NAFF / Neum Animated Film Festival

2012 Neum Animated Film Festival (Neum 29.06.2012. - 03.07.2012.) In spite of all the problems that stood int he way of this festival like baricades,and relatively small financial support and still an insufficient local and state interest, organizators have shown, mostly with their creativity that NAFF is a festival that will acomplish a blissful future.

THE AWARD FOR STUDENT FILM goes to a graduate work „ONE MORE TIME“, Russia, Tatiana Okružnova from studio of Alexander Petrov. With her art, idea and approach as an author this film achieves values of a student work.

AWARD FOR OTHER TECHNIQUES Deutch film „EGO“ by Leevi Lehtinen is awarded for a successful use of clay in the film idea.

AWARD FOR OTHER TECHNIQUES Spanish film „SHE“ by Juan Montes de Oca is an extraordinary example of animated music video. A melodramatic approach gives the film a special charm which has to win the viewers.

AWARD FOR DESIGN American film „RENTER“ by Jason Carpenter uses a great drawing that are very coherent and adequate to author's thoughts.

AWARD FOR 2D ANIMATION A Dutch film „COFEE“ by Sjaak Rod is a furious animation with characters that are scetched as well as the background.

AWARD FOR 3D ANIMATION „LAUNDRY DAY“ by Oleg Užinov, Russia, example of a film done by a series show interpreted by the author. Film is a combination of a very functional animation, good design, irresistible characters and a charming story and a life tempo.

GRAND PRIX UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA/ TAJNA TUGA (Francuska) director KARLA VOGELE
It is a privilage where a festival shows a film on which both viewers and jury agree on. This is the case with the film „UNA FORTIVA LAGRIMA“ by Karl Vogel which won the most important award oft he 7th NAFF 2012. This piece, done in a pixilation technique is in all it's elements a really good animated film and has itself , with its qualities, won an award oft his festival

Members of international expert jury 2012 Neum Animated Film Festival

		Amina Begović, born in 1963 in Sarajevo. She graduated from the Academy of performaing arts in Sarajevo in 1986. She has been a regular member of Sarajevo National Theatre’s Drama section. She is the acedemy’s annual award winner in 1958. in Sarajevo. She performed in many theatre plays, TV dramas, series, foreign and BiH films. She has lead many acting workshops and taught ballet in Music high school in Sarajevo.

		Borivoj Dovniković- Bordo, born in Osijek in 1930. He is one of croatian pioneers of animated film and a very significant name in the world of croatian school of animation. He won many international prizes and affirmations. He has shown a retrospective of his work in Paris, Lucca, Moscow, Erevan, Varne, Barcelona, Prague, Bratislava, Tampere, Ottawa, Montreal, Kijevu,New York and other 14 cities in the USA. He participated in the organisation of Zagreb animated film festival from 1985 to 1991. as a director of the festival. He was a member of the jury and the selection comitee on many international festivals. From 1977-1982 Bordo was an executive member of ASIFA- the international association of animated film, and was chosen to be the general secretary of the same association.

		Mike Reiss, won four Emmys and a Peabody Award during his twenty-one years writing for “The Simpsons”. He ran the show in Season 4, which Entertainment Weekly called “the greatest season of the greatest show in history.” In 2006, Reiss received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Animation Writers Caucus. Reiss co-created the animated series “The Critic” and created Showtime’s hit cartoon “Queer Duck” (about a gay duck). “Queer Duck” was named one of “The 100 Greatest Cartoons of All Time” by the BBC. “Reiss’s other TV credits include “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show”, “ALF”, and “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”. “My Life in Ruins”, a film inspired by his travels to 71 countries, was released in 2009. Reiss also co-wrote ‘The Simpsons Movie” and “Ice Age 3”, with a combined world-wide gross of $1.5 billion. His caveman detective story “Cro-Magnon P.I.” won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He has published seventeen children’s books, including the best-seller “How Murray Saved Christmas” and the award-winning “Late for School”. As a professional speaker, Reiss has lectured at over two hundred colleges and institutions, on six continents. Reiss is a former president of “The Harvard Lampoon” and editor of “The National Lampoon”. He has been happily married for twenty-three years. Like most children’s book authors, he has no children.

		Mike L. Murphy, wanted to be animator and filmmaker ever since he was a small child growing up in California. At 17 he dropped out of high school when he was accepted to CalArts (the animation University founded by Walt Disney). Upon graduating Mike’s first film was animating on Brad Bird’s “The Iron Giant”. Mike has worked on over 30films (Lord ofthe Rings, Hary Potter, Ironman and more) as an animator, animation director, pre-visualization supervisor, and film director. He now directs films and mentors animation students.

		Safet Zec, Bosnian-Herzegowinian academic painter and graphic artist. He was born in 1943. in Rogatica and graduated from the Faculty of fine arts in Belgrade in 1969. He becomes one of the leading exponates of poetic realism in the 70s. During the 90s he is one of the most significant artistic creators in the country. He lives and works with family in Belgrade until 1989. In the following years he returns to Sarajevo in the war time which is why he leaves the country. He comes to Udine, Italy the same year. He made over 70 independent exhibitions in his country and great metropolis all around the world. He is a member of all great artistic associations in Europe aswell as a member of ULUBiH. He recieved over 20 professional awards and recognitions. He recieved an orden of his contribution to art and literature from the Republic of France and named a knight(chevalier) of art. His work is among the worlds most significant galleries and private collctions. He is living and working in Venice, Sarajevo, Paris and Počitelj.

Films in competition 2012 Neum Animated Film Festival

	AUTOR	FILM	TRAJANJE	ZEMLJA
1.	Dinko Kumanović	Lure	3:12	Hrvatska
2.	Wolfram .Kapffmeyer	Walflower Tango	7:14	Germany
3.	Adrian Dexter	Vaesen	6:05	Denmark
4.	Azais Frederic,Di Malta Theo, Lymonerie Benjamin,Quillet Adrien	Little Tubstone	5:22	France
5.	Harmony Bouchard, Andy le Cocq, Joakim Riedinger, Raphael Cenzi	Swing of change	6:32	France
6.	Sandy Bienvenut, Alexsandra Condoure, Vincent Dromart, Nicolas Quissac, Mathieu Ringot	Fair tale	5:27	France
7.	Alexsandra Condoure	Fan	6:08	France
8.	Rimet Benoit, Sor Golivier, Farakas Charles	Cross Road	7:17	France
9.	Brian Gossart, Jeremy Celeste, Thomas Dufresne, Bailly Josselin, Nastasia Bois	Reflet	8:02	France
10.	Conrad Tambour	The Visit	8:30	Germany
11.	Arthur Qwak	Oscar's oasis	7:00	France
12.	Albert Radl	Prince rat	14:30	Germany
13.	Jason Carpenter	The Renter	9:52	USA
14.	Okruzhnova Tatiana	One mor time	2:43	Russia
15.	Nikolai Neumetzler, Ulrike Schulz/	Lokomoschine	7:24	Germany
16.	Pyotr Zakrevsky	The Letter	13:00	Russia
17.	Pierre Ducos & Bertrand Bey	LA Dente	7:30	France
18.	Zsófia Tari	Szofia Land	5:35	Hungary
19.	Carlo Vogele	Una furtiva lagrima	3:00	France
20.	Gyuhyun Kim	Mirror	6:00	USA
21.	Erik van Schaaik	Pecker	2:55	Netherland
22.	Leevi Lehtinen	Ego	10:00	USA
23.	Sjaak Rood	Coffee	5:46	Netherland
24.	Omid Khoshnazar	Parazit	8:30	Iran
25.	Mohammad Hadadi pour	Renovation	8:00	Iran
26.	Shiva Sadegh Assadi	I was two	5:30	Iran
27.	Mehdi Khoramiyan	Alchemist	10:00	Iran
28.	Dastin Grella	Prayers For Peace	7:30	USA
29.	Juan Montes de Oca	She	19:00	Spain
30.	Tod Polson	Escape of the Gingerbread man	13:30	Thailand
31.	Srinivas Bhakta	My father is a washerman	8:18	India
32.	Srinivas Bhakta	Frog in a well	4:22	India
33.	Zvonimir Haramija	Monster Master	5:36	Croatia
34.	Leo Verier	Dripped	9:00	France
35.	Ben Smith	Robin Hood	10:00	UK
36.	Ben Smith	Sherlock Holmes	11:00	UK
37.	Cesar Desmond Fernández Cahill	The umdoni tree	5:00	Spain
38.	Dubravko Mataković	Cigla	8:30	Hrvatska
39.	Enrique Diego,Roci Galea, Daniel, Hernandez,Carlos Nicoll	Moonface	6:00	Spain
40.	Csaba Bardos	Albert	5:55	Hungary
41.	Peter Parr	Sumer Dream	5:32	UK
42.	Oleg Uzhinov	Laundry day	6:45	Russia
43.	Oleg Uzhinov	The grand piano	6:55	Russia
44.	Mateusz Heldwein	The Balad of Nameless Joe	13:29	Poland
45.	Pawel Debski	Lumberjack	14:47	Poland
46.	Patrick Schoenmaker	The Itch	6:50	Netherland

Panoram 2012 Neum Animated Film Festival

	AUTOR	FILM	TRAJANJE	ZEMLJA
1.	Kim Nguyen	Patchi update	9:30	Germany
2.	Enrique Cerrejón	Wher’s beauty	9:00	Spain
3.	Alen Zanjko	Tide	6:08	Cro
4.	M.Ondruch ,J.Mrazerk	The Viev	6:41	Cezch Republic
5.	Hana Kotlářová	Romeo and Julijet	7:30	Cezch Republic
6.	Jane Sablow	Wishful Thinking	4:50	USA
7.	Jonathan Headon	The Amazing Elephant Man	4:32	USA
8.	V.Leshiov, k.Jancis	Villa Antropoff	13:04	Latvia
9.	David Rene Christensen	Load	5:30	Canada
10.	Christian Bøving-Andersen	Ride of Pasage	4:56	Canada
11.	Morten Helgeland	Slug Invasion	6:01	Canada
12.	Juliette Loubieres	Pumpkins and old lace	8:46	France
13.	Martial Fontan,Guillaume Hoffmann, Boris Kaufmann, Deborah Yver	Sun knapping	6:43	France
14.	M. Elliot, B. Morteleque, V. Michel, P. Chendeljer, H.Jakson	Electroshock	7:40	France
15.	Julie Duvemeuil,Nicolas Perraguin	Au poil	4:57
16.	Lauta Sabourdy	Deadline	4:27	France
17.	FJafry	Hello Bambi	6:09	France
18.	A Haberman	Bombaj Confusus	4:43	France
19.	Johan Oettinger	Seven minutes in the Warsaw Ghetto	7:42	Canada
20.	Joeri Christiaen	Plankton invasion	7:30	France
21.	Maria Hovenko, Inga Monaenkova	Narrative of Temporal Years	7:00	Russia
22.	Oleg Uzhinov	Home alone	6:53	Russia
23.	Yi Zhao	On the water	8:20	Netherland
24.	Job, Joris & Marieke	Hapy camper	3:10	Netherland
25.	Babak Nazari	Sugarland	13:00	Iran
26.	Jilli Rose	Predator	8:40	Australia
27.	Grant Orchard	A Morning stroll	4:47	UK
28.	MarynaSchipak	Angelinho	4:28	Gernmany
29.	Benjamin Swiczinsky	Heldenkanzler	12:45	Gernmany
30.	Jan Lachuer,Thorsten Loffler	Herr hope and the Nuclear Waste	4:17	Gernmany
31.	Jumi Yoon	Fairy tailing	3:59	France
32.	Aleksander Dietrich,Johanes Flick	Trapped	7:11	Germany
33.	Nadezhda Slavova	Wow	9:30	Bulgaria