THREE POLISH PROJECTS AT VISEGRAD ANIMATION FORUM

Visegrad Animation Forum will be held in May. This year there are three Polish projects in pitching competitions.

As soon as in May to Trebon in the Czech Republic come the professionals representing film industry of four Visegrad states: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, and the forum's programme will abound in lectures, meetings and case study presentations. The participants will have a chance to acquire production partners and to exchange knowledge and experiences concerning the possibility of co-financing their projects

VAF was established by the Association of Czech Animation Film (ASAF) which represents Czech producers and their studios. This year's edition was organised in co-operation with the associations from Poland (Polish Animation Producers Association), Slovakia (APAF), Slovenia (DSAF) and the Hungarian Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.

Every year, during Visegrad Animation Forum there are competitions of pitchings of animated series and short films. In 2014, the project of the film by Natalia Brożyńska, "The Advisers of King Hydrops," produced by WJTeam, was the winner. 3 projects qualified for the finals this year: the animated series "The Amazing Adventures of Lost Socks" (dir. Marta Stróżycka), producers by the studio Animapol, and two short film projects: "Klingert's Diving Suit" (dir. Artur Wyrzykowski) and "Tulpa," directed by Sławomir Shuty and Tomasz Bochniak produced by Studio WJTeam.  The short film projects have a chance for subsidies amounting to 2000 euro, whereas the animated film projects which will gain the favour of the jury - the winner of the main award and the winner of the special mention - will have a chance to participate in the September edition of Cartoon Forum in Toulouse and will receive a consulting package from the Czech television.

This year, Visegrad Animation Forum is held from May 3-5 in Třeboň during the festival Anifilm.

You can find the detailed programme of this year's edition of the event on the organiser's website.