Profiles
Lana Tankosa Nikolic Resident/Chairperson Producer Lana worked as an education coordinator at The Animation Workshop before starting her own production and distribution company, Late Love Production, in 2016. She is noted for producing The Hangman at Home/We Are at Home, Egg, and Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic. Lana is also
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Pernille Kjaer Associate Member Director, Artist, Animator After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Århus, Pernille graduated from The Animation Workshop with a degree in character animation in 2015. She has completed the student film Tiger, and several subsequent works including Amoeba, Terra Incognita, and her latest film
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Oslo-based freelancer Hanne Berkaak (b. 1980) has worked with such illustrious clients as Gyldendal, Red Cross, and Jamie Oliver. A graduate from the Royal College of Arts and holding a BA in animation from Parson’s School of Design New York, Berkaak got her foot in the door at
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It’s always exciting to see the latest graduate projects from The Animation Workshop, and WeAnimate Magazine is pleased to present the projects from the class of 2024. For the past 30 years The Animation Workshop (TAW) has educated some of the most promising animation students in the world. Today
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Bringing research to life through short animations How can you describe your research in a single metaphor? At DanStem, the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 10 research group leaders met with a team from the Sci-Vi initiative at The Animation
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The illustration scene in Denmark is rife with talent for such a small country, which in part is why Copenhagen-based artist Rune Fisker (b. 1974) has mostly focused on working internationally. Providing his “chaotic colorful surrealism” to clients like tech giants Apple and Google, as well as renowned editorials
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Expanding the boundaries of VR and animation with The Hangman at Home MEDIA AND THE MESSAGE In many ways, the Carl Sandburg poem The Hangman at Home is the perfect subject for Michelle and Uri Kranot. The poem is about exclusion, about things left unsaid, about stories that aren’t
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Viborg Animation Festival is almost here, along with the usual array of exhibitions, events, and experiences. This year has a fantastic programme, and animation-lovers will have a hard time fitting everything in. Here are our top picks for VAF 2023: Monday Sept 25 10:30 - 12:00 Best Feature
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Saturday night was a big night for animation at the annual Oscar-qualifying Odense International Film Festival. Besides the two animation awards, specifically awarded to animation, animation also took home the main prize at the festival, the H. C. Andersen Award, awarded to the best short film in the international
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"You can drown in many things, and this film includes all of them" Going Deep With The Drowned The animated short film The Drowned is a beautiful exploration of dream-like visions and forms of mourning that pays homage to the people and history of Marstal. Inspired by
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#WeAnimate Day 2023 On June 3rd WeAnimate will be celebrating the WeAnimate Day at the Film School in Copenhagen. This year’s program offers unique insights into everything from creating a massive non-linear Netflix experience to pursuing your indie projects to next-level world-building. WeAnimate Day will inspire
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Poetry in Motion: Sara Koppel’s Animated Life Sara Koppel is an animator, filmmaker, illustrator, new media artist, educator, painter, and author. Her independent films have been featured in hundreds of animation festivals around the world, and she has appeared in dozens of art exhibitions and augmented reality showcases. She