FILE ANIMA+ SÃO PAULO 2017

PROGRAM ANIMA+ | 18 July to 30 July
PROGRAM ANIMA+ HIGHLIGHT | 18 July to 3 September 2017
PROGRAM PARTNER FESTIVALS | 18 July to 3 September 2017

FILE Anima+ seeks each year to present innovative animations, either for its aesthetic side, for its narrative form or for its technicality. And as a highlight of this wave of imagistic innovation, we bring for the first time to Brazil the artist and filmmaker Faiyaz Jafri.
Born and raised in a rural area in the Netherlands, Jaiyaz, descendant of Pakistanis, explores in his works the Jungian archetypes (ego, persona, shadow, animus/anima and self) in the contemporary world mixed to a line of images with a high seductive power bordering obscenity, which he labels “pop” hyper-realism. In addition, he investigates the so-called neoarchitectures of the mass communication media and globalized “pop” culture.
The artist re-signifies icons of the pop world by appropriating them, making them immaculate by using them in contexts in which their characters (mostly female) have an unnatural, polite, aseptic, cold and soulless perfection. But the strength that this aesthetic carries, floating between innocence and violence, conveys a load of such emotion that makes Faiyaz’s work sometimes frightening, romantic, and strangely human.
The artist re-signifies icons of the pop world by appropriating them, making them immaculate by using them in contexts in which their characters (mostly female) have an unnatural, polite, aseptic, cold and soulless perfection. But the strength that this aesthetic carries, floating between innocence and violence, conveys a load of such emotion that makes Faiyaz’s work sometimes frightening, romantic, and strangely human.
Faiyaz’s work is about duality: sex and violence; eroticism and innocence. For example, duality over innocence and seduction, opposites that, in their animations, are paradoxically very similar and they do not exist in absolute opposition. Nothing is pure innocence or pure evil and the artist’s work just mixes these extremes.
FILE Anima+ 2017 also features hundreds of animated short films among independent, experimental, student and large studio productions. Its partnership with the acclaimed Japanese festival Japan Media Arts Festival features two programs: “Tenacious, gracious” and “Beyond the Technology”; With several highlights from the Japanese animation. FILE Anima + also presents a partnership with the Greek festival ADAF – Athens Digital Arts Festival, with the program #PostFuture Journey, bringing animations of several artists from Eastern Europe.

Raquel Fukuda
FILE ANIMA+ Curator

Partner Festivals

– ADAF
– Japan Media Arts Festival

FILE ANIMA+ HIGHLIGHT

Faiyaz Jafri – The Netherlands

1 This Ain’t Disneyland
2 Hello Bambi
3 Planet Utero
4 Natural Plastic
5 Cyclone forever
6 Disconnector
7 POPone
8 Sway

Liu Chang & Miao Jing – The United States

9 Hills Beyond a River

ANIMA+ PROGRAM

1 Adrián Regnier – L. – Mexico
2 Adrián Regnier – Y – Mexico
3 Adrian Dexter, Birk Von Brockdorff, Arnold Bagasha, Mikkel Vedel, Jody Ghani & Drude Mangaard – Vaesen – Denmark
4 Amber Xu – Luscious – China
5 Amit Trainin – Yareach – Israel
6 Ana Mouyis – Pussy! – The United States
7 Anabela Costa – In Motion – Portugal
8 Andrea Cristini – Obsolescence – Canada
9 Andrew Wilson & Michael Trikosko – Invisible – The United States
10 Anna Leterq – Corbillard – France
11 Anna Leterq – Metronome – France
12 Anna Vasof – When Times Moves Faster – Austria
13 Anne Beal – Balance and Swing – The United States
14 Ash Thorp – None – The United States
15 Ava I-Wen Huang – Betsy Blue – The United States
16 Ben Ozeri & Corentin Monnier – Grandmas Hero – Denmark
17 Bo Mathorne – Of the Wand & the Moon: We Are Dust – Denmark
18 Bo Mathorne – The Backwater Gospel – Denmark
19 Bo Moore – New Bodies – New Zealand
20 Burcu & Geoffrey – Casse-Croûte – France
21 Burcu & Geoffrey – Nurapaten – France
22 Chen Winner – Innerviews – Israel
23 Christian Larrave – Gap Yr Boiz – The United States
24 Christin Bolewski – Shizen?Natural – Germany
25 claRa apaRicio yoldi – Efficient Story – United Kingdom
26 claRa apaRicio yoldi – Iconosfera – United Kingdom
27 Clemens Wirth – Kinsetsu – Austria
28 Cornelius Joksch – Adultland – Germany
29 Daisy Jacobs – The Bigger Picture – United Kingdom
30 Damien Deschamps, Vincent Gallut & Lucie Prigent – 70’s Venice Beach – France
31 Daniel Sousa – Feral – Portugal
32 Daniel Sousa – The Windmill – Portugal
33 Daniella Shuhman – Advice to the Young Artist – Israel
34 Daphné Durocher, Constance Joliff & Fanny Lhotellier – Blue Honey – France
35 Dianne Bellino – The Itching – The United States
36 Dina Velikovskaya – My Strange Grandfather – Russia
37 Dropbear (aka Jonathan Chong) – Magnetic –Australia
38 Eran Hilleli – Panda Bear – Israel
39 Eran Hilleli – Inside Out – Israel
40 Ethem Onur Bilgiç – Weeping Willow – Turkey
41 Faiyaz Jafri – Cyclone forever – Netherlands
42 Faiyaz Jafri – Disconector – Netherlands
43 Faiyaz Jafri – Hello Bambi – Netherlands
44 Faiyaz Jafri – Natural Plastic – Netherlands
45 Faiyaz Jafri – Planet Utero – Netherlands
46 Faiyaz Jafri – POPone – Netherlands
47 Faiyaz Jafri – Sway – Netherlands
48 Faiyaz Jafri – This Ain’t Disneyland – Netherlands
49 Gerhard Human – Last Train Home – South Africa
50 Gervais Merryweather – Mall 84 – Great Britain
51 Giant Animation – Geist – Ireland
52 Grace Mi – TPJ – The United States
53 Guilherme Marcondes – The Unlikely Hero – Brazil
54 Gunner – Mesh – The United States
55 Haoge Liu – Fish Tank – China
56 Helmut Breineder – Porter des Choses – Germany
57 Helmut Breineder – Pheromone – Germany
58 Henning M. Lederer – Sisyphus Machines – Germany
59 Hermes Mangialardo – Multiverso – Italy
60 Hyunmin Lee – Diversion – South Korea
61 Hornet Studio, Emmanuelle & Julien – Cadillac Fairview – The United States
62 Hugo Ramirez – The Chase in the Ghost Train – France
63 Ibrido Studio – Water Hunters – Italy
64 Ivan Dixon – Adult Swim. Player Hater – Australia
65 Jake Fried – Mind Frame – The United States
66 Joost Jordens, Bob Los, Mike von Rotz, Wilbert van Veldhuizen, Bram Meulman & Rosalia Black – HOUT – The Netherlands
67 Jules Boulain-Adenis – Sanctuaire – France
68 Julien Regnard – Somewhere Down the Line – Ireland
69 Juliette Viger – Untamed – France
70 Julius Horsthuis – Fractalicious (serie) – The Netherlands
71 Karni & Saul – Perfect World – United Kingdom
72 Karsten Hoof & Frederik Salling Troels-Smith – The Great Harlot and the Beast – Germany
73 Kazuhiro Goshima – Phenakistoscope 2016 – Japan
74 Kilogramme Studio – A Monkey Who Likes Jam on Toast and Karate – United Kingdom
75 Lærke Kromann – Roommate Wanted Dead or Alive – Denmark
76 Little Oil – Circus – China
77 Liu Sha – It Is My Fault – China
78 Loïc Magar & Roman Veiga – Voyager – France
79 Lori Malépart-Traversy – Le Clitoris – Canada
80 Lori Malépart-Traversy – Nocturia – Canada
81 Lori Malépart-Traversy – Extra Champignons– Canada
82 Lucas Durkheim – Grounded – France
83 LUNOHOD – Issa – Latvia
84 LUNOHOD – Wings and Oars – Latvia
85 Mads Weidner – Parrot Away – Denmark
86 ManvsMachine Studio – Versus – United Kingdom
87 Marcin Gizycki – STO[NE]S – Poland
88 Markus Magnusson – KickFlip Grampa – Sweden
89 Markus Magnusson – Floppy Disk – Sweden
90 Martina Scarpelli – Cosmoetico – Italy
91 Masahiko Sato & EUPHRATES – Ballet Rotoscope – Japan
92 Mathieu Rouland – Merge’s The Exit – France
93 Matthias Hoegg – The Power of Privacy – United Kingdom
94 Mehdi Aouichaoui, Claire Dejoie, François Heysen, Pauline Lebris & Quentin Pointillart – Rose Bleue – France
95 Michael Marczewski – Bad Vibes – United Kingdom
96 Michael Marczewski – Vicious Cycle – United Kingdom
97 Mike Winkelmann – Zero-Day – The United States
98 Monica Manalo – For the Lost – The United States
99 Moritz Reichartz – Space Diaspora – Germany
100 Nicola Gastaldi – GastaLoops – Italy
101 Nicolas Fong – Those Visions Have No End – Belgium
102 Nicolas Ménard – Wednesday dwith Goddar – France
103 Owl House Studios – Routine – United Kingdom
104 Pasquale D’Amico – My Child is Dreaming – Italy
105 Pedro Ivo Carvalho – Vagabond – Brazil
106 Pierre-Jean Le Moël & Eva Jiahui Gao – OURO: How my eyes became Red – France
107 Ramiro AMK Fernandez – Cubic Circles – Argentina
108 Raquel Piantino – Duplo – Brazil
109 Robert Wallace – Michael Nau. Love Survive – United Kingdom
110 Rune Spaans – Red Rainbow – Norway
111 Sandrine Deumier – ExterPark – France
112 Sandrine Deumier – Soft Butterfly – France
113 Shawn Wang – Planet Unknown – China
114 Shirin Abedinirad – Babel Tower – Iran
115 Silvia de Gennaro – Travel Notebooks: Beijing, China – Italy
116 Simon Scheiber – The Lighthouse – Austria
117 Simone Giampaolo – No More Stuff – United Kingdom
118 Sofie Kampmark – Tsunami – Denmark
119 Sophie Koko Gate – Half Wet – United Kingdom
120 Studio Smack – Paradise – The Netherlands
121 Susanne Wiegner – Contemplation is Watching – Germany
122 Susanne Wiegner – Future in the Past – Germany
123 Susanne Wiegner – Kaspar Hauser Lied – Germany
124 The Line Animation – Ciclope – United Kingdom
125 Uwe Heine Debrodt – Renacer – Mexico
126 Vasil Shotarov, Zeno Pelgrims & Klaudia Smigielska – Naughty Princess – United Kingdom
127 Vincenzo Lodigiani – Split – The United States
128 Vinicius Oppido – Propaganda – Brazil
129 Wizz Studio & Flying V – The Mermaid – France
130 Yali Herbet & Lee Drot – Mirrors – Israel
131 Yugo Limbo – Push it 4000 – The United States
132 Zachary Zezima – It’s a Date – The United States
133 Zombie Studio – Dream – Brazil