Type: Professional

At this two-day workshop you will get an introduction to co-creation with kids. We start by letting imagination run wild and develop stories with a group of local school children. Afterwards, you will get the opportunity to continue working with the best elements and ideas when you have to develop and write yourself.

Join Manuskriptskolen for two days full of curious ideas and curious children’s brains – we promise you will leave the workshop filled with completely unique inspiration.

The workshop is for you who are curious about co-creation and want to write for children and young people. This workshop is one in five different workshops that will give you a taste of Manuskriptskolen’s two-year education. Choose whether you want to participate in one or the entire series of workshops throughout autumn 2023.

Please note: the workshop will be conducted in Danish due to co-creation workshop with children in Danish.

PROGRAM

Monday

09.30 Doors open
10.00 Welcome and intro to co-creation
11.00 Workshop with children
13.00 Lunch break
11.45 Development of ideas (without children)
15.00 Thank you for today

Tuesday

09.30 Welcome
10.00 Writing time (individually or in small groups)
13.00 Lunch break
13.45 Presentation and reading
15.00 Presentation of the two-year education at Manuskriptskolen
15.30 Thank you for today

Since 2016 Filmmaker’s Workshop is a returning experimental activity during VAF bringing together a handful of young international filmmakers with Bachelor degree students of The Animation Workshop/VIA University College to engage in a creative animation jam.

During the intense 4-day workshop filmmakers produce a short collaborative film based on a select theme/prompt, but first and foremost the workshop is about the creative process and being inspired by each other.

Filmmaker, multimedia artist and teacher Uri Kranot leads the workshop and is assisted by animation director Henrik Malmgren. The workshop will be running from Monday, September 25 to Thursday, September 28, 2023.

International participants with a nominated film in Graduation Film Competition:

• Adela Križovenská
• Nika Karner

Meet them in Q&A after VAF Best Graduation program 01 Tuesday, 26/09

• Lamprini Loukaidi
• David Crisp

Meet them in Q&A after VAF Best Graduaton program 02 Wednesday, 27/09

Uri Kranot

Uri Kranot is a filmmaker and multimedia artist. He is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science, awarded at Venice, Cannes and other prestigious festivals.
Uri is supervising the bachelor films at The Animation Workshop/VIA University College and the main tutor of Anidox Lab (https://anidox.com/).

Henrik Malmgren

Henrik Malmgren runs GoodJobStudios, the world’s smallest full-service animation studio, creating animated illustration and soundtracks. Formally trained as an illustrator (MA) and interaction designer (BA), Henrik aims to deliver high quality pictures, music and narratives within both fiction and function.

At this two-day workshop you will get an introduction to co-creation with kids. We start by letting imagination run wild and develop stories with a group of local school children. Afterwards, you will get the opportunity to continue working with the best elements and ideas when you have to develop and write yourself.

Join Manuskriptskolen for two days full of curious ideas and curious children’s brains – we promise you will leave the workshop filled with completely unique inspiration.

The workshop is for you who are curious about co-creation and want to write for children and young people. This workshop is one in five different workshops that will give you a taste of Manuskriptskolen’s two-year education. Choose whether you want to participate in one or the entire series of workshops throughout autumn 2023.

Please note: the workshop will be conducted in Danish due to co-creation workshop with children in Danish.

PROGRAM

Monday

09.30 Doors open
10.00 Welcome and intro to co-creation
11.00 Workshop with children
13.00 Lunch break
11.45 Development of ideas (without children)
15.00 Thank you for today

Tuesday

09.30 Welcome
10.00 Writing time (individually or in small groups)
13.00 Lunch break
13.45 Presentation and reading
15.00 Presentation of the two-year education at Manuskriptskolen
15.30 Thank you for today

Since 2016 Filmmaker’s Workshop is a returning experimental activity during VAF bringing together a handful of young international filmmakers with Bachelor degree students of The Animation Workshop/VIA University College to engage in a creative animation jam.

During the intense 4-day workshop filmmakers produce a short collaborative film based on a select theme/prompt, but first and foremost the workshop is about the creative process and being inspired by each other.

Filmmaker, multimedia artist and teacher Uri Kranot leads the workshop and is assisted by animation director Henrik Malmgren. The workshop will be running from Monday, September 25 to Thursday, September 28, 2023.

International participants with a nominated film in Graduation Film Competition:

• Adela Križovenská
• Nika Karner

Meet them in Q&A after VAF Best Graduation program 01 Tuesday, 26/09

• Lamprini Loukaidi
• David Crisp

Meet them in Q&A after VAF Best Graduaton program 02 Wednesday, 27/09

Uri Kranot

Uri Kranot is a filmmaker and multimedia artist. He is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science, awarded at Venice, Cannes and other prestigious festivals.
Uri is supervising the bachelor films at The Animation Workshop/VIA University College and the main tutor of Anidox Lab (https://anidox.com/).

Henrik Malmgren

Henrik Malmgren runs GoodJobStudios, the world’s smallest full-service animation studio, creating animated illustration and soundtracks. Formally trained as an illustrator (MA) and interaction designer (BA), Henrik aims to deliver high quality pictures, music and narratives within both fiction and function.

Local and national creative visual educations, actors in culture and companies are all invited to Creative Viborg Day during Viborg Animation Festival at Paletten and Tinghallen.

We aim to repeat the successes from previous years, but this time in a different manner. The city of Viborg will become a hub for expressing visual creativity in a variety of fields and to debate the potential and application of new technologies.

There will be a light breakfast, lunch and finally cold drinks and networking.

During the day you can experience:

Anne Stampe – New chairman at Arsenalet

Sofie Hvidvedt, Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies.

Austin, USA – The Music and Media Arts Capital of the world

Viborg F.F.

&Co – AI as creative tool

Kit Monkman – The artists behind ”Peole We Love”

There is also gold in Houlkær!

Cadpeople

Viborg Creative Alliance

See who receives the first Creative Viborg Award

… and much more

The day consist of plenary and breakout sessions, debates and lots of time to network.

The event is supported by Vision Denmark and the Danish Board of Business Development

Since 2016 Filmmaker’s Workshop is a returning experimental activity during VAF bringing together a handful of young international filmmakers with Bachelor degree students of The Animation Workshop/VIA University College to engage in a creative animation jam.

During the intense 4-day workshop filmmakers produce a short collaborative film based on a select theme/prompt, but first and foremost the workshop is about the creative process and being inspired by each other.

Filmmaker, multimedia artist and teacher Uri Kranot leads the workshop and is assisted by animation director Henrik Malmgren. The workshop will be running from Monday, September 25 to Thursday, September 28, 2023.

International participants with a nominated film in Graduation Film Competition:

• Adela Križovenská
• Nika Karner

Meet them in Q&A after VAF Best Graduation program 01 Tuesday, 26/09

• Lamprini Loukaidi
• David Crisp

Meet them in Q&A after VAF Best Graduaton program 02 Wednesday, 27/09

Uri Kranot

Uri Kranot is a filmmaker and multimedia artist. He is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science, awarded at Venice, Cannes and other prestigious festivals.
Uri is supervising the bachelor films at The Animation Workshop/VIA University College and the main tutor of Anidox Lab (https://anidox.com/).

Henrik Malmgren

Henrik Malmgren runs GoodJobStudios, the world’s smallest full-service animation studio, creating animated illustration and soundtracks. Formally trained as an illustrator (MA) and interaction designer (BA), Henrik aims to deliver high quality pictures, music and narratives within both fiction and function.

Internationally acclaimed Danish cartoonist Halfdan Pisket is best known for his Dansker-trilogy, the story of his Turkish/Armenian father who fled to Denmark and lived a precarious life here. His follow-up, Døden, was equally showered in praise. Both projects were conceived and drawn in solitude, but lately, Pisket has become part of an artistic duo: Last year, he and painter/film maker Masar Sohail created the multimedia exhibition and book The Mullah together, and during VAF, they will continue the story in Viborg Kunsthal.

In the first part of Piskets masterclass, running from 10 to 12, he will discuss his own work and career as a cartoonist and illustrator: The exhibition at VAF, collaborating instead of going solo, letting your passion fuel your work, and drawing your way through life.

The second part is a workshop focused on the importance of working with limitations and how you can challenge your own process through rules and regulations. Pisket will talk about how he’s set strict guidelines for himself in his work, and then ask masterclass participants to do the same.

Halfdan Pisket

Illustrator and cartoonist. His breakthrough work was the trilogy Dansker – consisting of the volumes Desertør, Kakerlak, and Dansker – detailing his father’s early life on the border between Turkey and Armenia, his flight to Danmark and his subsequent life in Scandinavia. The series was highly praised by critics and won several awards, most notably a Fauve d’Or at the Angoulême Festival, the comics equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival. He followed Dansker up with Døden, while also creating a number of illustrations, artist prints, VJ performances and collaborative projects.

Since 2016 Filmmaker’s Workshop is a returning experimental activity during VAF bringing together a handful of young international filmmakers with Bachelor degree students of The Animation Workshop/VIA University College to engage in a creative animation jam.

During the intense 4-day workshop filmmakers produce a short collaborative film based on a select theme/prompt, but first and foremost the workshop is about the creative process and being inspired by each other.

Filmmaker, multimedia artist and teacher Uri Kranot leads the workshop and is assisted by animation director Henrik Malmgren. The workshop will be running from Monday, September 25 to Thursday, September 28, 2023.

International participants with a nominated film in Graduation Film Competition:

• Adela Križovenská
• Nika Karner

Meet them in Q&A after VAF Best Graduation program 01 Tuesday, 26/09

• Lamprini Loukaidi
• David Crisp

Meet them in Q&A after VAF Best Graduaton program 02 Wednesday, 27/09

Uri Kranot

Uri Kranot is a filmmaker and multimedia artist. He is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science, awarded at Venice, Cannes and other prestigious festivals.
Uri is supervising the bachelor films at The Animation Workshop/VIA University College and the main tutor of Anidox Lab (https://anidox.com/).

Henrik Malmgren

Henrik Malmgren runs GoodJobStudios, the world’s smallest full-service animation studio, creating animated illustration and soundtracks. Formally trained as an illustrator (MA) and interaction designer (BA), Henrik aims to deliver high quality pictures, music and narratives within both fiction and function.

Welcome to CMIF 2023, the annual one-day conference tailored for Producers and Creative Leads within the animation and VFX industry, set against the vibrant backdrop of the Viborg Animation Festival.

The purpose of CMIF is to guide you through the dynamic currents of the animation industry, embrace fresh perspectives, share knowledge and inspiration, as well as engage in networking. Hopefully, CMIF will be the stepping stone towards your next great project, partnership, or idea.

Throughout its history, the animation industry has consistently pushed the boundaries of technology or adapted new technologies, techniques and production methods, resulting in ever-evolving forms of storytelling and entertainment. CMIF 2023 will take a look at where we are now and what to expect and how new technology will influence creative choices, mindsets and business models.

Program

• Sofie Hvitved, Senior Advisor & Head of Media, Copenhagen Institute of Futures studies: Perspectives on the future of the Media Industry
• Dylan Sisson, Pixar: Exploring the Boundaries of Creativity: AI, VR, and VFX
• Erik Smitt, Director of Creative Production, Skydance: Creative Production, Two Sides of the Same Coin
• Paneurama, Morten Thorning & Roberta Jablonskyte: Presentation of a new alliance across industry, education and R&D. 
• Philippe Llerena, CTO Fortiche & Emmanuelle Aubeau, Talent Acquisition Manager Fortiche: ARCANE: Behind the Scenes of the Hit Series: Target Audience, New Technologies, and Talent Search. They will explore different aspects, such as defining the target audience, discussing talent acquisition challenges, and highlighting innovative production technologies.
• Danske Filminstruktører and VAF presents: 6 pitches for content aimed at an adult audience (read more here)

… and Networking opportunities.

(Remember to sign up for The Palette Mixer as well HERE)

Sci-Vi Seminar 2023

When research communication moves out of text-heavy publications and becomes visual productions – a seminar on Science Visualization

What can it look like when research dissemination moves out of text-heavy publications and becomes visual expressions? When the research format moves out of books and publications and becomes visual, where does it go?

At this years Sci-Vi seminar we will look at different platforms for animated research communication.

We have chosen to present a preponderance of cases about climate and environmental productions as examples, but the day is relevant for all research- and knowledge fields and – environments as well as visual storytellers, animators, illustrators, producers and people in the visual industry in general.

Remember to book tickets for the Sci-Vi screening as well.

VIEW THE FULL PROGRAM HERE

Sci-Vi is supported by Vision Denmark and the Ministry of Higher Education and Science

ANIDOX:VR guests and jury

Jakob Kirstein Høgel, National Film School of Denmark

Jakob Høgel is a visual anthropologist, a digital media and documentary producer, as well as film consultant. A founding member of the ANIDOX community, he is well known for producing high profile documentaries, winning numerous international awards. Høgel works as a consultant at the Danish Film Institute, West Danish Film fund and globally. Until recently he was Head of content development and co-creation at the Danish National Museum. His current position is Head of Education and Research at the National Film School of Denmark.

Ana Brzezińska, Tribeca Festival (USA

Ana is an XR curator and creative producer working at the intersection of art, storytelling, and technology for over 15 years. Currently, she is responsible for Immersive programming at Tribeca Festival, USA. Tribeca Immersive, with its competition section for spatial and digital storytelling, is considered one of the most prestigious selections in the world. Ana serves as an XR and innovation expert to the Creative Europe and collaborates as a mentor and advisor with a number of organizations, universities, and businesses in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.

Louise Haugstrup Jensen, The Danish Film Institute

Louise Haugstrup Jensen leads the VR distribution scheme at the Danish Film Institute, and has supported numerous award-winning projects, following the trajectory of the works from impact strategy design and development to presentation at national and international platforms.

Michelle Kranot, ANIDOX (moderator)

Michelle Kranot is the co-founder and producer of ANIDOX. A filmmaker and multimedia artist based in Denmark, she has been working with her partner and co-director Uri Kranot as a duo for 20 years. Michelle is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and The Académie des César. She has been recently honored with the Grand Jury Prize for Best VR Immersive Work at the 77th La Biennale di Venezia and Best Immersive XR at the 74th Cannes Film Festival. Michelle holds the position of researcher and project leader at The Animation Workshop.

VAF wants to give thanks to all the creators of the festival and celebrate the courage they show by sharing their work with the festival audience. The nominated films will be judged by the professional juries of 2023, who will also be announcing the winners. 
 
VAF receives animated films from filmmakers from all over the world with strong messages and stories that illuminate current themes, trends and challenges. These are films that you would not necessarily be able to see in the cinema or on various streaming services. That’s why the VAF Award nominees need to be celebrated as unique film experiences, whether it’s short films or feature films. We are always deeply grateful for the filmmaker’s courage and creative urge to create such amazing, animated experiences. 
 
The awards of 2023 is: 
 
VAF Best Feature 
VAF Best Short 
VAF Best Experimental 
VAF Best Graduation Film 
VAF Best Commissioned Work  
Open Workshop Best Danish Animated Short 
ANIMOK Youth Jury 
VAF Diversity Film 
ANIDOX:VR Award 

Read more about the awards and jury here