A celebration of the talent and legacy of animation.
Considered one of the most influential animators on the national and international scene, Bruno Bozzetto has created over three hundred works, including feature films, shorts, series and commercials, which have earned him more than one hundred and thirty awards.
In this engaging interview, Bozzetto highlights how animation can become the means to convey important, universal and timeless messages. Bozzetto does it by holding up a mirror to his audience – in ironic and surreal ways – showing the absurdity of man and his condition, which sometimes comes to dehumanize them. His animation showcases music, as it gives expression and emotion to figures and drawings, becoming an essential means to create a story.
Image Credit: Grasshoppers © Bruno Bozzetto. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKER
Bruno Bozzetto
Director // Independent
(Allegro non Troppo, Grasshoppers, Mr. Rossi)
With a 60-year career behind him, Bruno Bozzetto is esteemed as one of the most eclectic and influential Cartoonists of yesterday and of today. His minimalist style focuses on the content more than the aesthetics to talk about universal themes with an educational approach and through a scratching irony that makes his films suitable for a young adult audience.
From the 1960s up to today, he has made over three hundred films that earned him 130 acknowledgments among which the remarkable Winsor McCay Award, 5 Silver Ribbon Awards, an Honorary degree, 15 Awards to the Career, an Academy Award Nomination for the short Grasshoppers, and a Berlin Golden Bear Award Mr Tao.
Notable productions and co-productions include West & Soda (1965), VIP my Brother Superman (1968), Allegro non Troppo (1976), Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (1975), Under the Chinese Restaurant (1987), Europe & Italy (1999), Quark and Superquark (educational animated episodes written by science journalist Piero Angela).
Today Bruno keeps working in the industry by creating new subjects, animating and sketching on his own, but also cooperating with wider projects through Bozzetto & Co Studio of Production. He also takes part in film festivals, events and masterclasses in Italy and worldwide.
Several exhibitions have been set up through the years, the most prestigious of which is Animation, Maestro!, at the Walt Disney Family Museum of San Francisco in 2013. The Bozzetto crew believes that an original artwork-based exhibition is the best way to show the magic of animation through original sketches, storyboards and especially cels.
MODERATOR
Keith Blackmore
Sr. Lecturer // Vancouver Film School
As an animation historian, Keith Blackmore has been a passionate cheerleader and a voice for all-things animated in the Vancouver area for almost 30 years. As one of the producers of the SPARK ANIMATION Festival and an active member of the local SIGGRAPH chapter, Keith has presented, interviewed and moderated at many festivals, local and national.
Since 1995, Blackmore has educated, entertained and inspired students in the history of animation and media studies at the Vancouver Film School. When he’s not reading, teaching or talking about animation, he’s watching it.
A celebration of the talent and legacy of animation.
Considered one of the most influential animators on the national and international scene, Bruno Bozzetto has created over three hundred works, including feature films, shorts, series and commercials, which have earned him more than one hundred and thirty awards.
In this engaging interview, Bozzetto highlights how animation can become the means to convey important, universal and timeless messages. Bozzetto does it by holding up a mirror to his audience – in ironic and surreal ways – showing the absurdity of man and his condition, which sometimes comes to dehumanize them. His animation showcases music, as it gives expression and emotion to figures and drawings, becoming an essential means to create a story.
Image Credit: Grasshoppers © Bruno Bozzetto. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKER
Bruno Bozzetto
Director // Independent
(Allegro non Troppo, Grasshoppers, Mr. Rossi)
With a 60-year career behind him, Bruno Bozzetto is esteemed as one of the most eclectic and influential Cartoonists of yesterday and of today. His minimalist style focuses on the content more than the aesthetics to talk about universal themes with an educational approach and through a scratching irony that makes his films suitable for a young adult audience.
From the 1960s up to today, he has made over three hundred films that earned him 130 acknowledgments among which the remarkable Winsor McCay Award, 5 Silver Ribbon Awards, an Honorary degree, 15 Awards to the Career, an Academy Award Nomination for the short Grasshoppers, and a Berlin Golden Bear Award Mr Tao.
Notable productions and co-productions include West & Soda (1965), VIP my Brother Superman (1968), Allegro non Troppo (1976), Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (1975), Under the Chinese Restaurant (1987), Europe & Italy (1999), Quark and Superquark (educational animated episodes written by science journalist Piero Angela).
Today Bruno keeps working in the industry by creating new subjects, animating and sketching on his own, but also cooperating with wider projects through Bozzetto & Co Studio of Production. He also takes part in film festivals, events and masterclasses in Italy and worldwide.
Several exhibitions have been set up through the years, the most prestigious of which is Animation, Maestro!, at the Walt Disney Family Museum of San Francisco in 2013. The Bozzetto crew believes that an original artwork-based exhibition is the best way to show the magic of animation through original sketches, storyboards and especially cels.
MODERATOR
Keith Blackmore
Sr. Lecturer // Vancouver Film School
As an animation historian, Keith Blackmore has been a passionate cheerleader and a voice for all-things animated in the Vancouver area for almost 30 years. As one of the producers of the SPARK ANIMATION Festival and an active member of the local SIGGRAPH chapter, Keith has presented, interviewed and moderated at many festivals, local and national.
Since 1995, Blackmore has educated, entertained and inspired students in the history of animation and media studies at the Vancouver Film School. When he’s not reading, teaching or talking about animation, he’s watching it.
