As the worldwide animation studies are rapidly growing and evolving in recent years, catching up with the increasing field of animated films, Animafest Scanner symposium is again at the frontline of the discourse and the inter- action of theoretical and practical approaches to animation. The fourth edition of the Symposium for Contemporary Animation Studies Animafest Scanner IIII aims again to create a synergy of theoretical and practical discourses, and stimulate exchange between filmmakers and scholars.
The symposium is held in association with the World Festival of Ani­mated Film –Animafest Zagreb. Over the course of its 45-year history, the festival has given stage to different animation forms and formats in competition and non-competition environments, presenting a worldwide selection of auteur, experimental and mainstream animated films in various programs.

This year’s keynote is the winner of Animafest’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies 2017, Maureen Furniss, American author, historian and animation theoretician. Mrs Furniss is the programme director for experimental animation at California Institute of the Arts, editor of Animation Journal magazine, and author of Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics, The Animation Bible and A New History of Animation. The speakers will focus on the following subjects: the changing roles of festivals, comic books  and animation, animation in the mind, and new media animation – VR  and the web.

Historical and current trends, numerous perspectives, new findings in the fast-growing field of animation studies, paired with exciting speakers – all this and more awaits you at the Animafest Scanner symposium, in the context of screenings and other events organised by Animafest 2017.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Mag. art. Daniel Šuljić, World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb Dr. phil. Franziska Bruckner, ASIFA Austria / AG Animation Vienna
Dr. sc. Nikica Gilić, Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Prof. Holger Lang, Webster Vienna Private University Prof. Dr. Hrvoje Turković, Prof. in retirement, Academy of Dramatic Arts, University of Zagreb

ORGANIZERS
World Festival of Animated Film –Animafest Zagreb, ASIFA Austria, Hulahop Film & Art Production

WITH SUPPORT OF
City of Zagreb, Zagreb Tourist Board, Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) Austrian Cultural Forum Zagreb AG Animation of the Society for Media Studies (GfM, Webster Vienna Private University

http://www.animafest.hr/en

9:30 – Welcome & Introduction

10:00 – 10:45
KEYNOTE: Maureen Furniss

Moderation: Holger Lang

10:50 – 11:20
Grass­roots Animation Festival as a Tool for Social Change.  Case study: Anibar, Kosovo
Michał Bobrowski, Olga Bobrowska

11:35 – 12:05
Recognition, Innovation, and Homage: The Role of Animation  Festivals in Tracing Artistic Lineage in Animation
Elaine Sponholtz

12:10 – 12:40
Practice First, Theory Second. Reflecting on Academic Symposia as a Trend at  Animation Festivals
Jürgen Hagler, Franziska Bruckner

Moderation: Hrvoje Turković

14:30 – 15:00
Graphic Novel and Animation  Film: Particular Storytelling and Stylistic Approaches
Paola Bristot

15:05 – 15:35
On the Origin and Evolution of the Vulgarity Taste in Japanese Yonkoma Manga Centering on Daily Life of Average People
Jiajia Li

15:50 – 16:20
Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts– From the Comic Strip to the Animation Series
Andrijana Ružić

16:25 – 16:55
Comics, Animation and the Projection of the Mind
Jens Meinrenken

10:00 – Introduction

Moderation: Nikica Gilić

10:15 – 10:45
Psychotic and Then Some: Wackyland or the Meta­ Fictional Dimension of American Cartoons
Francisco Ortega-Grimaldo

10:50 – 11:20
Interactive Animated film for Preschool Children: Effects of Interactivity on the Immersion and Apprehension of Character Emotions & Motivations
Zeynep Akçay

11:25 – 11:55
Analyzing Conceptual Blends in Animated Films
Erwin Feyersinger

12:10 – 12:40
People We Know
Pooja Pottenkulam

12:45 – 13:15
Thinking Across Frames – Temporally Extended Consciousness and the Process of Animation
Andy Buchanan

Moderation: Franziska Bruckner

14:30 – 15:00
Making the VR Leap: Exploring Opportunities for Animators to Enter and Explore Their Art and Creativity within the World of Virtual Reality
Sophie Mobbs

15:05 – 15:35
Rock Paper Scissors: Expanded Forms of Animation, Its Use within Live Stage Production  and the Role of Research Knowledge Exchange within Live Projects
Joe King

15:50 – 16:20
The Web Animation The Illusion of Life Raised to the Second Power
Kristina Marić

16:25 – 16:55
Uncovering the Human Anatomy through Animation: An Interactive VR tool
Peter Chanthanakone