
Ģ019 Animation Festival features BC Premiere of feature Bombay Rose Love Me, Fear Me, by Veronica Solomon - Germanyįilm festival tickets are now on sale at. Pour une poignée de Caramels, by Nghia Bui Trung, Clara Dulaut, Martin Fettuciari, Nikita Gavard Noyer, Bérenger Guilbault, Timothée Maron, Ugo Masutti - France Oeil pour Oeil, by Thomas Boileau, Alan Guimont, Robin Courtoise, Mathieu Lecroq, Malcom Hunt, François Briantais - France The Stained Club, by Mélanie Lopez, Simon Boucly, Marie Ciesielski, Alice Jaunet, Chan Stéphie Peang, Béatrice Viguier - France The Seahorse Trainer, by Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina - Canada

Kerbal Space Program 2, by Ryan McCoy - USA Osirika "Black Champagne,” by Jeremiah Williams - USA Travel Oregon: Only Slightly (More) Exaggerated, by Todd Mueller, Kylie Matulick - USA Sous la glace, by Ismaïl Berrahma, Flore Dupont, Laurie Estampes, Quentin Nory, Hugo Potin - France Girl in the Hallway, by Valerie Barnhart - Canada In the additional animated commercial category, famed director Ridley Scott’s Hennessy “The Seven Worlds” was the runner-up, while another USA entry, space flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program 2, took home the Best Cinematic award. Zog, the animated short about an accident-prone dragon, produced by London-based Magic Light Pictures and directed by Daniel Snaddon and Max Lang, was named Best Children’s Film.Ī Canadian entry, The Seahorse Trainer, about a lonely man’s passion for training seahorses, won the VFX category and also received “Rising Star in Visual Effects” accolades for its directors Babak Bina and Ricardo Bonisoli, awarded by the Visual Effects Society (VES) Vancouver Section. Highlights include Sister by Siqi Song, whose poignant stop-motion story of familial love in 1990s China was a 2019 Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival and is named Best in Show by this year’s SPARK ANIMATION jury. This year’s festival jury has now released its selections for 2019. The festival jury is comprised of a range of animation industry leaders, including directors, producers, educators, independent creators, studio heads, and Oscar winners. In 2014, SPARK ANIMATION introduced festival film submissions to its annual conference and career fair, selecting its first jury of animation experts in the process.

SPARK ANIMATION Festival Jury announces winning entries for 2019

Box office proceeds (excluding fees & GST) from each festival screening will be donated to Covenant House to aid in supporting at-risk and street youth in Downtown Vancouver. From computer graphics to stop-motion, from independent animation to major studio productions, the collection of films this year – 90 hours of film in total – brings together the finest animated content on the planet.įor the fourth year running, the film festival is again partnering with Covenant House Vancouver. Now in its 11th year, the animation film festival, presented by the Spark Computer Graphics Society (Spark CG) has attracted 695 entries from 48 countries on six continents.

VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA - The SPARK ANIMATION 2019 Film Festival shines the spotlight on an international line-up of acclaimed animated features and short films showcased from October 24 to 27 at Vancouver’s Scotiabank Theatre and Vancity Theatre.
