1st Edition
On the Animation Trail 20 Years of Animation Festival History
This book charts the history of the last 20 years of animation festivals. From Annecy, the oldest animation festival in the world, to Beirut, or the founding of the festival in Peja, Kosovo, Nancy-Denney Phelps has recorded not just the films screened but also the people and what makes each festival unique.
What is it like to travel to China, Beirut, or Kosovo for an animation festival? Spend a week on a boat with 200 animators from around the world or be thrown off a train in Belarus. All of this and much, much more has happened to Nancy Denney-Phelps in her many years as an animation journalist.
Documenting over 20 years of travels, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in animation. If you are a young animator and want to know what festival life is like, this is the book for you. If you are a seasoned veteran and want to bring back some memories of festival past this book should bring some smiles to your face.
Chapter 1: In the Beginning. Chapter 2: On to Annecy... Never Like the First Time. Chapter 3: Upping the Ante on Festival Standards. Chapter 4: It’s Not a Trick. It’s Animation!. Chapter 5: The Festival That Changed a City. Chapter 6: What’s in a Name?. Chapter 7: Exploring Polish Animation. Chapter 8: Puppet Animation Takes Center Stage. Chapter 9: A Tale of Two Portugals. Chapter10: Euganea: On the Way to Three Days on The Island in The Sky. Chapter11: Two Capitals, Five Cinemas and a River of Animated Films. Chapter 12: Beirut Animated. Chapter 13: To See or Not to See Animation in China. Chapter 14: My Love Affair with Norway. Chapter 15: The Magic of Animation Comes to Life on a Beautiful Greek Island. Chapter 16: Pedro’s Party in Bilbao. Chapter 17: The Warm Hospitality of The Republic of Georgia/ Chapter 18: A Place in The Sun for Animation. Chapter 19: Those Were Some Jolly Good Times. Chapter 20: This is the End, My Friend...
Biography
This book charts the history of the last 20 years of animation festivals. From Annecy, the oldest animation festival in the world, to Beirut, or the founding of the festival in Peja, Kosovo, Nancy-Denney Phelps has recorded not just the films screened but also the people and what makes each festival unique.
What is it like to travel to China, Beirut, or Kosovo for an animation festival? Spend a week on a boat with 200 animators from around the world or be thrown off a train in Belarus. All of this and much, much more has happened to Nancy Denney-Phelps in her many years as an animation journalist.
Documenting over 20 years of travels, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in animation. If you are a young animator and want to know what festival life is like, this is the book for you. If you are a seasoned veteran and want to bring back some memories of festival past this book should bring some smiles to your face.
