ANIMATED SPIRITS - European Animated Short Film Festival day 1

ANIMATED SPIRITS: EUROPEAN ANIMATED SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2nd edition: New Animation from Europe The European National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC) – New York City Cluster presents the second edition of Animated Spirits: European Animated Short Film Festival this spring. The festival brings some of the most exciting, recent animation from Europe to New York City. Artists from 12 European Union countries ‘illustrate’ the spirit of experimentation at the Austrian Cultural Forum NY and at the Hungarian Consulate General on May 4 and 5, 2016. Two selections will be screened each night: EXPERANIMA, featuring highlights of the most inventive animated films, which seek to discover the boundaries of animation and live action, narrative strategies and the visual language of animation and ANIMASTORY which offers mesmerizing fictional stories with unique visuals. THE PROGRAM for DAY 1: EXPERANIMA 1 *Composition* (2015) -- by Mitja Manček (Slovenia) *SHUT UP MOON* (2014) -- by Gudrun Krebitz (Austria, UK) *Loop* (2015) -- by Michał Socha (Poland) *Velodrool* (2015) -- by Sander Joon (Estonia) *Saturday Symphony* (2015) -- by Iris Frankhuizen (Netherlands) *Uncanny Valley* (2015) -- by Paul Wenninger (Austria, France) PANEL DISCUSSION with: *Jeffrey Scher* (USA) -- New York-based filmmaker and animator; lecturer at the School of Visual Arts and adjunct instructor at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts; opinionator at the New York Times. *Holger Lang* (AT) -- Assistant Professor and Research Faculty, Webster Vienna Private University and Adjunct Professor, Webster University St.Louis ANIMASTORY 1 *The Bench* (2015) -- Claudia Chircop (Malta) *Aion* (2014) -- by Petra Heleninová (Slovakia) *The Master* (2015) -- by Riho Unt (Estonia) *Diamond* (2013) -- by Kris Mergan, Geert Vandenbroele (Belgium) *Amélia & Duarte* (2015) -- by Alice Guimarães, Mónica Santos (Portugal, Germany) Please be note that this is not a child film festival, some films containg adult content. **FREE ENTRANCE with RSVP** (follow the link at Tickets Available) Check out the line up for day 2 here https://www.facebook.com/events/847970855325328/ Initiated and organized by Balassi Institute, Hungarian Cultural Center, New York in partnership with the Austrian Cultural Forum, NY with the participation of 9 European national institutes of culture. Curated by Anna Ida Orosz animation historian, (lecturer, Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design, co-founder and curator, Primanima Short Film Festival, Budapest), animation historian. A European National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC)– New York City Cluster event. #animatedspirits #hcc