Thursday, November 19, 2020

MAF - Passion Animation Studios Roundtable Q&A

[Third Year] Animation Event







Join us for a live Q&A with some of Passion Pictures leading animation talent to ask your questions and get a glimpse at how this studio creates its iconic characters and engaging stories.


Guests:

Maryka Laudet & Quentin Camus

Maryka is one half of directing duo Maryka & Quentin, who combine wild humour with a strong visual sense of style. Their beautiful CG animations are full of character and stunning design details. Selected at Annecy Animation festival and more, their work has gained attention worldwide.

Their stylish films are painstakingly crafted and often come with an offbeat twist, whether that’s a high stakes poker game at the North Pole or a caveman learning about trick-or-treating with his daughter…in the future.



Quentin is one half of directing duo Maryka & Quentin, who combine wild humour with a strong visual sense of style. Their beautiful CG animations are full of character and stunning design details. Selected at Annecy Animation festival and more, their work has gained attention worldwide.

Their stylish films are painstakingly crafted and often come with an offbeat twist, whether that’s a high stakes poker game at the North Pole or a caveman learning about trick-or-treating with his daughter…in the future.


Andy Martin

Andy is a director, illustrator and composer based in the UK. Andy is known for his playful storytelling, comedy and creative animation techniques.

Andy has had viral success with his own projects Selfie and The Planets and has created commercial work for Google, Coca Cola, Etsy and more. As a creative director, Andy is skilled at bringing together multiple artists under one creative vision.


Anna Mantzaris

Anna mixes humour and melancholy, creating tactile stop-motion animation with an intricate and personal feel. Her characters and worlds are delicately realised capturing nuanced performances from tiny movements.

She has worked on various projects, both commercial and feature films, such as Wes Anderson’s latest stop motion feature Isle of Dogs, amongst others. Her personal short film Enough has won over 50 international awards, including European Animation Awards, Vimeo Best of the Year, and Walt Disney and Audience award at Ottawa International Animation Festival.


Mads Broni

Mads is a director who combines his love for anime and video games with a feature-film perspective to create work with a unique style and scope. A student of Media and Journalism, he continued his study at the renowned Hyper Island before entering the commercial animation world.

Mads has directed a series of blockbuster trailers for the hugely popular video game series Apex Legends, mixing classic 2D character animation and 3D environments and camera moves.