Animator Naomi van Niekerk at work at the Finta Studio in Ljubljana. A peer2peer meeting organised by the Slovene Animated Film Association in September 2024.
DSAF Residency is a residency for animation authors established in 2024. It has been run by the Slovene Animated Film Association (DSAF). It is intended for animation filmmakers at different stages of their careers. The programme offers two- to four-week research and preproduction residencies for DSAF members in Angoulême, France, while in Slovenia, residencies for international creators are available in Nova Gorica, Ljubljana and Maribor. The programme covers accommodation and travel costs, an artist fee and mentoring by Slovenian and international professionals from various fields of animation production.
PAST RESIDENCIES
Past residents in Slovenia include Mélody Boulissière (France), Chintis Lundgren (Estonia/France) and Naomi van Niekerk (South Africa/France), while Sofiya Kruglikova (Slovenia) was a resident in Angoulême.
A peer2peer meeting of the DSAF resident Naomi van Niekerk with Slovene animators Ana Prebil, Špela Klavora and Zarja Menart (from left to right). Finta Studio, September 2024.
DSAF resident Naomi van Niekerk at the Finta animation studio in September 2024. Photo Katja Goljat
Animator Naomi van Niekerk at work at the Finta Studio in Ljubljana. A peer2peer meeting organised by the Slovene Animated Film Association in September 2024.
A peer2peer meeting with the DSAF resident Naomi van Niekerk and Slovene animators (with Zarja Menart in the picture) at the Finta Studio in 2024. The resident developed her project Chance Encounters in Nova Gorica, Ljubljana and Maribor.
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