Category Archives: Women, Men and Animation

Tricky Women Animation Festival: Films.

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Tricky Women is Tricky because animation in German is Trickfilm. Puns are fun. The festival itself is also fun, based in a good looking, friendly town of Vienna. The festival is organized by a team of great women lead by Waltraud … Continue reading →

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Women Film Festivals: Do We need Them?

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Recently Ottawa International Animation Festival director and programmer Chris Robinson asked in a private Facebook message to 10 female animators what they felt about gender specific festivals. Namely – programs of films made only by women. It was a surprise … Continue reading →

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Generation X: Where did we come from?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Few weeks ago I asked questions to my Team – Generation Y. Now the Generation Y strikes back with their own questions to me. Wendy Zhao, the project’s production manager, editor, compositor, art assistant and a, accomplished artist of her own … Continue reading →

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The Man’s World.

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

(the “Generation Y. Interview 2″ is coming next week) If there is such a thing as pure man’s world then my new studio is located in one. First, to get to the location you have to dodge enormous trucks hauling … Continue reading →

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Meet the Team: Generation Y. Interview 1.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Making a feature film is a collaborative process. Even if you managed to write, direct, design, animate everything, you may not be able to do sound design, or compose a piece of music. It is more fun yet more chellenging … Continue reading →

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On Love and Afterlove. Lasse’s Side of the Story.

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

Hi, this is not Signe, I am Lasse, Signes x-husband and I will write this piece with a heavy Swedish accent. Recently, here on this very spot, on 12 different posts, I have enjoyed reading my private memories from crucial … Continue reading →

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On Love and Afterlove. Story 12.

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

  – Why didn’t you tell me? – I asked Lasse the same question 17 years later in New York at an animation event where he was the star of the night presenting his films and I was the designated … Continue reading →

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On Love and Afterlove. Story 11.

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Every beginning contains also the DNA of it’s end. It took 6 months for the DNA of our relationship to reveal all it’s secrets and bring it to the decline. 6 month packed with activity worth of 2 years, a … Continue reading →

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On Love and Afterlove. Story 10.

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Humans are prone to forget pain. If the memories of pain were too vivid the human race would have died out long ago, because women wouldn’t had had more than one child as the first delivery pain would stop them … Continue reading →

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On Love and Afterlove. Story 9.

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

I got into an airplane, crossed the Atlantic Ocean and thought it was over. As if the act of leaving could end the misery and marriage. It wasn’t over yet. Soon after I recovered from the jet lag I discovered … Continue reading →

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