Thank you again for your wonderful articles. I am new to your postings and I was wondering if you list info about worthwhile film festivals? I just won the Experimental category from the Berlin Indie Film Festival. They sent me a very short email w congratulations but not much else. The other info is to come in a future email. Any insights you have on this Festival or any other would be appreciated. My animations pretty much fall into the Fine Art/experimental category. Thank you, Janet K.
As for your question -- first of all, congratulations on the win. That's amazing news. There are a lot of festivals out there and we don't keep up with them all, so unfortunately we can't tell you much about BIFF, but it seems to have great reviews on FilmFreeway.
Some of the key animation festivals are Annecy, Animafest (in Croatia), the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Hiroshima Animation Season, Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Animasyros (in Greece), GIRAF (in Canada), the Big Cartoon Festival (in Russia) and the London International Animation Festival. If you're looking to submit your work, one of the best places to check for openings is ZippyFrames' regularly updated list of festival deadlines: https://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/next-deadlines
Wow, such a beautiful article and the interview is shortened for clarity but still explains all the aspects of the making of the film. Also, loved the writing (.... or maybe it was Ghibli's acolyte) in this article and also how Clarie knew about LunaCanvas Studio (It's such an amazing thing that came out because of this film & their short film Luna does gives some Nausicaa vibes).
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! It really was such an inspiring experience, speaking with Usman, Mariam and Khizer. I really hope the final piece did them justice. I’m definitely keeping my eye on Pakistani animation now!
Wow, that's really awesome. Yes, Pakistan was producing good CG Animation recently but surely The Glassworker is different as it broke the preconceptions, and it does put Pakistan on the map now.
we are gonna have to talk to Substack and have them put an option to click on “LOVE” so that i can feel satisfied with reacting to articles you publish. i clicked “LIKE”, but it doesn't come close to how i feel about your posts…just sayin’…
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your content consistently WOWs me…Thank You Both…again WOW!
Thank you! We're really hoping that the film gets picked up for wider distribution -- it just seems like such an obvious buy for companies like GKIDS. Fingers crossed for next year.
Oh man I've been hearing about The Glassworker for a while now! I'm seeing this post at 2 AM though I did already read a bit but definitely excited to read this in the morning
Definitely excited to see where that project leads. Decorated live-action directors keep making the switch to animation and the results so far have been pretty interesting.
Thank you again for your wonderful articles. I am new to your postings and I was wondering if you list info about worthwhile film festivals? I just won the Experimental category from the Berlin Indie Film Festival. They sent me a very short email w congratulations but not much else. The other info is to come in a future email. Any insights you have on this Festival or any other would be appreciated. My animations pretty much fall into the Fine Art/experimental category. Thank you, Janet K.
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying.
As for your question -- first of all, congratulations on the win. That's amazing news. There are a lot of festivals out there and we don't keep up with them all, so unfortunately we can't tell you much about BIFF, but it seems to have great reviews on FilmFreeway.
Some of the key animation festivals are Annecy, Animafest (in Croatia), the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Hiroshima Animation Season, Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Animasyros (in Greece), GIRAF (in Canada), the Big Cartoon Festival (in Russia) and the London International Animation Festival. If you're looking to submit your work, one of the best places to check for openings is ZippyFrames' regularly updated list of festival deadlines: https://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/next-deadlines
Hope that's a help! Thanks again.
Thank you very much! 😄
Wow, such a beautiful article and the interview is shortened for clarity but still explains all the aspects of the making of the film. Also, loved the writing (.... or maybe it was Ghibli's acolyte) in this article and also how Clarie knew about LunaCanvas Studio (It's such an amazing thing that came out because of this film & their short film Luna does gives some Nausicaa vibes).
Thank you for these super kind words about the piece! It's great to know you enjoyed it so much. Claire is going to love this comment!
Yepp! Loved the Article!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! It really was such an inspiring experience, speaking with Usman, Mariam and Khizer. I really hope the final piece did them justice. I’m definitely keeping my eye on Pakistani animation now!
Wow, that's really awesome. Yes, Pakistan was producing good CG Animation recently but surely The Glassworker is different as it broke the preconceptions, and it does put Pakistan on the map now.
we are gonna have to talk to Substack and have them put an option to click on “LOVE” so that i can feel satisfied with reacting to articles you publish. i clicked “LIKE”, but it doesn't come close to how i feel about your posts…just sayin’…
✅LOVE(1)
your content consistently WOWs me…Thank You Both…again WOW!
We're really honored by this comment -- thank you SO much! So happy to hear this!
Fascinating read!! I’m eager to see this.
Thank you! We're really hoping that the film gets picked up for wider distribution -- it just seems like such an obvious buy for companies like GKIDS. Fingers crossed for next year.
Yeah, Hopefully GKIDS pick it as it's their kind of film. They usually pick Ghibli and some other films like Naoko Yamada's A Silent Voice.
Oh man I've been hearing about The Glassworker for a while now! I'm seeing this post at 2 AM though I did already read a bit but definitely excited to read this in the morning
Hope you enjoy it! Claire did great work on the interview and we're very happy that we got to publish this one -- the film is so good.
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Didn't know Herzog changed his mind about animation
Definitely excited to see where that project leads. Decorated live-action directors keep making the switch to animation and the results so far have been pretty interesting.