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Neon Monday - The Animation and Motion Design edition
Welcome to this special edition of Neon Monday.
This is the first in a series of newsletters where we highlight creative festivals and design conferences that are organized around a specific creative discipline. Today we kick off with animation and motion design.
Animation and motion design are closely related but very different. Animation is an umbrella term for the whole field of moving imagery, including everything from cartoons to claymation. Motion design focus on giving movement to graphic elements to support the storytelling aspect of a movie title, explainer, or gesture in a mobile app. Essentially, motion design is animated graphic design.
The selected festivals have in common that they are a crossover between the two fields. Showcasing the process behind creating blockbuster movies titles to indie animation productions, and everything in-between.
All programs are highly curated. Bring great value through inspiration, workshops, learning experiences, and provide plenty of network opportunities to energize your work and bring your ideas to life.
Enjoy.
Join the creative meetup of the year! The fest on art, craft & design in film, animation & games. The Art Department brings you the best concept artists, designers, and filmmakers from around the globe. Artist talks, workshops, live sketching, recruitment, portfolio reviews, good food & drinks! Speakers include Aaron Blaise, Tomm Moore, Cyarin (Laura Brouwers), BUCK. Exclusive speaker in Eindhoven are Aayna Vinaya and Esben Lash.
21+22 April 2022
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Tickets: 2 day tickets: €95 professionals / €35 students. 1 day ticket: €55 professionals / €18,50 students
Motion Plus Design promotes the art of motion design across the world by creating international events and sharing its best resources. On March 26, Motion Plus Design invites the cream of the crop of the best worldwide Motion Designers for one full day of talks. Speakers include Dan Perri, Gryun Kim, Fanny Rollot, Curry Tian, Tom Kan, Shavonne Wong, Saad Moosajee, Jonathan Winbush.
March 26
The Montalbán, Hollywood, USA
Tickets from $19
Kaboom Animation Festival is the one-stop shop for the latest and greatest in all things animated. The festival takes place in Amsterdam, Utrecht, and online from March 28 to April 3, 2022. The program offers hundreds of short and full-length films, made by top animators from around the world.
March 28 to April 3, 2022!
Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Online
Tickets from €25
Mouvo conference is an annual event where graphic design, film, animation, and technology intersect. Boost your creativity with a full two days of diverting talks and four days of premium workshops. This year's theme is The Experience.
April 8 & 9
Prague, Czech Republic
Tickets from 2000 CKZ (~80€)
Cardiff Animation Festival is a non-profit community organization run by a team of animation lovers and creators living in Cardiff. The festival showcase some of the best animation from all over the world. The program offers short films, feature films, masterclasses, workshops, filmmaker Q+As, industry events, panels, and networking events.
April 7 - 10 Cardiff, UK
April 7 - 24 Online
Tickets from £15
NODE brings the best in Australian Motion Graphics and Animation together to share their work, industry insights, and creative inspiration.
May 5-6 2022
ACMI, Melbourne, Australia
Tickets from AS$199
Art, craft & design in film, animation & games. In the creative hotspot of Europe, Berlin! A creative meetup with leading international concept artists, character designers, filmmakers, and designers. Artist talks, workshops, live sketching, recruitment, portfolio reviews, good food & drinks! Speakers include Aaron Blaise, Tomm Moore, Cyarin (Laura Brouwers), BUCK. Exclusive for Berlin: Mikey Please and Manddy Wyckens. Limited tickets are available.
14+15 May 2022
Berlin, Germany
Tickets: Early bird 2 day tickets €100 professionals / €35 students
Motion Plus Design promotes the art of motion design across the world by creating international events and sharing its best resources. On June 11, Motion Plus Design invites the cream of the crop of the best worldwide Motion Designers for one full day of talks.
June 11, 2022
Paris, France
Tickets: TBA
Pictoplasma Berlin 2022: Join the world’s most vibrant meeting point for artists trailblazing the face of tomorrow’s visual culture.
September 14-18, 2022
Berlin, Germany
Tickets: TBA in April
VIEW Conference is a computer graphics event in Italy and is held yearly in Turin. Topics represented at the event include interactive techniques, digital cinema, 3D animation, gaming and VFX.
October 16-21, 2022
Torino, Italy & Online
Tickets: TBA
Launched in 2013 by designer André Luís, 'Trojan Horse was a Unicorn' grew out to a networking ecosystem created to share knowledge, inspire and empower creators from all areas of the digital entertainment & interactive industry. Their annual main event includes talks, workshops, recruitment sessions, and many other activities
September 19 - 24, 2022
Tróia, Portugal
Tickets from: €660 + fees
The second edition of DEMO. Design in Motion is an initiative of studio Dumbar. Celebrating the best motion design from the finest studios, amazing designers, emerging talents, and art academies around the world
6 October 2022
The Netherlands, 5000+ OOH screens - 24 Hours
Tickets: Free. You need an OV ticket to access a train station.
Open Call will be announced soon
That’s it for animation and motion design festivals!
I love to hear from you. Let me know what your favorite event is. If you’re planning to attend any of the listed events and have a question, drop me an email or DM on Instagram. I am happy to help you.
If you want to share your experience, let me know. Happy to share your story.
Are you missing an event in this newsletter, feel free to submit it, I'll review and update this post.
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Cheers, Thomas
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