Legendary Glen Keane will receive a lifetime achievement
award at the event .
Something spectacular and exciting is happening at Vancouver
between 26th – 29th October at VIFF Vancity Theatre ,
Scotiabank Theatre and another venue is Vancouver Convention Centre . the
audience will witness the screening of Nora Twomey’s “ The Breadwinner “ .
Apart from this ,there will be an award ceremony to honour women in the
animation field too . called “Animation Diversity Awards “ . These are the
events which will kick start the Spark Animation 2017 .
This award ceremony was established to honour people who
have made outstanding contributions in the animation world . The WIA Diversity
Awards will be awarded taking into account 3 categories :
1. To an organization
2 . To an individual
3 . To a film . The
winners will be announced shortly .
The award ceremony will be followed by the Western Canadian
Premier of “ The Breadwinner “ , along with Oscar nominated director Nora
Twomey’s ( Secret of the Kells ) right after that . “ The Breadwinner “ , is
produced by the most famous Angeline Jolie and voice over by Vancouver actor
Laara Sadiq for one of the lead characters .
The festivities of the night will go on with the presentation
of The Spark Lifetime Achievement Award to Legendary animator Glen Keane , who
is known for his all time favourite “ Beauty and The Beast “ and “ The Little
Mermaid “ . Glen Keane , a veteran of Disney Animation with 30 glorious
experience , will present the Canadian Premiere of his latest work ( Dear
Basketball ) , which is a collaboration with NBA Superstar , Kobe Byrant and
composer , John WillIAMS . The magnificent evening will conclude with The Spark
Animation Celebration , where this year’s jury’s winning shots will be
presented .
On 28th October , the spotlight will be on France
as they will present 3 new features and a short program . The highlights of the
day are The Western Canadian premier of Big Bad Fox and other tales. The latest
project from Patrick Imbert and Benjamin RENNER , who made the Oscar nominated “ Ernest and Celestine “ The France / Quebec co production Mune
:Guardian of the Moon which is co directed by Alexandre Heboyan and Benoit
Philippon . Not just these the audience will get to witness MUTAFUKAZ , which
was originally a short film and a comic book has been co directed and written
by Guillaume Renard . MUTAFUKAZ is about
a gritty , young adult allegory of a dystopian Los Angeles .
After the screenings , there will be a Q&A session ,
after the screening of Mune : Guardian of the Moon , by Heboyan himself , as he
will be attending the festival . The spotlight is once again on France , with
its short films , comprising of Professional and Established Artists and also
providing opportunities to up and coming talents , to display their creativity
.
The audience will be spell bound with a Canadian Premier of
Big Fish and Begonia , which is a very beautiful and gorgeous animated feature
from China , which is a must watch as it had taken 10 years in the making .
These screenings will be accompanied by several more short programs to keep the
audience mesmerised like : Made in Canada , Find me unafraid , After dark ,
Mothers of a medium , revolting rhymes and other tales for people of all age
groups .
The organizers of this show Spark Animation , will bring the
curtains down with yet again with another Canadian Premier of “ Mary and the
Witch’s “ , which is an adaptation of Mary Stewart’s classic story , ably
directed by Studio Ghibli’s Hiromasa Yonebayashi , who had previously made “
The Secret World of Arrietty “ and the Oscar nominated “When Marnie was there .
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The net proceeds from the festival screenings are donated
for a charitable cause , which was introduced last year , to help more than
1400 homeless youth . This is an initiative by “ Animation for a Cause “ .
Spark GG has partnered with Covenant House Vancouver for this humanitarian
effort .
The schedule , the information and the tickets of the entire
festival are just a click away .
As mentioned earlier , the Spark CG Career Fairs , will be
held on 28th and 29th October respectively at the
Vancouver Convention Center East
Building . This fair will attract hundreds of attendees , to showcase Vancouver’s talent , its
connect with the film and TV studios .
The deciding factor will be by 10 internationally acclaimed
studio makers , including
Animal Logic
Atomic Cartoons
Bardel Entertainment
Cine site Studios
CoSA VFX
Darkhorse10 Pictures
DHX Studios
Digital Domain 3.0
Double Negative
EA Canada
Frame store Studios
Hydraulx VFX
Image Engine
Kick start Entertainment Canada
Moving Picture Company (MPC)
ON Animation Studios
Slap Happy Cartoons
Sony Pictures Image works
Star gate Studios Vancouver
Stellar Creative Lab
Zoic Studios
Though the career fair is open to one and all , prior
registration is a must . for further information and for online registration ,
log on to https://www.awn.com/news/breadwinner-open-spark-animation-2017
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