Conversations with filmmakers selected to the festival.
Artur Hanaj’s Three Jumps to Happiness is a darkly humorous fable about the inner lives of animals, told entirely in gorgeously hand-crafted claymation.
In this conversation, Artur discusses the concept for the film, expanding his storytelling ability, and the possibility of more tales from the inner lives of these characters.
SPEAKER
Artur Hanaj
Director // Independent
(Three Jumps to Happiness, Leaven)
Artur Hanaj is a reator of animated films. He is a graduate of the Film School in Łódź, specializing in animated film and special effects. He graduated from the Józef Chełmoński Secondary School of Fine Arts in Nałęczów with a toy design profile. Apart from making animated films he is currently interested in good stories, good cuisine and tailoring.
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MODERATOR
Marina Antunes
Festival Director, Film Critic, Podcaster // Spark CG Society
Marina joined the Spark Computer Graphics Society as Festival Director in 2014. Throughout her tenure, the festival has grown into Western Canada’s premiere animation festival, featuring a number of specialty programming including the “Made in Canada” program celebrating Canadian creators, “Mother of a Medium” featuring works from female filmmakers, and “Spotlight on France” which celebrates the best of French animation. In 2019, the SPARK ANIMATION FESTIVAL became Academy Award ® accredited, the only festival in British Columbia to hold that distinction.
Marina is also a writer and podcaster with over 15 years of experience, first on a personal blog followed by a decade-long tenure on the now-retired Row Three. In 2008 she joined the writing staff at Quiet Earth, becoming Editor-In-Chief in 2014, a role she still holds. Over the years, she has also produced and hosted a number of podcasts including Before the Dawn, a long-running podcast on the Twilight franchise, Girls on Pop, a podcast on film and popular entertainment from women’s perspective and After the Credits, bi-monthly film podcast with nearly 300 episodes.
Marina is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and the Visual Effects Society is the President of the Vancouver SIGGRAPH chapter, and has served on juries for several film festivals including the DOXA, St. Louis International Film Festival, and the Whistler Film Festival.
Conversations with filmmakers selected to the festival.
Artur Hanaj’s Three Jumps to Happiness is a darkly humorous fable about the inner lives of animals, told entirely in gorgeously hand-crafted claymation.
In this conversation, Artur discusses the concept for the film, expanding his storytelling ability, and the possibility of more tales from the inner lives of these characters.
SPEAKER
Artur Hanaj
Director // Independent
(Three Jumps to Happiness, Leaven)
Artur Hanaj is a reator of animated films. He is a graduate of the Film School in Łódź, specializing in animated film and special effects. He graduated from the Józef Chełmoński Secondary School of Fine Arts in Nałęczów with a toy design profile. Apart from making animated films he is currently interested in good stories, good cuisine and tailoring.
IMDb // Facebook // Instagram // Vimeo
MODERATOR
Marina Antunes
Festival Director, Film Critic, Podcaster // Spark CG Society
Marina joined the Spark Computer Graphics Society as Festival Director in 2014. Throughout her tenure, the festival has grown into Western Canada’s premiere animation festival, featuring a number of specialty programming including the “Made in Canada” program celebrating Canadian creators, “Mother of a Medium” featuring works from female filmmakers, and “Spotlight on France” which celebrates the best of French animation. In 2019, the SPARK ANIMATION FESTIVAL became Academy Award ® accredited, the only festival in British Columbia to hold that distinction.
Marina is also a writer and podcaster with over 15 years of experience, first on a personal blog followed by a decade-long tenure on the now-retired Row Three. In 2008 she joined the writing staff at Quiet Earth, becoming Editor-In-Chief in 2014, a role she still holds. Over the years, she has also produced and hosted a number of podcasts including Before the Dawn, a long-running podcast on the Twilight franchise, Girls on Pop, a podcast on film and popular entertainment from women’s perspective and After the Credits, bi-monthly film podcast with nearly 300 episodes.
Marina is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and the Visual Effects Society is the President of the Vancouver SIGGRAPH chapter, and has served on juries for several film festivals including the DOXA, St. Louis International Film Festival, and the Whistler Film Festival.
