Two most important, young Argentinian animators grace the programme of Be there! Corfu Animation Festival. Their complete work will be shown during the festival, and a panel discussion on Argentinian animation will be conducted during the festival.
Inès Sedan is mostly known for her very personal and 'hand-made' style of her film The Man Who Slept (Sacrebleu Productions, 2009), which received 20 awards (including the Grand Prix of Be there! Corfu Animation Festival 2011), and was offiicially selected to more than 100 festivals worldwide. Since 1999, she lives in France, and has recently completed her film Moi, that travels the festival circuit.
Filmography:
1997 : « El Sueño » (Le Rêve), short film, drawing on cellulose, color,16 mm, duration 1 min.
1998 :« El Espejo Imaginario » (Le Miroir Imaginaire), short film,drawing on celluloes, color, 16 mm, 1min 12 (1st Prize, Best Animation Concours National « Tiempos Cortos » Buenos Aires, Argentine; 1st Prize, Best Minute Video Concours National de Cine Independiente, Rio Negro, Argentine).
1999 : « Cuestion de Costumbre » (Question d’Habitude), Puppets, 16mm, 3 min.
2003 : « Cinema Veritas », 2D computer animation, duration 5 min 7 sec.
2009 : « L’homme qui dort », 2D animation, 12’.
2011: “Moi” 6 min., Colour.
elor specialized in fine arts and promoter of the
Patricio Plaza is a 2D animator, illustrator and comic books artist. He begins his formation on the animation field at the age of fourteen, receiving the “Bernardo Houssay” scholarship for distinguished fine arts students. He has a Bachelor in Audiovisual Communication (National
University of La Plata) .He has also received two national group creation scholarships from the National Fund for the Arts (FNA).
He has worked as an animator in six feature films for various animation studios, including Filmax Animation (Gisaku, Nocturna), Patagonik Film Group (El Arca,
Patoruzito) and Hook Up animation (Winnie the Pooh's ABC, Cartoon Network).
His work as illustrator and comic books artist includes collaborations for publishing companies such as Simon and Schuster (USA), Zeros2Heros (Canada) and Estación Mandioca (Argentina).
With the animated short film “El Empleo”, co-created under the direction of Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso, he received more than 100 awards in film festivals from all around the world, among them the Fipresci award from the international critics at the Annecy Animation Festival, France.
Filmography:
-Layout work for the film “Winnie Pooh ́s ABC” DISNEY TELEVISION EEUU, at the studios Hook UP Animation. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2003
-Animator and assistant animator for the animated production “CARTOON NETWORK Anniversary: from the anvil to substance X” for Cartoon Network EEUU, at the studios Hook UP Animation. Buenos Aires, Argentina.-
-2D Senior Animator for the animated feature film “Patoruzito” from the production
company PATAGONIK Film Group, as a member of the animation department of the
studio A CUATRO MANOS,2004.
-2D Senior Animator for the animated feature film “Patoruzito”. PATAGONIK Film Group, as member of the animation department of the Studio A CUATRO MANOS, December 2003
-2D Senior Animator for the animated feature film “Yo-Rhard and the Astromavericks” for the company EFFECI Rome, Italy, as member of the animation department of the studios A CUATRO MANOS, 2004
-2D Assistant Animator in the animated feature film “Gisaku” for the company Filmax Animation, Spain,
-2D Assistant animador and inbetweener in the animated feature film “Nocturna” for Filmax Animation, Spain, 2005
-2D Animation for the animated series “Bandana”, Bitt Animation Studios, as member of the animation department of the studios A CUATRO MANOS. La Plata, Buenos Aires, 2005 Argentina.-Direction and animation of the 2D animated short film “El Incitador”. La Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina.
-2D Senior Animator and inbetweener for the animated feature film “El Arca” from the production company PATAGONIK Film Group, as member of the animation department of the studios A CUATRO MANOS, 2006.
- Colaborattion with Santiago Bou Grasso for the making of the illustrated books of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles “Leonardo Returns” and “Mikey’s Scrapbook” para la editorial Schimon and Schuster, New York.
-Illustration and comics for the studios “Zeros to Heroes” www.zeros2heroes.com (Vancouver, Canada). Including the 22 pages comic ''Rip Current'' and ''Fala''.
-Animation Assistant and soundman for the short stop motion film “-Hola?” directed by Santiago Bou Grasso. La Plata, Bs As, Argentina.
-Screenwriting, Animation, storyboard and soundtrack for the animated short film “El Empleo”. Produced under the direction of Santiago Bou Grasso.
