Animae Caribe begins today

There is a lot to look forward to, and beginning today, theatre goers will experience some of the best anime shorts internationally and throughout the region. Festival director, Camille Selvon Abrahams said, “Caribbean and international works from countries like Norway, Hong Kong, Egypt, USA, Scotland, Canada, Australia, Spain, Argentina, United Kingdom. India, Jamaica, Barbados, St Lucia and this country will be highlighted.”

She noted, “We have hosted over the last nine years, Oscar winning and nominated animators like Daniel Greaves, Erica Russell and Disney experienced directors Like’ ‘Proud Family’ Bruce Smith. This year we are proud to have Bill Plymton visit our shores and celebrate and share with us in the Caribbean, together with a host of other celebrated animators and professionals in the field. She said the Anime Caribe artform is bing used not only to entertain but to expose and empower local talent.

Last year Anima Caribe was used as a tool for rehabilitation for inmates at the Youth Training Centre (YTC). Selvon Abrahams said the project had been successful and will be used as a model for other Caribbean islands.

“Our work does not begin with the festival but all through the year we promote the artform. Recently we conducted a workshop at YTC for young offenders and after one day of training the ‘lads’ as they are called produced a compilation that was so touching that we decided to enter it for most promising animator category.

We were all so moved by this that we are opening the festival with the screening of ‘The Journey’ by the lads of YTC,” Selvon Abrahams said.

She said both the documentary based on the inmates responses to anime and their animated shorts will be screened at NAPA today (Monday).

Today will also be a full day of pre- school animations, storytelling and “Trinity the Turtle” by Trinity SMART, and giveaways at NALIS audio visual room.

Various workshops will also be hosted at selected venues over the course of the six-day festival. At hand to facilitate one of the workshops will be Michael De Souza, the Trinidadian-born creator of “Rastamouse,” – an animated reggae-singing mouse that has become a children’s television hit on the BBC.

Monday October 31:

9am - 2pm: Pre School Cinema

Pre-school animations, storytelling and ‘Trinity the Turtle’ be Trinity SMART giveaways.

NALIS Audio Visual Room

10am - 3pm: Workshop A (Day 1) – Musicians Film Makers

Musical scoring for film and animation with John Welsman, composer, arranger of music for television and film. Scoring highlights include documentary films by James Cameron.

UTT /APA

10am - 3pm: Workshop B (Day 1)

Experimenting With Animation – Full Circle Animation Studio in collaboration with Animae Caribe Awardee, Dave Prosner, UK Interactive Workshop.

Alice Yard, Woodbrook

6pm - 9pm: Screenings Reception – AC opening 3D projection show

Featuring 3D Projection by world renowned Mister Beam. Celebrating Opening Film Animation Documentary – “On The Inside.”

NAPA

Tuesday November 1:

10am - 3pm: Workshop A (Day 2)

Musical scoring for film and animation with John Welsman.

UTT/APA

10am - 3pm: Workshop B (Day 2)

Full Circle Animation Studio Interactive Workshop – A unique and interactive class.

Alice Yard

3.30 - 5pm: Directors Chair – Rhythm and Hues

How do you make it look so real? Techniques for suspending audience disbelief and seamlessly blending CG Character animation and Visual Effects with Live Action as seen in X-Men 2 and Daredevil with Anjelica Casillas of Rhythm and Hues, one of the most renowned studios in the animation business.

UTT/APA

4.30 - 6pm: UTT Lecture Series

Tim Reid has been a mainstay in the entertainment industry for the last three decades. After starring in WKRP in Cincinnati including TV series Sister, Sister he is now setting the stage toward becoming a major player in the business of independent movie making.

2pm - 6pm: Screenings

World Animation Programme

Little Carib Theatre

6.30pm: Screening and reception

Best of 30 years of Royal College of Arts Animation with RCA student, Dave Prosner, Little Carib Theatre

Wednesday November 2

9am - 2pm: Pre school Cinema

Michael De Souza Genevieve Webster and Claudia Lloyd meet and greet. Full day of pre-school Animations, storytelling and ‘Trinity the Turtle’ be Trinity SMART giveaways.

NALIS Audio Visual Room

9am - 3pm: Workshop A (Day 3)

Musical scoring for film and animation with John Welsman contd.

UTT/APA

3.30pm - 5pm: Directors Chair – ‘Rastamouse’

Trinidad-born Michael De Souza and Genevieve Webster are co-creators of Rastamouse who is a crime-fighting, guitar playing, skateboarding mouse and his friends, Scratchy and Zoomer – in their musical adventures about “makin’ a bad ting good”. Rastamouse is shown on BBC HD, CBeebies, BBC 2 and other BBC regional channels.

UTT/APA

6.30pm-9.30pm – AC Special Screening and Reception (invited guests)

Dance and Animation – Celebrating Beryl McBurnie’s birthday in animation. Opening remarks by her nephew, Mike Germaine. Screening of Dance animations by Oscar-nominated Dance animator Erica Russell and collaborative presentation with Sonya Moses The Cloth Caribbean and Point Pop music group.

Little Carib Theatre

Thursday November 3

8.30am -1pm: Business of Animation

The ‘Mighty Majestics’ Collaboration. The Majestics is an animated action adventure tale about hip, young superheroes who discover their powers and their life’s purpose through a family tragedy of global proportions. The team will discuss the concept and why they chose Trinidad for production. The production will be a collaboration between Full Circle Animation Studio in Trinidad and ICAIC studio in Cuba.

Trinidad Hilton Hotel

Directors Chair – Tiger Aspect.

Claudia Lloyd carved out a career as a comedy producer (Comic Relief, Mr Bean) before discovering animation. She travelled to East Africa and fell in love with Tanzania’s Tinga Tinga art. She set up an animation studio in Nairobi. CBeebies agreed to put up 25% of the money and Disney Playhouse in America 6%. Hear her amazing story at AC11.

Trinidad Hilton Hotel

2pm - 5.30pm: Screenings

2011 Animae Caribe Submissions Screening

Little Carib Theatre

5.30pm-7pm: Directors Chair Directors Chair – Rhythm and Hues

How do you make it look so real? Techniques for suspending audience disbelief and seamlessly blending CG Character animation and Visual Effects with Live Action as seen in X-Men 2 and Daredevil with Anjelica Casillas of Rhythm and Hues, one of the most renowned studios in the animation business.

Little Carib Theatre

Friday November 4

9am - 2pm: Pre school Cinema

Full day of Pre-school Animations, storytelling and ‘Trinity the Turtle’ be Trinity SMART giveaways.

NALIS Audio Visual Room

3pm - 5pm: Workshop C (Day 1) – The Pitching Game

Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution Inc dedicated to the distribution of Caribbean audio-visual content will stage the event, which will include a Content Incubator.

UTT APA

9am - 5pm: School day, workshops, seminars, master class

Full day of interactive workshops, seminars, screenings for students and general public.

UTT APA

12pm - 1.30pm: Masterclass (registered participants)

With James Parris. In 1993 James joined the team at the Walt Disney studio, where he contributed to the box-office triumphs of The Lion King in 1993 and Tarzan in 1998.Then at Sony Pictures Imageworks he worked on the first Spider-Man movie, a record-breaking box-office smash. Most recently working with Digital Domain’s Oscar-winning team on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

UTT APA

1.30pm-3.00pm: Directors Chair – The Dreamworks Story

Paul Chung joined Dreamworks Animation in 1999 as a directing/supervising animator. He also worked for notable animation studios like Walt Disney Animation and Warner Brothers Studios. Notable Film credits include Shrek, Madagascar, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

UTT APA

6.00pm - 9.30pm: Night Event

Mister Beam - Lighting up Animae Caribe 10th Anniversary.

Mo Assem & Ruben van Esterik, a light mapping projection duo based in the Netherlands. Their style is known for Innovative projections filled with detailed animations completely based on the architecture and shapes of the buildings/objects.

Scrip-J Lounge - No 1 Fernandez Compound

Saturday November 5

9am - 12pm: Workshop C (Day 2) – 30 Animators, Writers Storytellers

The Pitching Game – TTFC Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution Pitching Session

Little Carib Theatre

12am - 2pm: Masterclass – Dreamworks Animation Studio

Paul Chung Supervising Effects Animator

‘Rastamouse’ Michael De Souza and Genevieve Webster

Little Carib Theatre

6.30 - 9pm: Closing Reception Party

Invited Guests only

The fun ends and the party begins

The Old Fire Station

Abercromby Street

For further information see the Animae Caribe Festival page on Facebook, email info@animaecaribe.com , visit www.animaecaribe.com, or call Full Circle Studio at 663-7126.