Future Film Festival

Alice in Wonderland

eleonora — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:28:55 +0000

The new and awaited movie by Tim Burton, a new interpretation of the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865) will be released on March 5th.

We will find again the well-known characters, Alice (Mia Wasikowska), The White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), the White Qeen (Anne Hathaway), Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Matt Lucas), the Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar…
Recreated on the screen with visual and photographic techniques amongs live action and motion capture.
Besides Alice in Wonderland will be presented in stereoscopic 3D, the technology that is imposing itself as the new frontier in the entertainment cinema, also in Italy.

The visual effects

The visual effects have been realized by Sony Picture Imageworks, the company (Academy Award winner) specialized in visual effects production, that has worked in important movies as The Chronicles of Narnia, Spiderman, Beowolf, Superman Returns.

The production has used a lot of techniques: from live action to motion-capture, the technique that is able to record the performance of the actors so that the animated characters can play in a photorealistic way, as the Caterpillar.
Some characters, as Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), have never played with other actors, but they acted in front of a green screen and afterwards they have been “inserted” in the scene. Depp has played in a green theater, with green elements of the set, that help the actor with visual reference marks.

The Imageworks has created the CG characters as from the sketch of the storyboard. After, the cg artists have designed a first low resolution cg character. They have animated the character and after realized a high resolution of the character thanks to a more detailed model, the “pit render”. Then they have added other detailed, as clothes and fur, the lighting and the texture of background.
Alice in Wonderland has been shoot partly in stereoscopic 3D and partly with traditional technique, and after converted in post-production, a different technique than the last James Cameron’s movie, Avatar, the 3D phenomenon of the last season, realized fully in 3d and with a special software, Simulcam, that has enabled the director to shoot the scenes and to see at the same time the performance in the virtual set.
About the stereoscopic 3d,the camera operator Martin Shaer

Johnny Depp about the Mad Hatter

The making of

The trailer

FFF2010: the winners

eleonora — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:22:09 +0000

Panique au village by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar is the winner of FFF2010 Platinum Grand Prize! The jury made up of the illustrator Francesca Ghermandi, the writer and musician Emidio Clementi and the journalist Nick Vivarelli has assigned the prize to Panique au village and a special mention to Edison & Leo by Neil Burns.
The Future Film Short jury made up of the cartoonist Vittorio Giardino, the journalist Franco Giubilei and the director Matteo Stanzani has assigned the Premio della Giuria - Provincia di Bologna (1000 euros) for the best short to The Lighthouse Keeper by David Francois, Rony Hotin, Heremie Moreau, Baptiste Rogron, Gaëlle Thierry, Maïlys Vallade and the special mention to De si près by Remi Durin.
The FFF audience has assigned the Premio del Pubblico Groupama for the best shorts to Fard byDavid Alapont and Luis Briceno (1000 euros) and to The Man is the Only Bird that Carries his own Cage by Claude Weiss (500 euros).

Sunday 31st

Jean Claude — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:15:27 +0000

At a cracking pace until the last day! Keen about motion graphics are invited to the meeting with The graphic designer Rob Chiu, who will introduce a selection of his best short films and the meeting with Misha Rozema, co-founder of Post Panic.
Among the most important daily preview: Gamer, with the comeback of Gerald Butler from 300, in a science-fiction movie with a pessimistic eye on the future of the videogames.; Mc Dull, Kung fu Kindergarten, from Hong Kong the animated film that complete the tetralogy about tender piglet McDull and for SeriesMania Mazinger Edition Z! The Impact!, a revisited modern version of the “Prince of the Robot” that does justice to original story.
In the evening will have place the prize giving with the Platinum Grand Prize for the best competition film and a Prize from the Jury and Groupama Pubblic for Future Film Short.
Back to the next FFF!

Saturday 30th

Jean Claude — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:13:55 +0000

It’s the 3dDAY: fifth Future Film Festival day dedicated to stereoscopic 3D with a panel which will be attended by persons involved in the work, shopkeeper and distributors to consider and explore present and future of this new technology and 3D previews screenings as Dragon Trainer and the preview of the first minutes of Toy Story 3.
Among the daily previews: Nat e il segreto di Eleonora, one of the most interesting european 2D animation movie of the last years; the namesake cult manga inspired fanta-horror King of Thorn and durino the whole night Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, new amazing horror “madness” by Yoshihiro Nishimura.

Friday 29th

Jean Claude — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:24:38 +0000

It’s the First Time for Canuck Animation! Find out the Canadian animation and its guest stars, during the round table about it. About stop-motion animation tribute don’t miss the meeting with David Sproxton, Aardman Animation co-founder, the famous plasticine animation specialized studio (Hen on the Run, Wallace&Gromit).
In the evening everybody to the Festa del Plenilunio – Aspettando Wolfman! Waiting for the Wolfman’s release, the first howling will start at Locomotive Club. Dj set by Città del Capo – Radio Metropolitanae Vj with exclusive pictures from the same movie.

Thursday 28th

Jean Claude — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:25:15 +0000

The third FFF day introduces the expected tribute to stop-motion with a round table with the special guests Allison Abbate, Fantastic Mr Fox, David Sproxton, Aardman co-founder and the artist Osbert Parker.
Another previews bellyful is waiting for you: the fantasy film for kids, rich in amazing special effects and innovative and remarkable visual ideas, Under the Mountain , fine stop- motion animation dark movie for adults. Edison & Leo; from one of the most important stop-motion animation schoolmaster, Jirì Barta, In the Attic and during the whole night the “crazy” Bumba Atomica, the only one FFF italian film.

Wednesday 27th

Jean Claude — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:40:08 +0000

The second FFF day. Its full-time planning get starts and here comes the most expected guest’s day, Joe Letteri, Senior Visual Effects of Avatar who will show the making of the last James Cameron masterpiece. Don’t miss first lesson about Saul Bass work, great titles maker and Motion Graphics schoolmaster. Among the other daily preview: the animation war movie First Squad, The Moment of Truth and the come back on direction by Rintaro (Metropolis, Captain Harlock) with the fantasy film for kids Yona Yona Penguin.

Tuesday 26th

Jean Claude — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:04:00 +0000

The twelfth Future Film Festival edition has begun! Six days full in animation or live action with special effects preview, famous guests, unforgettable gifts.
Official opening with the last cinematogaphic season novelty, the stereoscopic 3D: put on your glasses, FFF will present the preview of the thriller The Hole 3D by Joe Dante.
Since festival first day there will be some incredible film competition preview as Goemon, a movie full of visual effects, or the funny puppet animation movie Panique au Village.

YONA YONA PENGUIN by Rintaro at FFF

eleonora — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:10:42 +0000

The schoolmaster Rintaro (Metropolis, Capitan Harlock) comes back with Yona Yona Penguin, a fantasy setting film for children that mark MadHouse Studio’s debut in the Computer-Graphic production. Every night, little Coco slips out of her house and explores, dressed in a special penguin suit - a present from her long-lost father. She’s convinced that, one day, it will allow her to fly. (…)
Screenings: January 27th, 6pm at Teatro Duse (via Cartoleria, 42)
January 28th at 11,45am at Teatro Duse.
The online tickets office

Mai Mai Miracle at FFF

eleonora — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:54:27 +0000

MadHouse Studio, one of the most important Japanese animation studios, come back again at FFF with the new full-lenght animated film Mai Mai Miracle, a fine introspective and bucolic story based on two children discovering the world and an ancient local legend, with a strong call to Heidi. The movie competition.