VAF Best Shortvellebelle2024-09-10T08:52:57+00:00
Animated short films in Denmark boast a long and rich tradition going all the way back to 1906, when artist and inventor Storm P. first experimented with the format. The best animated short films are marvels of concision, condensing complex ideas and emotions into brief, satisfying bursts of storytelling.
The films in this program are visionary, humorous, absurd, sad, and thoughtful. The filmmakers experiment freely with animation techniques: hand-drawn animation, 3D animation, cut-out, puppet animation. The VAF Best Short program is designed to reflect the impressive diversity found within new animated short films from around the world.
VAF Best Short highlight films that manage to touch us deeply in a very short time. The category is open to all internationally produced animated films of any genre. The length of the film is at least 25 minutes including credits. The winner will receive 1000 euros.
Best Short – Program 1
LACK - Paweł Prewencki
Wander to Wonder - Nina Gantz
My name is Edgar and I have a cow - Filip Diviak
Summer 96 - Mathilde Bédouet
Shoes and Hooves - Victoria Traub
Bluebird in the Wind - Ellis Kayin Chan
Bye Bear - Jan Bitzer
Baigal Nuur - Lake Baikal - Alisi Telengut
Best Short – Program 2
La Perra - Carla Melo Gampert
The Wild-Tempered Clavier - Anna Samo
Nun or Never! - Heta Jäälinoja
JOANA - Antoni Sendra Barrachina
The Miracle - Nienke Deutz
Butterfly - Suncana Brkulj
COLD SOUP - Marta Monteiro
Flower Show - Elli Vourinen
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Nancy Denney-Phelps
Nancy Denney-Phelps is a journalist writing about European animation and festivals as well as a producer of music for animation. Along with her composer/musician husband Nik Phelps, she co-founded the Sprocket Ensemble dedicated to presenting live performances of original music with screenings of contemporary animation from around the world. Nancy’s writings have appeared in such publications as CARTOON and ANIMATOON as well as on her regular blog for AWN (Animation World Network). She is also a regular correspondent for ASIFA/San Francisco and a member of the ASIFA International Board of Directors as well as an Ambassador At Large for the Emile Awards.
Pernille Kjær
Pernille Kjaer (1989) is a Danish independent animation filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. Former student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Aarhus, she completed her studies with a BA in character animation from The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark. Her work includes animated films,
prints, painting and ceramics.
Steen Bille
Steen Bille holds a Master of Arts in Dramaturgy from Aarhus University. He has taught film dramaturgy at the Department of Film and Media Studies at University of Copenhagen and has been used internationally as a consultant, teacher, and lecturer in several European countries throughout his career.
For a number of years, Steen Bille was a host among other things at DR Radio, and he served as a feature film consultant at the Danish Film Institute from 2010 to 2015. Since then, he has been affiliated with the feature film committee at Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, served as a film expert at the Nordic Culture Fund, been an examiner at the National Film School of Denmark, and an expert for Eurimages and the Maltese Film Fund.
Additionally, Steen Bille writes novels together with his wife Lisbeth Bille (Bille&Bille) and has written film scripts with Niels Arden Oplev, as well as being a frequently used script consultant.
