Zagreb school of animated films
Zagreb school of animated films is a style of
The "golden age" of Zagreb School spanned between 1957 and 1980, in three waves, each dominated by a different group of animators.
History
The history of animation in Zagreb begins in 1922, with two short animated commercials done by Sergej Tagatz. The first production company "Škola narodnog zdravlja" (represented by director Milan Marjanović, artist Petar Papp) continued making animated shorts such as Macin Nos, Ivin Zub and Martin u nebo in the period 1928 - 1929. In the 30s, more animated commercials were produced by Maar-Reklama film company.[citation needed]
Following World War II, Walter Neugebauer created the animated film Svi na izbore in 1945, under heavy influence of Disney animation. This was followed by other satirical works such as the propaganda film Veliki miting, produced in 1951 by Jadran Film.
According to researcher Ronald Holloway, the two primary influences on the Zagreb School were
During the 80s and 90s, Croatia Film produced the country's first animated features, all directed by Milan Blažeković: The Elm-Chanted Forest, The Magician's Hat and Lapitch the Little Shoemaker.[6][7][8]
Style and themes
According to Joško Marušić, the key feature of the Zagreb School was commitment to stylization, in contrast with the Disney-style canon of realistic animation. Its worldview created a "genre of animated films for adults, films pregnant with cynicism, auto-irony, and the relativization of divisions between people", often focusing on the "little man" as a powerless subject of manipulation.[9]
Animation awards
Animafest Zagreb was initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA), the event was established in 1972. Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in the World, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, (established in 1960). Festival awards include prizes given in the Short film Competition, Feature film Competition, Student Film Competition, Children Films, Site-specific competition and Croatian competition. Its Prize for "Best First Production Apart from Educational Institutions" is named in honour of Zlatko Grgić. The Lifetime Achievement Award, which is unique for animation film festivals, was established in 1986. An award for outstanding contribution to the theory of animation was added in 2002.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ISSN 1478-6567. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Short Film Winners: 1962 Oscars
- ^ 1962|Oscars.org
- ISBN 9781349067367.
- ^ Alone (1958)-MUBI
- ^ "CHILDREN'S FILM PROGRAMME". Pula Film Festival. July 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "Poison Ivy" (2008-12-18). "Hrvatski animirani film" (in Croatian). Crtani Filmovi. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "WORKING PART OF FESTIVAL". NAFF - NEUM ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL. January 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ISSN 1478-6567. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
Further reading
- Filmska enciklopedija I. i II., Juhoslavenski leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, gl. urednik dr. Ante Peterlić, Zagreb, 1986. i 1990.
- Zagrebački krug crtanog filma I (Građa za povijest hrvatske kulture), pedeset godina crtanog filma u Hrvatskoj, almanah 1922.-1972., uredio: Zlatko Sudović, Zagreb 1978.
- Škrabalo, Ivo: 101 godina filma u Hrvatskoj, 1896.-1997., Zagreb, Nakladni zavod Globus, 1998.
- Filmska kultura, broj 81-82, Zagreb 1972., 50 godina animacije
- Holloway, Ronald: "Z" is for Zagreb, London, The Tantivy Press, London,
- Munitić, Ranko: Uvod u estetiku kinematografske animacije, Filmoteka 16, Zagreb, 1983.
- Denegri, Jerko: Exat 51, Nove tendencije, umjetnost konstruktivnog pristupa, Zagreb 2000.
- Bendazzi, Giannalberto: Cartoons, One hundred years of cinema animation, John Libbey & Company Ltd., London 1994.