Event category: Other event

Films in this screening:

TAFF Pro 1:

Hanneriina Moisseinen: Comic artist & animation director
(Masterclass)

Thursday, 12:00.

Comic artist as an animator.

Making comics takes a lot of time, but animation, surprisingly, is a quick form of expression for Hanneriina.

Hanneriina Moisseinen, (b. 1978 in Joensuu) is an awarded comic book artist and a master of arts. Moisseinen has published four comics so far and directed the animated films Birthday (2014) and The Drifter Who Loved Books (2017). Moisseinen lives and works in Helsinki.
Photo: Henry Söderlund

TAFF Pro 2:

Maria Björklund: Mixed worker in comics and animation
(Masterclass)

Thursday, 14:00.

Comics artist and animation maker Maria Björklund has worked with both mediums, both in commercial and artistically experimental projects. She is currently adapting her comic Planet Z (Planeetta Z) into a children’s animation series.

Maria Björklund is an animation filmmaker, comic artist and illustrator from Helsinki whose area of expertise includes experimental films as well as designing cute characters. Björklund has participated in numerous exhibitions around the world with comics, animations and other work. In recent years her most well-known work has been “Planet Z” which started off as a comic in the Nyt (“Now”) supplement in the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. A Planet Z animated TV series is at the moment in pre-production.

TAFF Pro 3:

Copyright Management: Comic Artist Meets Animation Studio
(Panel)

Friday, 10:00.

When you start planning an animation from a comic, many tricky questions arise: What happens to copyrights? What are the possibilities for the author of the original work to influence the content and style of the animation? What about merchandise?  These and other key copyright issues will be discussed from the perspective of the artist and the animation studio. Participating in the discussion are Kirsi Salmela, head of legal of Kopiosto, Terhi Väänänen, a producer from Pyjama Films, and Rakastaja Robert, illustrator and animator who will be sharing his practical and inspiring thoughts on copyright related issues, while referring to his master’s thesis “Bad to the Boner: The role of IPR in creating your own animation brand”.

TAFF Pro 4:

JP Ahonen ja Samppa Kukkonen: Case Belzebubs - From Comics to Animation
(Masterclass)

Friday, 12:00.

Comic book artist JP Ahonen and animation director Samppa Kukkonen tell how the Belzebubs comics turns into animation. What does the work of adapting comics into animation entail? What kind of problems and happy surprises occurred in the process?

JP Ahonen is a Finnish comic book artist and illustrator, whose books have been published in over 13 languages. He’s best known for his black metal webcomic Belzebubs, which has evolved from a self-therapy project into a larger cross-media concept, interweaving comics, animation and music. JP’s currently developing Belzebubs into an animated series with Pyjama Films and YLE, Finland’s national broadcaster.

Samppa Kukkonen is an animation director based in Turku, Finland. He’s a partner and one of the founders of the animation studio Pyjama Films. Kukkonen has worked in the animation industry since 2002, focusing on animated commercials, music videos and short films. Kukkonen is also one of the founding members of the animation association Turun Anikistit. After directing eleven short films for the animated series Yellow Yeti by Gigglebug, Kukkonen has been focusing on directing his first own animated short film, Paddle Boat.

 

TAFF Pro 5:

Comics and animation – kindered spirits?
(Panel)

Friday, 14:00.

The creators of comics and animation discuss the kinship between comics and animation. Partaking in the discussion are Hanneriina Moisseinen and Maria Björklund in addition to Janne Kukkonen, whose Voro comic is in the process of becoming an animation, and Pyjama Films producer Terhi Väänänen, who has experience in several productions based on comics. The panel will discuss what to do if you want to make an animated film out of your own comic.

Audience favourites

Screening time: 1 h 20 min

Films in this screening:

Yoriko Mizushiri:

Anxious Body

France, 2021. 6 minutes.

Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born.

Atsushi Wada:

Bird in the Peninsula

France, Japan, 2022. 16 minutes.

Children are dancing on the music under the supervision of their teacher. A young lady witnesses the scene and disrupts their rituals.

Alexander Gratzer:

In the Upper Room

Hungary, Austria, 2022. 8 minutes.

Every season a young mole visits his blind grandfather, who lives deep underground in a comfortably decorated burrow. As the two grow older their relationship becomes more intense and important questions arise.

Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, Chloé Farr:

Goodbye Jérôme!
(Au revoir Jérôme!)

France, 2021. 8 minutes.

Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.

Tal Kantor:

Letter to a Pig

France, 2022. 17 minutes.

A traumatic memory of a Holocaust survivor sends a young schoolgirl on an inner journey, searching for her own path as the boundary between animal and human nature blurs.

NIkita Diakur:

Backflip

Germany, 2022. 12 minutes.

Attempting a backflip is not safe. You can break your neck, land on your head, or land badly on your wrists. None of that is nice, so my avatar does the trick. It practices on a 6-core processor with the help of Machine Learning. The processor is not the newest but still calculates 6 jumps per iteration. One iteration takes one minute, this is 360 jumps in an hour and 8.640 jumps in a day. I wouldn’t be able to jump so much myself.

Sander Joon:

Sierra

Estonia, 2022. 16 minutes.

Father and his son are losing the folkrace. In order to win, a boy turns himself into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world.

Winners

 

Special mention National competition: Bad to the boner
Best national film – All my Mom’s phone calls
Junior Award – Black Slide
Special mention Student – Zoon
Best Student film – Goodbye Jérôme
Special Mention – In my Chest of fire there is still place to temple your dagger: a love story
Audience award – Sierra
Best Professionnal film – Sierra
Tough Eye – Backflip
Grand Prix – Steakhouse

Screening time: 1 h 30 min

Films in this screening:

Iiti Yli-Harja:

All My Mom’s Phone Calls
(Kaikki äitini puhelut)

Finland, 2021. 10 minutes.

A chaotic but warm-hearted puppet animation documentary about my mother trying to cope with absurd demands coming from different phone calls.

Uri Lotan:

Black Slide

Israel, 2021. 11 minutes.

Eviah, a young and timid kid on the brink of puberty and his best friend sneak into the Black slide, the most terrifying ride in Aqua Fun. There Eviah will gain insight to prepare him for events about to unfold at home.

Jonatan Schwenk:

Zoon

Germany, 2021. 4 minutes.

Small shimmering animals are in heat. A two-legged forest dweller encounters the lustful group. He and his companions snack on the little creatures and soon a feast begins.

Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, Chloé Farr:

Goodbye Jérôme!
(Au revoir Jérôme!)

France, 2021. 8 minutes.

Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.

Sander Joon:

Sierra

Estonia, 2022. 16 minutes.

Father and his son are losing the folkrace. In order to win, a boy turns himself into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world.

NIkita Diakur:

Backflip

Germany, 2022. 12 minutes.

Attempting a backflip is not safe. You can break your neck, land on your head, or land badly on your wrists. None of that is nice, so my avatar does the trick. It practices on a 6-core processor with the help of Machine Learning. The processor is not the newest but still calculates 6 jumps per iteration. One iteration takes one minute, this is 360 jumps in an hour and 8.640 jumps in a day. I wouldn’t be able to jump so much myself.

Špela Čadež:

Steakhouse

Slovenia, Germany, France, 2021. 9 minutes.

The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc’s stomach is rumbling. But Liza’s co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?

 

Special mention National competition: Bad to the boner
Best national film – All my Mom’s phone calls
Junior Award – Black Slide
Special mention Student – Zoon
Best Student film – Goodbye Jérôme
Special Mention – In my Chest of fire there is still place to temple your dagger: a love story
Audience award – Sierra
Best Professionnal film – Sierra
Tough Eye – Backflip
Grand Prix – Steakhouse

Award ceremony & winners-screening

Screening time: 1 h 45 min

Films in this screening:

Films:

Announced later
(Ilmoitetaan myöhemmin)

Tulossa pian, coming soon.

Films will be announced during the award ceremony.

Comics

Screening time: 1 h

Films in this screening:

Maria Björklund:

Planet Z
(Planeetta  Z)

Finland, 2017. 7 minutes.

Tora, a two-mouthed tigerlike creature, is looking for something to eat. It runs into a pile of eggs, but the egg Tora snatches from it hatches in its mouth! The short film is the pilot episode of Planet Z animated TV series that is based on the comics of Maria Björklund.

Maria Björklund:

Summer in Helsinki
(Helsingin kesä)

Finland, 2011. 9 minutes.

Summer in Helsinki is an experimental portrait of a city during summertime – it’s people, animals, happenings, weather and moods. The director has documented life in Helsinki by animating out in the parks, on the squares and at the beach every day during a whole summer, thus producing the raw material for this film.

Ulla Bergström, Teija Nykänen, Lauri Pitkänen:

Jasso the cat
(Jasso Kissa)

Finland, 1997. 3 minutes.

Two episodes from the cartoon series about Jasso the cat and its thinking tail. The Jasso animation is based on Jii Roikonen’s tasty cartoon about a cat with a talking tail.

Hanneriina Moisseinen:

Birthday
(Syntymäpäivä)

Finland, 2014. 3 minutes.

In the summer of 1944 and Karelia is being evacuated. At the same moment that the order to leave comes, one of the house’s cows begins to calve.

Hanneriina Moisseinen:

The Drifter Who Loved Books
(Kulkuri, joka rakasti kirjoja)

Finland, 2017. 4 minutes.

Matti Pohto (1817–1857) was a vagabond who collected 5000 books. With these books the national collection of literature, which had been destroyed in the Turku fire in 1827, was saved.

Kim Helminen:

Cramps and Sprains
(Kramppeja ja Nyrjähdyksiä)

Finland, 2008. 2 minutes.

The pilot episode for the animated series based on Pauli Kallio’s comics.

Pietari Koskinen:

Blood and Bones
(Verta ja Luita)

Finland, 1993. 2 minutes.

The person jumps from the roof and, to everyone’s surprise, he can fly.

Samppa Kukkonen:

BELZEBUBS – Cathedrals of Mourning

Finland, 2019. 5 minutes.

Music video for Belzebubs song Cathedrals Of Mourning

Samppa Kukkonen:

BELZEBUBS – teaser

Finland, 2019. 1 minutes.

Teaser of the upcoming Belzebubs series.

Anni Nykänen:

Granny’s Exercise Break
(Mummon taukojumppa)

Finland, 2016. 2 minutes.

The energetic old lady makes the wheel spin! Grandma doesn’t give up, even if age plays tricks.

Janne Kukkonen:

Hiidenkiuas
(Hiidenkiuas )

Finland, 2011. 7 minutes.

Old man stumbles upon a strange stone which reveals the deeper essence of sauna.

Tomi Riionheimo, Hannu Lajunen:

Rieku & Raiku: First Timers Drunk
(Rieku ja Raiku: Ensikänni)

Finland, 1998. 2 minutes.

What you learn when you’re young, you will always master.

Directors: Tomi Riionheimo, Hannu Lajunen:

Rieku & Raiku: Christmas Eve of the Orphaned
(Rieku ja Raiku: Orpopoikein joulu)

Finland, 1998. 2 minutes.

Peace on earth and good will toward men. Even the roosters are settled for a moment.

Ami Lindholm:

Mother and Milk
(Äiti ja maito)

Finland, 2019. 10 minutes.

What happens when a baby is born? What if there is no milk? Or just a drop too much? Mother and Milk is animated adaptation from Ami Lindholm’s comics.