JORDI SOLANES SHARES THE SECRETS OF ARCANE ANIMATION IN A MUCH-ANTICIPATED TALK ON THE SECOND DAY OF ANIMAC.

The Lead Animator of Fortiche has revealed the details of the creative process behind one of the most acclaimed animation series of recent years

 

The Animation Master Prize, Gianluigi Toccafondo, has taught the “animated paint” masterclass that has also filled the Leandre Cristòfol room

 

The second day of Animac 2025 has had as protagonists Jordi Solanes, lead animator of Fortiche and key piece in the production of arcane , the animated series based on League of Legends that has become a worldwide success in Netflix; and the Italian artist and animator Gianluigi Toccafondo, Animation Master Prize.

In a conference entitled the art of animating in Arcane , which has completely filled the Leandre Cristòfol room of La Llotja and has forced to enable an attached room to the success of the public, alone has shared the technical and artistic challenges that have turned Arcane into one of the most innovative and visually productions spectacular of the last decade. For Jordi Solanes , “ animation is a long distance race; In fact, I think I have only done one more thing to cheer up: sleep ”. During the conference, the main Arcane animator has detailed the laborious process of creating the series, highlighting that the team achieved an average of only five seconds animated per week. solenes has also underlined the importance of visual narrative in arcane , where “ each frame could be a poster ”, value the level of the level of Detail and aesthetic care of production.

The afternoon has also been marked by the Gianluigi Toccafondo Conference . In its Masterclass that has filled the Leandre Cristòfol room to the stops, the Italian animator has broken down his unique pictorial technique, which fuses painting, cinema and movement. The author of La Voix des Sirènes (2024), Pinocchio (1999) and the track (1991) has filled the Leandre Cristòfol room and its Talk has been a unique opportunity to discover the secrets of his animated art. The artist stressed that animation is a very lonely trade and that, for this reason, lately, he has begun to work in other disciplines such as the stage in the operas.

 

Animacrea

As every day, the animacrea space has been one of the most attractive and bustling spaces of the sample. It is a free access space, with workshops and the Open Screen , which offers animations for all audiences. The main universities and animation schools of the territory, stores, companies and entities are present, in addition to a new XR digital creation activity.

 

Second Incubator session

In the middle of the morning the second edition of the Incubator > Jordi Solanes, Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis and Draško Ivezić. This professional space has established itself as an essential platform for the development of new talents.

 

Monographic

Today, various monograph sessions have also been projected, such as some We Animals , which include up to five sessions with a selection of short films and a feature film ( Watership Down, 1978) that address nature and animals from different points of view and stories. It should be noted that the monograph We Animals 3, projected today, is centered on the fauna underground of the cheerleader Chintis Lundgren . It is a selection of eleven shorts of the most prominent works of a fun and surprising fauna. This afternoon, the monographic section centered on theme and senior protagonists, called long life! .

 

Feature films

In the programming of feature film projections, this afternoon it has been seen flow, a world to save (Belgium, France, Latvia, 2024), of gints zilbalodis . A cat wakes up in a world covered with water where it seems that the human race has disappeared. He seeks refuge in a ship with a group of other animals, but understanding them turns out to be an even greater challenge than to overcome their fear of water. Everyone must learn to overcome their differences and adapt to this new world in which they are.

Chico and Rita (2010) co -directed by Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba has also been projected. It is the first Spanish animated film nominated for Oscar® and is part of the retrospective dedicated to Mariscal , Animac 2025 Trajectory Prize.

 

Parallel activities

At 8:00 p.m. the guided tour of the weed terrarium exposure is planned: the creative weed process in the Spanish Cavallers.

The day will end with the projection of the curts Bandarres , with animations for people over 18 on humor, sex and creative secret of Miyazaki.

 

The short film ‘Wing Shop’ wins the Animac Talent.cat award

The Animac Talent.Cat Award has been taken by the short film by Stop-Motion Wing Shop , from the Bau College of Arts and Design of Barcelona school, led by Andrea León, Gabriela Rojas Bustos and Sascha Schmit. Water do, the CEO and executive director of View Conference Maria Elena Gutiérrez and the cultural journalist Xavi Serra , has awarded the prize for “his great expressive maturity in the creation of a strange and at the same time familiar world, within the best tradition of animation Stop-motion “. They have highlighted” the hypnotic and precise narrative technique, the careful staging and the warmth of the creatures that star in this story about insecurities and acceptance “.

The jury has also granted a special mention to the short film unliked, of the ECIB School, directed by Pablo Jiménez Gallardo . This work has been recognized for its ability to explain a current story with a perfect balance between technique and emotion. “ has been highlighted the use of original narrative resources and very executed, as well as the contrast between fragility and hardness, light and dark, love and hate, and between the real world and that of the monsters ”.

 

 

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