SPECIAL GUESTS 2018

We are excited to share with you our first round of guest presenters for the GLAS Animation Festival 2018. Keep an eye out in the coming weeks where we will announce the official selections, workshops, panels, installations, and special programs. In the meantime, pick up your passes here: https://glasanimation.com/ Phil Lord & Chris Miller Phil Lord and Chris Miller are the prolific writing and directing duo behind some of today’s most successful films including, THE LEGO MOVIE, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, 21 & 22 JUMP STREET and CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS. Known for their unique sensibilities, the pair’s projects have successfully drawn in audiences of all demographics having collectively earned over $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office. In 2015, Lord and Miller returned to their television roots as executive producers on the Fox comedy “The Last Man on Earth.” The duo also directed the first two episodes of the series, for which they received a Primetime Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.” The duo is currently in various stages of production on several high profile film projects including writing the sequel to THE LEGO MOVIE, as well as writing and executive producing the animated SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE. On the television side, they are in development on multiple projects, including the comedy “The Escape,” which received a put pilot commitment from ABC, and the single-camera comedy “We Can Do Better,” which they recently sold with significant penalty to ABC. Additionally, they are also developing the podcast phenomenon “Serial” for television. David OReilly David OReilly (b. Ireland, 1985) is an artist working in the fields of design, animation and video games. Creator of the groundbreaking animated films ‘Please Say Something’ and ‘The External World’, his film work has won numerous awards and been the subject of several retrospectives internationally. He has served as writer for the TV shows Adventure Time & South Park, and created the fictional video games in Spike Jonze’s Academy Award winning film ‘Her’. In 2014 he released his first independent game ‘Mountain’ and followed up with ‘Everything’ in 2017. Everything won top prizes at A MAZE & Ars Electronica and was featured as Game Of The Year by Wired, Polygon, AV Club and others. It’s trailer became the first ever interactive project to qualify for an Academy Award. Réka Bucsi Réka Bucsi, born in 1988, is a hungarian independent animation filmmaker. She received her BFA and MFA at the animation department of ​Moholy­-​Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest. Her films were screened at official shorts competition Berlinale, SXSW, Sundance, Annecy, her graduation film Symphony no. 42, got shortlisted for the 87th Academy Awards. She was an artists in residence at the Open Workshop in Viborg – Denmark, and at Q21 in Vienna – Austria. Her short film LOVE was nominated for the European Film Awards 2017. Réka is represented as a director by Passion Pictures. Michael Frei Michael Frei is an artist currently based in Zürich, Switzerland. His films «Not About Us» and «Plug & Play» received numerous awards all over the world. He was invited «Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo» in 2014. In 2015 he completed his first game «Plug & Play». He is now working on his upcoming project «Kids». Michael Frei will show his animated films and present some of his more recent projects such as the upcoming «Kids». He will talk about how he found himself making games. Ruth Lingford Ruth Lingford was born in London in 1953. After working as an Occupational Therapist in the fields of Psychiatry and Geriatrics, and having two children, she did an undergraduate course in Fine Art and Art History at Middlesex University and a Masters in Animation at the Royal College of Art. She has worked on documentaries and music videos and has made several short films. She taught at the Royal College of Art and the National Film and Television School and since 2005 has taught Animation in Harvard’s Visual and Environmental Studies Dept. She lives in Boston and London. Jonathan Hodgson Jonathan Hodgson is an independent animator based in London. He studied at Liverpool Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. His short films have won many international awards including a BAFTA for The Man with the Beautiful Eyes. He has worked on numerous advertising campaigns, music videos, features and documentaries including the groundbreaking drama-documentary-animation hybrid The Age of Stupid and Wonderland: The Trouble with Love and Sex, the first full length animated documentary on British TV. He has lectured extensively in the UK and abroad and since 2008 has been course leader of the Animation degree at Middlesex University. He continues to combine teaching with animated filmmaking. Boris Labbe Born in 1987 in Lannemezan (Hautes Pyrénées), Boris Labbé lives and works between France and Spain (Madrid). After obtaining his DNAP (National Diploma in Visual Arts) at the School of Art and Ceramics in Tarbes, he continues his studies at the EMCA of Angoulême (École des métiers du cinéma d’animation). There he produced numerous projects, including Kyrielle, which was awarded the Special Jury’s prize for Graduation Films at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 2012. Simultaneously, he developed his work as an artist and film director, and spent one year as artist member at the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid, academy of France in Spain. Afterwards, he began to collaborate with Sacrebleu Productions and directed the short films Rhizome (2015) and the upcoming projet La Chute (2018). Sophie Koko Gate Originally from Bath, Sophie went on to study at the Royal College of Art and had international success with her graduation film ‘Half Wet’. Since then she has lectured at festivals and universities around the world and has settled in her London studio. From here she and directs and produces content for clients like Google, MTV, Air Bnb, Lena Dunham and Harvard University. She also writes songs and creates the animated visuals for the musical freak John Daker.  Currently Sophie is working on 2 new films to be released in 2018 and venturing into ceramics where she can bring her characters into the 3rd dimension. Rachel Sale Rachel Sale is an illustrator and aspiring filmmaker with a particular interest in telling stories that deal with the complexity of the modern world and its people. After 5 years of working in illustration and the elusive ‘scribing’ industry, she decided to go back to art school and will soon complete her MA in Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art. Rachel’s practice is ever evolving and she chooses not to stick to one particular style, but rather to select a considered stylistic approach to each of the projects she’s involved in. Having said this, there are consistent elements to her work; an underlying sense of optimism and good humour are ever present. Sawako Kabuki Born 1990 in Tokyo, Graduated from the Graphic Design Department at Tama Art University in 2013. After working at an porn video company, Later completed a graduate school program. Her film has been selected and awarded in more than 20 countries and domestic including Annecy International Animation Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, New Chitose Airport Festival, and more. Sawako Kabuki is known for her distinct directorial personality. Her films include ‘Summer’s Puke is Wiinter’s Delight,’ ‘Master Blaster,’ and ‘Anal Juke.’   SIGNALS SIGNALS is a collaborative project by artists Nicolas Sassoon (Vancouver, BC) and Rick Silva (Eugene, OR). Sassoon and Silva share a broad and persistent theme in their practice – the depiction and alteration of natural forms through computer technology. Rooted in this common interest, and produced by pairing complementary fields of research in computer imaging, SIGNALS focuses primarily on immersive audio-visual renderings of seascape environments. The project draws from scientific oceanic surveys, virtual reality and natural phenomena to generate video works, prints, sculptures and installations that reflect on environmental inquiries, concepts of monumentality, and alteration.

John Daker

John Daker is the musical child of 4 IRL intimate associates: Frontwomen Sophie Koko Gate and Rachel Sale, backed by their m9s from Skillbard. An Arse Pop Love Band, 2 chicks sing about other chicks with the help of an unsavoury pixelated band member. Order yourself a large white wine, tuck in that tie and prepare to watch 4 of the softest attitudes in show business.

John Daker will sing from their new EP ‘Dubai Was Liiiiiit’ released on NAT RALE records ltd.

  Daniel Suljic Daniel Šuljić is an animation film director and a musician. Born in Zagreb, from 1992 to 2010 he lived in Vienna, and from 2010 on he has been living and working in both cities. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, and from 1992 to 1998 painting and animation at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Masterclass C. L. Attersee. From 2005 to 2008 he was a lecturer of classical animation at the Institute for Media Design at the University of Art and Design in Linz, and in 2006 he was given the title of honorary professor at Jilin College of the Arts Animation School in Changchun, China. In the years 2009-2012 he was a lecturer of animation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, and 2010-2012 he served as an artistic consultant for animated film at the Croatian Audiovisual Centre. Since 2011 he has been the artistic director of the World Festival of Animated Film Animafest Zagreb, His films Evening Star (1993), Leckdonalds (1995), Highway 59 (1996), The Cake (1997), Sun, Salt and Sea (1997), Film With a Girl (2000), Ich kann es mir sehr gut vorstellen (I Can Imagine It Very Well, 2004), Kurzes Leben (Short Life, 2007, co-dir. Johanna Freise), Transparency (2015) were shown at numerous international and national (animation) film festivals, different TV channels across Europe and earned more than 20 awards. He is a DJ, makes animation, music, illustrations and sound design.