Stop motion workshop for children

Kids will yet again be spoiled at this year’s Anim’est. Minimest, the section dedicated only to the youngest ones of the festival’s audience, will screen the most popular of the recent animation films and host both several special events, as well as a stop-motion animation workshop. During 10-14 October, 15 children will get to create their own little films, using LEGO toys as their main characters. Initiating the little ones in the tips and tricks of animation will be Vasile Alboiu, a complex artist, who, throughout the years, developed a series of projects in the field of digital film making. Jury member of for the Music Video & Advertising section at the 2008 Anim’est, with an important portfolio in advertising as well, Vasi is a graphic and visual artist, a producer, set designer and director.

The workshop is reserved for children from ages 8 to 12 with a wild imagination and lots of stories to share. In order to be selected, they must send an email to workshop@animest.ro with the subject „MINIMEST” containing a one page essay titled „The cartoon character I’d like to be”. The animation film workshop for children from the 2010 edition of Anim’est was a great a success, with reactions from the kids, parents, trainers and festival partners encouraging the organizers into another year with a workshop of this kind. You can find images from the previous workshop edition in a material made by the festival’s video content team by accessing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4KFFEJ6fF0 

The short animations resulted from the Anim’est workshops will be shown on the big screen of the festival’s Closing Gala, happening at Patria Cinema, on Saturday, October 15th, from 7 p.m.

The signing up period for the two workshops is 7-28 September, and the results will be made public on the October 1st, on the official Anim’est website.