The Stuttgart Worldwide Pageant of Animated Movie (ITFS), a gathering of the worldwide animation scene since 1982, returns to Stuttgart April 25-30 for the 30th time. The occasion’s anniversary shall be celebrated with 4 “Better of Animation” packages that includes artists and movies from previous years, together with abilities from Baden-Württemberg in “Better of Locals,” as movies which have propelled the pageant to its standing as a notable worldwide occasion.
ITFS has performed an vital position as a profession springboard for younger abilities, with a number of success tales rising from its ranks:
In 1994, Stephen Hillenburg, a California Institute of the Arts scholar, gained finest scholar movie within the “Younger Animation” class for his movie Wormholes(1992). In 2009, the American filmmaker and creator of SpongeBob – SquarePants returned to Stuttgart because the jury president. In 2018, Hillenburg, whereas engaged on the third SpongeBob movie, acquired a particular Emmy Award for his contributions to the world of cartoons and animation.
French animator, movie director, and voice actor Pierre Coffin introduced his commencement movie, We’re Again! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993) to Stuttgart in 1994. Later celebrated for his work on the animated characteristic movies Despicable Me (1-3), and because the creator and voice of the “Minions,” he returned to Stuttgart with a “making of” presentation and an Open-Air screening of the film.
Mark Baker’s The Hill Farm (1988), proven within the competitors program at ITFS, was nominated for an Oscar in 1990. Nevertheless, the British animator is now finest identified for the favored kids’s collection Peppa Pig (with Neville Astley and Phil Davis), with over 100 episodes broadcast worldwide.
Nominated for the 2023 Academy Awards “Greatest Brief (animated),” Lachlan Pendragon’s brief movie An Ostrich Advised Me The World Is Pretend And I Assume I Imagine It (Australia 2021) screened within the Worldwide Competitors and Younger Animation program at ITFS 2022. It additionally acquired a nomination for the Lotte Reiniger Award.
ITFS is an Oscar-qualifying occasion, with the Grand Prix winner of the Worldwide Competitors mechanically qualifying for the Oscars longlist.
Go to the ITFS web site for extra data.
Supply: ITFS
Debbie Diamond Sarto is information editor at Animation World Community.
