"Tussilago," the short film by FilmTecknarna director Jonas Odell, just received Best Short Documentary at the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF). Congratulations to Jonas and the rest of his team.
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN September 30, 2010 FilmTecknarna, the storytelling and design studio with headquarters in Stockholm and offices in New York, announced yesterday the release of a film showcasing the POP car, from Kia Motors Europe, a new three-seater zero-emission electric 'concept' vehicle designed for city driving.
The 3D animated film, entitled "Pop Life", was co-directed by FilmTecknarna directors Boris Nawratil, Jonas Dahlbeck and David Nord for the London office of advertising agency David + Goliath. The film debuted at the Paris Auto Show yesterday, when Kia unveiled the futuristic and sporty vehicle.
The agency charged the FilmTecknarna directors with visually bringing the car's personality characteristics upbeat, unexpected and technologically sophisticated -- to life, and the film chronicles the energetic POP taking a joy ride zipping through the various 'arrondissements' of Paris. Bringing to bear their skills in narrative storytelling, the FilmTecknarna directing team relates the story of a bug who, enamored with the POP, pursues it with ardor, while simultaneously fighting off a hummingbird rival.
NEW YORK, NY – October 1, 2010 – The IFC Center will screen FilmTecknarna director Jonas Odell’s short film "Never Like The First Time!" as part of a selection of recent award-winning animated short films. The series, titled "Nine Nation Animation," screens through Tuesday, October 5th.
“Never Like The First Time!” recreates the first sexual experiences of four individuals through interviews and animation. The stories range from comical through mundane and violent to romantic. “Never Like The First Time!” won the Golden Bear for best short film at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2006.
For more information about the screening run of "Never Like The First Time!" please click here.
Jonas Odell is one of the founders of FilmTecknarna. He specializes in making films that mix live action with various mixed-media animation techniques. He has also directed for television and designed the title sequence for the 2000 MTV awards in Stockholm. He has directed a number of music videos for such artists as The Rolling Stones, Goldfrapp, U2, and Franz Ferdinand; his video for Ferdinand garnered the award for breakthrough video at the 2004 MTV Music Awards as well as a Grammy nomination. Jonas’ 2010 short film Tussilago, an animated documentary about a terrorist affair in Stockholm in the 1970s, is currently showing on the global film festival circuit.
FilmTecknarna director Jonas Odell's animated film "Tussilago" (about a terrorist affair in Stockholm in the '70's) has been nominated for Best Short Film at the 2010 European Film Awards. To view a clip of the trailer, click here.
The European Film Academy organizes the short film initiative in cooperation with fifteen film festivals throughout Europe, where each nominated film will be presented. Members of the European Film Academy vote for the winner, which will be announced at the Awards ceremony on December 4th in Tallinn, Estonia.
Motion designer and directorJasmin Jodry has recently joined the roster at FilmTecknarna. Her work includes the title sequence design for the blockbuster film "Spiderman" and 2001 film ‘"Monsoon Wedding", directed by Mira Nair. She was just interviewed about her professional passions for commercials and music videos combining state of the art animation and live action. To watch the brief interview with Jasmin see below.
FilmTecknarna recently released a new music video directed by John Nordqvist and Johan Toorell, AKA 'Bold Faces', for Swedish pop artist Britta Persson's single "Meet A Bear". The single is the first from Persson's third album "Currrent Affair Medium Rare".
The video opens with Persson alone in a studio with a guitar, and as she begins singing and the video unfolds, four other dancers appear in the background. Director Johan Toorell remarks, "We wanted to keep the video light and stylish. We let the dancers improvise moves and then we looped their movements."
Persson and the four dancers were shot separately in the green screen studio, using three different cameras. The multiple cameras allowed the editor to cut between the same loops to achieve different angles. Bold Faces added a 3D camera projection of the studio background and 3D versions of the loops to further enhance the music video. Then they animated a camera motion to get a more realistic handheld feeling. Though it was a complicated process, Toorell felt it was necessary in order to capture a more realistic quality and eye-catching movement.
Bold faces also played a part in creating the album art for Persson's album "Current Affair Medium Rare". The visual concept for the album is quiet, white and stylish. The basic colors yellow, red, blue and green were added to give the design a distintict feeling. Bold Faces recruited fashion photographer Märta Thisner to assit them with art design and photography. "Her visual ideas," Toorell says, "worked well with our thoughts for the cover."
FilmTecknarna has released a new music video directed by David Nord and Boris Nawratil for Swedish hip-hop group Hur Högt’s eponymous single “Hur Högt?” The video also features guest artist Jens Hoffmaestro.
Paying homage to classic American monster flicks of 50 to 60 years ago, the video unfolds as an opening title sequence to a “monster movie” introducing each of the main characters who are band members. It begins as an idyllic and traditional early August Swedish crayfish party on an isolated island. As the band and their friend devour the boiled crayfish and drink vodka, they are soon beset with Giant crayfish. As they make their escape to Stockholm the giant "decapod crustations" have the same destination in mind. The action segues to a burning Stockholm under siege. In vintage drive-in movie style, the band rushes in armed with baseball bats, determined to defeat them.
“How High” is the first single released by Soundcloud Records in anticipation of their full album coming out of Slang Musik later this year. The video features bandmembers Näääk, Thomas Rusiak, Adiam Dymott, Nimo Cheebs and guest Jensa from Hoffmaestro. Hur Högt is a so called supergroup; artists having their own things going decide to form a group together, kinda on the side. Thomas Rusiak is one of the most well known and respected names in the Swedish music and hip hop scene, both as an artist and as a producer. Adiam Dymott was one of the hottest and most critically acclaimed debut artist in Sweden 2009 (produced by Rusiak). Naaak is regarded as one of the top young rappers in Sweden, and Nimo is an emerging artist yet to release his own album.
More info on FilmTecknarna and directors David Nord and Boris Nawratil can be found at www.FilmTecknarna.com.
FilmTecknarna, the visual storytelling and design studio with headquarters in Stockholm and offices in New York, recently announced the signing of director Mato Atom. Mato is a self-taught director, art director, designer and occasional animator who includes Psyop, Paranoid-US and DUCK as former production companies. Mato’s professional portfolio includes motion design projects for Coca-Cola, O2, Mars, and LVMH/Belvedere. A self-described hobby-astronomer without a telescope, Mato lives and works in Manhattan. Named by Print Magazine as one of the design industry’s rising stars under 30 in the publication’s "New Visual Artists 2009" issue, Atom’s work features diverse styles.
Mato comments, "Each project I undertake requires a different approach and each new job and pitch is a welcome challenge to me."
For more information on FilmTecknarna and Mato view his reel here.
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"Tussilago," the short film by FilmTecknarna director Jonas Odell, just received Best Short Documentary at the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF). Congratulations to Jonas and the rest of his team.
