{"id":3520,"date":"2020-02-29T11:55:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T17:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/?p=3520"},"modified":"2021-02-13T11:15:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T17:15:29","slug":"fiaf-animation-first-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/fiaf-animation-first-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"FIAF Animation First, Feb 7-10, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the\u00a0weekend of February 8-9, 2020, I attended the third iteration of <a href=\"https:\/\/fiaf.org\/animation-first-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animation First<\/a> at the French Institute Alliance Fran\u00e7aise. It was also the third time I&#8217;ve attended the event, but looks like the first time I&#8217;ve written about it. As with the previous two events, I enjoyed myself and the animations.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of my highlights and a few photos at the end.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<h5><em>Louise by the\u00a0Shore<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>The feature-length film I watched\u00a0was <em>Louise by the Shore<\/em> (2016), by\u00a0Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie, the guest of honor. It was a movie about remembering the past and living simply.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ni9k7b2aBVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Animated Shorts, by Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie<\/h5>\n<p>I also watched a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0481451\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie<\/a>&#8216;s early animated films, which had been recently restored and digitized. His works were both hand-drawn and stop-motion, such as the example below.<\/p>\n<p>The animation style was relatively rudimentary, compared to today, but the stories were really good. I saw some student works and I&#8217;d say one of the key differences came down to telling a good story over technical ability.<\/p>\n<p>The video below needs no translation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9D_1I5pYywQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Lorenzo Mattotti: Panel Discussion and Illustrations<\/h5>\n<p>I also attended a panel discussion with Lorenzo Mattotti, who recently directed\u00a0<em>The Bears\u2019 Famous Invasion of Sicily<\/em>. He has also been an illustrator for New Yorker magazine for many years and examples of his magazine covers were on display.<\/p>\n<p>After the talk, he signed books. Those lucky people got a sketch from him, right there on the spot. Amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"FIAF Animation First, Feb 2020\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alliwalk\/49570099428\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-footer=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/31337\/49570099428_10b4fd77d9_z.jpg\" alt=\"FIAF Animation First, Feb 2020\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I wanted see the <em>The Swallows of Kabul\u00a0<\/em>but it came on right after Louise by the Shore. I didn&#8217;t want to sit for back to back films and I wasn&#8217;t in the mood for something super heavy. Hopefully it will be released in the US, soon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e6zyQ7Ek_vk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Photos<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3520 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1557-min-e1587791458439.jpg'><img width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1557-min-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1557-min-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1557-min-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1557-min-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1557-min-e1587791458439.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3624'>\n\t\t\t\tProgram from Animation First. Excited for my first event!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1570-min-e1587792030301.jpg'><img width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1570-min-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1570-min-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1570-min-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1570-min-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1570-min-e1587792030301.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3628'>\n\t\t\t\tReviewing scenes from the animated film, The Bears\u2019 Famous Invasion of Sicily\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1561-e1587791714904.jpg'><img width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1561-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1561-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1561-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1561-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1561-e1587791714904.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3524'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Yorker cover by Lorenzo Mattotti\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1560-min-e1587791497280.jpg'><img width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1560-min-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1560-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1560-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1560-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1560-min-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1560-min-e1587791497280.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3622'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Yorker covers by Lorenzo Mattotti\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1559-min-e1587791485923.jpg'><img width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1559-min-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1559-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1559-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1559-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1559-min-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1559-min-e1587791485923.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3621'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Yorker covers by Lorenzo Mattotti\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1571-min-e1587791954821.jpg'><img width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1571-min-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1571-min-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1571-min-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1571-min-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1571-min-e1587791954821.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3627'>\n\t\t\t\tLorenzo Mattotti autographs a book following his talk.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the\u00a0weekend of February 8-9, 2020, I attended the third iteration of Animation First at the French Institute Alliance Fran\u00e7aise. It was also the third time I&#8217;ve attended the event, but looks like the first time I&#8217;ve written about it. As with the previous two events, I enjoyed myself and the animations. Here are a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/fiaf-animation-first-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FIAF Animation First, Feb 7-10, 2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,80],"tags":[92,648,584,427,562],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3520"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3629,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3520\/revisions\/3629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}