Animators from the renowned American studios Disney and Pixar will be meeting for the seventh time now at the Litomyšl chateau to learn from animation professionals in the ANOMALIA series of courses. Aside from the courses that are now tradition parts of the programme, focusing on perfecting acting and animating skills in computer animation, ANOMALIA has expanded out offer this year to include an incubator for developing stories and artwork for animated feature and series projects – the Story and Concept Art Labs. In this way we want to give domestic filmmakers the opportunity to complete their story ideas under the supervision of experienced professionals and thereby improve the number of qualified projects. Both individuals and teams can apply for the incubator. This is an ideal opportunity for producers and their development teams. The Story and Concept Art Labs begin July 4 and end July 22. Capacity is limited and applications as well as project synopses can be submitted until the end of May. Participants in the Story and Concept Art Labs have the opportunity to present their projects to the professional public for example one year later in the Visegrad Animation Forum competition, which is a chance for producers, studios, […] ...