Animation
Over the past thirty years, the Scuola del Libro in Urbino has been a hotbed of outstanding talent for auteur animation that has impacted the national and international artistic scene. During A occhi aperti, two screenings in collaboration with the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and the 24FRAME Future Film Fest will showcase this adventure: a selection of animated shorts by ALMA (Associazione Libera Marchigiana Animatori), a group of artists and an open workshop on animated film, and a moment dedicated to the textured and visionary work of Roberto Catani, a maestro of ALMA's young artists and one of the most significant artists of Italian animated film.
During the festival previews, the 24FRAME Future Film Fest, in collaboration with Emergency Bologna, will present a special selection of shorts created by professional Palestinian animators and colleagues from around the world in support of Gaza.
Tues., Nov. 18, 10:00 a.m. | Cinema Odeon
TO GAZA WITH LOVE: A GLOBAL ANI JAM. Animators from around the world unite for Gaza
A special selection on the big screen, starting with the Animation Community for Palestine international’s call for 30-second shorts, with over 250 submissions from 650 participants. The program includes shorts from the collection "To Gaza with Love. Global Ani Jam," works by Haneen Koraz, a Gazan animator who works with women and children in refugee camps, and a selection of "Palestine Animated," by professional Palestinian animators living abroad who have donated the screening of their films for a year to support their colleagues in Gaza.
Fri., Nov. 21, 3:00 p.m. | Cinema Lumière – Cineteca di Bologna
Paper Walls. Selection of ALMA animations
ALMA (Associazione Libera Marchigiana Animatori) presents a selection of 17 animated shorts made by internationally renowned professionals and young authors recently graduated from their studies. The authors, trained at the Scuola del Libro and ISIA in Urbino, transcend physical, temporal, and identity boundaries through the poetic language of animation. Their stories speak to us of memory, dreams, obsessions, and desires. Beyond and elsewhere, worlds and rooms, one next to the other separated by paper walls.
During the festival previews, the 24FRAME Future Film Fest, in collaboration with Emergency Bologna, will present a special selection of shorts created by professional Palestinian animators and colleagues from around the world in support of Gaza.
Tues., Nov. 18, 10:00 a.m. | Cinema Odeon
TO GAZA WITH LOVE: A GLOBAL ANI JAM. Animators from around the world unite for Gaza
A special selection on the big screen, starting with the Animation Community for Palestine international’s call for 30-second shorts, with over 250 submissions from 650 participants. The program includes shorts from the collection "To Gaza with Love. Global Ani Jam," works by Haneen Koraz, a Gazan animator who works with women and children in refugee camps, and a selection of "Palestine Animated," by professional Palestinian animators living abroad who have donated the screening of their films for a year to support their colleagues in Gaza.
Fri., Nov. 21, 3:00 p.m. | Cinema Lumière – Cineteca di Bologna
Paper Walls. Selection of ALMA animations
ALMA (Associazione Libera Marchigiana Animatori) presents a selection of 17 animated shorts made by internationally renowned professionals and young authors recently graduated from their studies. The authors, trained at the Scuola del Libro and ISIA in Urbino, transcend physical, temporal, and identity boundaries through the poetic language of animation. Their stories speak to us of memory, dreams, obsessions, and desires. Beyond and elsewhere, worlds and rooms, one next to the other separated by paper walls.
Sat., Nov. 22, 2:00 p.m. | Cinema Lumière – Cineteca di Bologna
Like acrobats in a circus. A selection of short films by Roberto Catani
Roberto Catani is among the most significant artists of Italian animated cinema. He is an exponent of the Urbino school that includes other illustrious artists such as Mara Cerri, Magda Guidi, and Gianluigi Toccafondo. In his films, protagonists are characterized by the texture of a design that does not hide the materials of which it is made and by a visionary and metamorphic imagery; it is a "cinema of poetry" not in the vague sense of vacuous evocativeness but because it is, in fact, poetic language - rhythm, silence, sound, metaphors - give it life.
