Animation plays a major part in First Cut! Youth Film Festival because nothing conveys the magic of cinema like animation.&nbsp;Animated films are hugely popular worldwide. They’re often the first movies we fall in love with as children, introducing us to iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, and so many more.&nbsp; In addition, the animation industry in Ireland is on fire and it’s an exciting time for professional animators and also for students looking to break into the industry. Irish animation has won awards at such major ceremonies as the Oscars, BAFTAs and Emmys, and these have helped establish our reputation as a global powerhouse and centre of excellence for animation. This year First Cut has an expanded animation workshop and screening programme. Tonight's two programmes have three exciting parts.&nbsp;This programme, All About Animation 2, highlights a selection of the best animations submitted to the First Cut! Open Call 2021. First Cut! Open Call AnimationsOutstanding animations submitted to the First Cut! 2021 Open Call from young filmmakers in Ireland and abroad. CNP - Visit to the Lacunary Space of Memory (Adina Constantin)Alamid (Shayna Velasquez - Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School Belfast)&nbsp;The Moments (Piotr Kaźmierczak)On The Outside (Liam Cronly)&nbsp;Enkata (Max Hendrickson)Blind Consumption (Instituto América Latina)&nbsp;Coloridos (Instituto América Latina)Replaced (Instituto América Latina)&nbsp;The Soul of Beasts (Instituto América Latina)&nbsp;Freja (Sinéad Nolan)Hania &amp; Jacek (Roch, Mia &amp; Franciszek Karwowski)Wendigo (Max Hendrickson) Panel Discussion: Max Hendrickson (Enkata, Wendigo) and Shayna Velasquez (Alamid) will discuss their work in a panel moderated by First Cut! animation coordinator Jessica Bonenfant Coogan.

All About Animation 2: First Cut! Open Call Animations

The triggering of affective memory starting from a drawing from childhood, from where the characters of the animation are detached. The train journey is a pretext to recall family memories imbued with involuntary memory. The diffuse monosyllabic noise of the moving wagon determines the oscillation between dream and reality.

CNP - Visit to the Lacunary Space of Memory

A train journey is a pretext to recall family memories imbued with involuntary memory.

Maybe life can be turned upside down, but sometimes all it takes is a spark.Matts, Jon, Kristin, Viktor, Marcus and Lena-Marie say that they have "the best job in the world". They work in the kindergarten for puppies...Matts, Jon, Kristin, Viktor, Marcus and Lena-Marie say that they have "the best job in the world". They work in the kindergarten for puppies...

Alamid

Maybe life can be turned upside down, but sometimes all it takes is a spark.

An animated poetic etude with dry pastels. Empty beaches, peace, the sound of waves and contact with nature - time for reflection and silence.

The Moments

An animated poetic etude with dry pastels.

A person breaks from her world and discovers freedom for a change.

On the Outside

A person breaks from her world and discovers freedom for a change.

A young Rose-Man tries to find his feet as he journeys through a dark and forbidding landscape.

Enkata

A young Rose-Man tries to find his feet as he journeys through a dark and forbidding landscape.

A stop-motion told from the perspective of a rabbit that reflects on the cruelty and selfishness of human beings.

Blind Consumption

A stop-motion told from the perspective of a rabbit that reflects on the cruelty and selfishness of human beings.

A pencil case opens and a burst of colours begins.

Coloridos

A pencil case opens and a burst of colours begins.

A stop-motion that narrates, through a cell phone that breaks, the need to find ways to connect emotionally.

Replaced

A stop-motion that narrates, through a cell phone that breaks, the need to find ways to connect emotionally.

An animation that tells the story of a condor who loses his family to the cruelty of a hunter.

The Soul of Beasts

A condor loses his family to the cruelty of a hunter.

FREJA follows a quiet, solitary soldier as she wrestles with her recent, violent memories until she inevitably has to face them… and herself. A film about guilt, introspection and confronting yourself – and what you decide to do once you have.

Freja

A film about guilt, introspection and confronting yourself.

This film was made on the 55th wedding anniverary of the filmmakers' grandparents. It tells the story of a half-century of love.

Hania and Jacek

A man investigating an old isolated house discovers its sinister history.

Wendigo

A man investigating an old isolated house discovers its sinister history.

Panel Discussion: Max Hendrickson (Enkata, Wendigo) and Shayna Velasquez (Alamid) will discuss their work in a panel moderated by First Cut! animation coordinator Jessica Bonenfant Coogan.

All About Animation 2 Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion: Max Hendrickson (Enkata, Wendigo) and Shayna Velasquez (Alamid) will discuss their work in a panel moderated by First Cut! animation coordinator Jessica Bonenfant Coogan.

All About Animation 2

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