28/10/2022 - The event will offer business consultations, meetings with masters and studio representatives, and pitching competitions with prizes that will allow the winners to make their movies

Director Mats Grorud, who will hold a master class in the event's Masters section

The ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum is the only industry event in the world that gathers together the stop-motion community. It is a forum where business relationships and international cooperation are established, while young creators have an extraordinary opportunity to present their projects to their idols.

The event will take place from 5-8 November. As was the case last year, it will take on a hybrid form: meetings in Łódź will be accompanied by a virtual platform. The programme is composed of three main sections: Masters, Pitching and Business.

In the Masters section, participants will choose from as many as five master classes. How to present real stories in animation will be discussed by Norwegian director and animator Mats Grorud, whereas Ana Chubinidze will share the secrets of making puppets using the cut-out technique. Hector Fausto and Jonatan Guzman from Polar Studio will talk about visual effects in stop-motion projects and how VFX helps them implement a director’s vision. Angela Poschet will talk about her latest production entitled The House, prepared for Netflix. The last master class related to building an audience will be conducted by Ilan Urroz, working on the animation entitled The Inventor.

Workshops will also be organised. The first one will be prepared by Christophe Erbes and will deal with the topic of developing series for children. The other one on animating characters will be conducted by Thiago Calçado.

The Pitching section provides artists with an opportunity to present their projects to a group of experts from the worldwide animation industry, gain partners and win prizes that will make it easier for creators to produce their movie.

The Business section facilitates networking meetings with the participation of the most influential professionals in the industry.

The ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum is co-financed by the International Visegrad Fund, Poland's Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the Polish Film Institute. Creative Europe Desk Poland is a partner of the event. The main partners of this edition are EC1 Łódź – the City of Culture and the Łódź Film Commission as well as the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. The event is organised by MOMAKIN.