Workshop ANIMATION! - How to make a stop motion animated film

Animation is fun and a great way of creating imaginary worlds where anything is possible. But, how can we go one step further and use this almost boundless technical potential to talk about some real-world issues you find important? This workshop will quickly cover all stages of making an animated film, from the idea and storyboard to animation and post-production, resulting in a collective animated film.

Nikola Majdak Jr.

Obtained his BA camera from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. He has been active as an independent cameraman, animator, director and lecturer for 25 years.

Their collaborative films, selected for numerous international festivals: “Rabbitland“ (2013), won many awards (Crystal Bear, Berlinale...), “Non-Travels“ (2018) qualified for an Oscar and was nominated for an Annie Award, “Of Money and Happines (premiere in Locarno). They are developing a project for their first animated feature “New Rabbitland“.

The workshop for debutants is dedicated to developing debut film projects (feature, documentary, animated and experimental films, including series) with international potential. International experts analyze projects in the group. Each project is approached as a case study. Andrijana Stojković, director and producer (All Inclusive Films, RS), analyzes projects from the director's angle (visual style, narrative flows, use of sound...). Jovana Nikolić, producer (Prababa production, RS), analyzes projects from the producer's angle (marketing, budgeting and financing, distribution strategies) and moderates the program. Sari Volanen, TV editor (New Cinema YLE, FI), approaches projects as Finland's public television service film program editor, with an active role in the European film market. The two best projects chosen by tutors will reward the director-producer teams with mentoring for professional development and project development.

I'M NOT IN THIS MOVIE – THIS IS NOT MY MOVIE

The experimental film workshop is focused on making one-shot films, exploring the presence of actors in the frame and the filmmaker's relationship to the space outside the frame through different means of film expression. Intended for participants between 18 and 30 years of age, primarily art faculty students (drama, applied, fine... arts) as well as graduates.

Milica Lapčević, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Studied at the University of Bergen, Norway (art history), the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade (English), obtained BA in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade. Attended postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy (Kongl. Konsthogskolan), Stockholm, Sweden at the Department of Video and New Media. Member of ULUS. Author and editor of cultural radio shows on Radio Studio B since 2001. Involved in photography, film, video, installations and extended media, art criticism, essay writing and poetry.

Vladimir Šojat, born in Zemun, Yugoslavia. Obtained BA in film and TV editing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade. Winner of the "Slavko Vorkapić" student award. Attended postgraduate studies at the same faculty. Member of UFUTVS since 1988, as well as DOK Serbia since 2016. Worked as an editor and member of the promo team at RTV B92 since 2001. Founder of the Frakcija production company in 2015. Deals with the theory and history of film through lectures and essays.

Both are founders and members of the independent art association artterror film & video since 1989.

DOKSRBIJA@MARTOVSKI 2024.

Film workshops, designed as a one-day free-of-charge program where participants will have the opportunity to learn about different aspects of documentary film, which will be discussed by some of the most important contemporary filmmakers in Serbia. Conceived as an exchange of knowledge, experiences and ideas, they are intended for young future filmmakers as well as experienced film professionals in the field of short and feature-length documentary films. The workshop includes two panel lectures focused on new trends in the film industry, with a particular emphasis on the use and practical potential of artificial technologies during the process of creating a documentary film, as well as the moral, legal and ethical dilemmas that arise in working with AI.

30.3. 2024. 

13:00-14:30 Lecture: Application of AI in documentary film

Tea Lukač (film director)

15:00-17:00 Panel Discussion: Copyright and AI

Prof. dr Đorđe Krivokapić (Share Fondacija), Andrea Radonjanin (lawyer), Aleksandar Sukiban (lawyer)

Moderator: Vladimir Milovanović (film director and producer)

FILMING: Panel on the role of locations in film identity creation

Moderator: Milica Božanić, SFA Executive Director

A discussion about different professional viewpoints on the role of locations in film storytelling. Panelists will give their take on location, from scriptwriting and creating a visual identity to searching for physical locations to portray the world where the characters develop and complete the film's mood. Where do inspiration, directorial vision, and logistics meet, and how do you strike a successful balance in different film forms? The discussion will look at the architectural heritage of Belgrade and its role in domestic films, but also as one of the reasons for attracting international film projects in Serbia. Finally, we'll discuss locations as inspiration for developing concepts in creating fictional virtual worlds. The panel will be backed by inserts and materials from the projects on which the discussion participants worked.

30.3.2024. 11h

INNOVATIONS IN FILM: A panel on new tools in film storytelling

Panelists: Nikola Šoškić, Ivana Lazarević, Zoltan Savin, Nikola Silić

Moderator: Miljana Jovović, director Materriya Talent Development 

A discussion on new tools in digital film storytelling, especially in the short animated 3D film format. These tools are used in pre-production or production stages and greatly simplify and speed up the processes of creating 3D content. The panel will be followed by selected examples of projects that illustrate the discussion topic.

30.3.2024. 13h

BACKBONES OF ANIMATED FILM IN SERBIA

A multimedia project of collecting, researching, documenting, studying, evaluating, protecting and preserving archival materials of animated films of our greats and the presentation of their works. The author of the project is the founder of the Art and Visual Production studio, doctor of arts Snežana Vasilijana Trstenjak, film director and animator, member of ULUPUDUS and ASIFA, director of the MultiMost festival in Sremski Karlovci.

The project aims to build an interactive bridge between the new generation and the authors who laid the foundations of Serbian animation. The project consists of film screenings, an exhibition of works, panels on the position of animation then and now, and plans to popularize this art among young people.

At the 71st Martovski Festival, films and drawings will present: Aleksa Gajić, Branislav Cimeša, Gordana Goca Vitomirov, Goran Dujaković, Gordana Petković, Dragan Ristić, Dejan Dabić, Zoran Stefanović, Zorana Keser, Zoran Tucić, Ivan Pejkić, Mirjana Mićanović Tičerić, Milan Marić, Mirela Srebrić, Miroljub Milutinović - Brada, Nedeljko Ubović, Rastko Ćirić, Stevica Živkov and Snežana Trstenjak.

Drawings from movies, models for coloring, and ways to plan the frames of characters in an animated film will showcase the experience of the entire process of creating an animated work.

The name of this year's exhibition is a word that has become familiar in creating characters for an animated film, namely: "CHARACTERS". Before every animation and project, it is necessary to work out the CHARACTERS - the primary and secondary characters, the bearers of the idea of the film itself. So we took a few steps back to the present, in addition to the films, the filmmaker's signature styles through creating characters for the film. The idea is that young people who study film and animation in the future can more easily connect and identify with the work but also with the characters of the artists who dedicated their lives to working on animated films and created the conditions for this profession to become one of the most profitable vocations in Serbia today, woven into at all times of life. Art, marketing, medicine, and gaming industries, but with everyday short instructions and presentations, rely heavily on animation.  

27.03.2024.

17:30 Presentation of the "Veterans of Serbian animation" project

18:00 Opening of the exhibition "Veterans of Serbian animation" by Snežana Vasilijana Trstenjak

27-29.03.2024. 

13:00 Q&A With the Auteurs

Moderators: Đorđe Bajić & Zoran Janković

27.03.2024.

17:30 Talk about the release of Serbian animated film 6 and the presentation of the Veterans of Serbian animation project

Participants: Rastko Ćirić, Snežana Vasilijana Trstenjak

28.03.2024.

18:00 Filmske Novosti - 80 Years

Učesnik: Vladimir Tomčić, director 19:00 Panel UFUS AFA protection

Participants: Srđan Dragojević, film director; Stefan Đelineo, director of UFUS AFA protection; Stevan Pajović, lawyer and copyright expert.

29.03.2024.

15:00 Masterclass: Heinz Hermanns

17:00 Lecture by Anila Gajević "Casting In Short Feature Film"

18:00 Lecture by Dragana Latinović "Documentary Film Production"

19:00 Promotion of the book "Early Works... and Something Else" by Dr. Ante Peterlić

Participants: Veljko Krulčić & Miroljub Stojanović