GoCritic! Animateka 2024
The next cycle of the GoCritic! programme, in partnership with the Animation Festival Network, continues with a workshop at the Animateka International Animated Film Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 2 to 7 December 2024. Three promising international film journalists and critics will work with tutor Neil Young on reviews, interviews, industry stories and essays focused on the animation scene. These articles will be published on Cineuropa and Zippy Frames.
GoCritic! Participants at Animateka 2024
Arsène Rosenmann
Arsène Rosenmann is a newcomer to the professional field. He has been drawn to animation since he was a child, and he never lost that interest. During his bachelor’s degree in cinematographic and audiovisual studies at Université Gustave Eiffel, from which he graduated in 2016, he directed the documentary La Voie de l’arc (The Way Of The Bow) about Japanese archery, and he participated in the making of the student film Clair Obscur. In 2023, he graduated with a master’s degree in Japanese language and culture from Université Paris Cité. Arsène enjoys the process of research and has written about architects Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma. In October, he participated in the GoCritic! video journalism workshop at Animest in Bucharest.
Blake Simons
Blake Simons is a film journalist and programmer with a taste for the self-reflexive, sentimental and surreal. They’ve written for BFI, Metrograph, The Film Stage, ScreenAnarchy and more about queer and Japanese cinemas, and they enjoy speaking with filmmakers about what makes them and their films tick. They are lead programmer of the London International Fantastic Film Festival, which celebrates its inaugural edition in November 2024.
Emel-Elizabeth Tuulik
Emel-Elizabeth Tuulik is an Estonian-Kurdish writer and curator with a background in art history and semiotics. Her research explores personal mythology, structuralism and female archetypes in cinema, themes that continue to influence her artistic and professional practices. Amongst other credits, she has been a part of the European Workshop for Film Criticism, Baltic Women in Film Mentorship programme and Media Inclusion Initiative programme held by the Toronto International Film Festival. Emel-Elizabeth feels an irrepressible need to amplify underrepresented voices in cinema, with a particular focus on Near Eastern and Baltic identities. She is currently a part of the programming team for the New Talents programme at PÖFF Shorts and has served as a jury member for multiple festivals such as Giornate degli Autori, taking place alongside the Venice Film Festival. As a writer, Emel-Elizabeth has published 30+ pieces on cinema, theatre and art.
