Juan Soto, prod.: Juan Soto, country: Spain;
7. Kabuki, dir.: Tiago Minamisawa, prod.: Wag Films and T Minamisawa, country: Brazil / France;
8. Labra Cadabra, Klaipeda Jazz, dir.: Olga Ti, Julia Titowa, prod.: Valentas Aškinis, country: Lithuania;
9. Roxanda, dir.: Dragan Jovicevic, prod.: Predrag Azdejkovic, country: Serbia;
10. Skin, dir.: Gabriel Nunes do Carmo, prod.: Matias Boeing Eastman & A. K. McCallum, country: Brazil and U.K.;
11. Steps to Fly, dir.: Nicolás Conte, prod.: María Rosario Carlino, country: Argentina;
12. Sweater (working title), dir.: Kinga Gorak, prod.: Kinga Gorak, country: Poland, South Korea;
13. The Day Vladimir Died, dir.: Fadi Syriani, prod.: Roland Fischer, country: Germany;
14. The Family Portrait, dir.: Lea Vidakovic, prod.: Drasko Ivezic, country: Croatia;
15. Yugen: open sky, dir.: Nayelli Ojeda, prod.: Isabel Figueroa, country: Mexico.
Animarkt Pitching 2020 awards:
- vouchers worth PLN 60,000 (approx. 13500 EUR) and PLN 40,000 (approx. 9000 EUR) for using the studio and film production facilities – distinctions funded by the Audiovisual Technology Center (CeTA) in Wrocław
- co-production contribution to the film – funded by the French studio Folimage
- Dragonframe 4 software (with Bluetooth controller)
- expert consultation with Marcin Zalewski – regarding the construction of a puppet
- industry accreditation for Mifa 2021 in Annecy
- 2-week residence at the Quirino Cristiani Animation Center in Cordoba (Argentina) – funded by APALAB including accommodation and mentoring/devlopment
- consultancy in scriptwriting, production and art for development stage, and meetings with Argentine producers
2019 Event Coverage
- Animarkt, A Top Class Forum of Stop-Motion Animation
- 2019 Animarkt Winners
- Projects Selected
- 2019 Animarkt Workshops and Masterclasses
2018 Event Coverage
- 2018 Animarkt Pitching Winners and Impressions
- 2018 Animarkt Talks: Johan Oettinger, Chris Randall, Kijek/Adamski, Grzegorz Wacławek
- 15 Projects Selected for 2018 Animarkt StopMotion Forum
- LAIKA Will Recruit Animators and Costume Makers During the 3rd Animarkt Stop-Motion Forum
- Beast Animation, Carlos Bleycher, Tim Allen at the 2018 Animarkt Workshops
2017 Event Coverage
Event Dates
- From 04/10/2023 to 08/10/2023