Animation Nation

Animation Nation is an annual festival held in Singapore featuring animation feature films, animation short, seminars, and workshops. It was founded in 2004 and is organised by the Singapore Film Society, a non-profit organisation based in Singapore. The main aim of the festival is to showcase recent works from around the world, and there is also a local segment called the Singapore Showcase which portrays animation works by Singaporeans. This is to promote local talent and bring awareness to the public. Currently, Animation Nation is the largest known animation festival in the country.

2009 (14 to 21 October)

Seminars & Workshops

Animation Development Workshop - Ervin Ann
Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Realities of Production Animation for Games and Movies - Jazno Francoeur and Michael Cottam
Working on Square Enix <Front Mission Evolved> - Skan Srisuwan

Selected Film Programme

Secret of Kells (2009) by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey
Mary and Max (2009) by Adam Elliot
Waltz with Bashir (2008) by Ari Folman
Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (2009) by Nishikubo Mizuho / 西久保瑞穂
Barefoot Gen / はだしのゲン (1983) by Masaki Mori / 真崎守
Barefoot Gen 2 / はだしのゲン2 (1986) by Hirata Toshio / 平田敏夫
From Inside (2008) by John Bergin
A Town Called Panic (Panique au village) (2009) by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar
Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Super Adventure / 喜洋洋与灰太狼之牛气冲天 (2009)
Genius Party Beyond (2008)
Usavich (2006-9) by Tomioka Satoshi / 富岡聡

2008 (24 October to 2 November)

The 5th Animation Nation festival was held from 24 October to 2 November 2008 at Alliance Française de Singapour and the National Museum of Singapore's Gallery Theatre. Other venues would be the upcoming Fusionopolis and the library@esplanade.

Seminars & Workshops

Freedom Project Seminar - Director Shuhei Morita and Producer Hideo Matsushita
Koji Yamamura Seminar: Adapting Kafka - Yamamura Koji / 山村浩二
Scriptwriting Workshop: READY? SET...ACTION!! - Leonard Mah

Selected Film Programme

The Piano Forest (2007) by Kojima Masayuki / 小島正幸
Sita Sings The Blues (2008) by Nina Paley
Idiots and Angels (2008) with Hot Dog (2008) by Bill Plympton
Genius Party (2008)
Fear(s) of the Dark (2007) by Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006) by Oshii Mamoru / 押井守
Nocturna (2007) by Víctor Maldonado and Adrià García
One night in one city (2007) by Jan Balej
Freedom Project 1 - 7 (2007)
Dead Space: Downfall (2008) by Chuck Patton

2007 (23 November to 1 December)

Seminars & Workshops

Lecture on Character/ Design - Nancy Beiman
Challenges of the Elephant: The Making of Khan Kluay - Kompin Kemgumnird
First Flight: Insights into the filmmaking process - Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson
Jedi Master Program - Lucasfilms
Character and Storyboard Design - Nancy Beiman
COMICS: From Page to Panels - Sonny Liew

Selected Film Programme

Tekkon Kinkreet / 鉄コン筋クリート (2006) by Michael Arias
Khan Kluay (2006) by Kompin Kemgumnird
Blood Tea and Red String (2006) by Christiane Cegavske
Tokyo Loop (2007)
5cm per second by Shinkai Makoto / 新海誠
Komaneko - The Curious Cat (2006) by Gōda Tsuneo / 合田経郎
I am a Bear (2006) by Gōda Tsuneo / 合田経郎
Gisaku (2006) by Baltasar Pedrosa
Freedom Project (2006)
Moebius Redux (2007) by Hasko Baumann
The Pixar Story (2007) by Leslie Iwerks

2006 (16 to 22 November)

Festival Highlights (Bill Plympton Retrospective)

Director in attendance: Bill Plympton

Film Programme

Bill Plympton Retrospective

Feature film The Tune (1992)
Short films including Your Face (1987) / Guard Dog (2004)
Bill Plympton's Animation Master class

Feature films

Renaissance (2006) by Christian Volckman
Paprika / パプリカ (2006) by Kon Satoshi / 今敏
Nagasaki 1945 - The Angelus Bells / 長崎 1945 アンゼラスの鐘 (2005) by Arihara Seiji / 有原誠治

Selected Short films

Animation Runner Kuromi / アニメ制作進行くろみちゃん (2001) by Daichi Akitarō / 大地丙太郎
Animation Runner Kuromi 2 (2004) by Daichi Akitarō / 大地丙太郎
Moongirl (2005) by Henry Selick
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005) by John Canemaker
Yonna in the Solitary Fortress (2006) by Takeuchi Kengo / 竹内謙吾
Negadon: The Monster from Mars / 惑星大怪獣ネガドン (2005) by Awazu Jun / 粟津順
Best of Ottawa 2006
studio aka showcase

2005 (17 to 23 November)

Seminars

Kakurenbo: Behind the Mask seminar
Jonathan Nix seminar
Mind Game: Yuasa Masaaki seminar

Selected Film Programme

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) by Nick Park and Steve Box
Wallace and Gromit short films: A Grand Day Out (1989), The Wrong Trousers (1993), A Close Shave (1995)
Mind Game (2004) by Yuasa Masaaki / 湯浅政明
McDull, Prince de la Bun / 麥兜菠蘿油王子 (2004) by Toe Yuen
The Place Promised in Our Early Days / 雲のむこう、約束の場所 (2004) by Shinkai Makoto / 新海誠
Jonathan Nix Animation Showcase
Ninja Tunes Retrospective
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004 documentary) by Jessica Yu
The District (2004) by Áron Gauder
Kakurenbo / カクレンボ (2004) by Morita Shuuhei / 森田修平
Aeon Flux shorts

2004 (24 to 29 June)

Film Programme

Feature films

Hair High (2004) by Bill Plympton
A Winter's Tale / 冬の日 (2003) by Kawamoto Kihachirō / 川本喜八郎 et al.
My Life as McDull / 麥兜故事 (2001) by Toe Yuen
Belleville Rendez-vous (2003) by Sylvain Chomet
Matsumoto Leiji / 松本零士 and Daft Punk's Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Invasion: Anime (2002 documentary) by Angela Alexander

Selected Short films

She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points / 彼女と彼女の猫 (1999) by Shinkai Makoto / 新海誠
Voices of a Distant Star / ほしのこえ (2002) by Shinkai Makoto / 新海誠
Doggy Poo / 강아지 똥 (2003) by Kwon Oh-sung
Harvie Krumpet (2003) by Adam Elliot
Father and Daughter (2000) by Michaël Dudok de Wit
The Monk and the Fish (1994) by Michaël Dudok de Wit
Tom Sweep (1992) by Michaël Dudok de Wit

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