We have the honor to announce you that due the great interest and desire to be useful and to help your training and professional development, we are pleased to present you that within the yearly events of "Golden Kuker -Sofia" we organize a course for basic and professional knowledge of the specialized software for digital 2D animation ANIME STUDIO. This course will help you to congest basic skills in animation, building characters / character riging / and creation of digital scenes. 
The course consists of two modules for beginners and for advanced.
The advanced modules will reveal many of the secrets of working with the program. For professionals who are familiar with the principles of the work of this or similar programs the course will reveal many tricks and tips that make the realization of your own project quickly and easily. 
All the participants who pass the two modules of the course will receive a certificate-diploma, which will certify their knowledge. 
We provide the opportunity for a minimum period of time to gain maximum knowledge that will be of great benefit and use.

Invest in yourself - an investment that is really worth! 

More about ANIME STUDIO:

Anime Studio is specialized software for digital 2D animation, built on the principles of the 3D animation - bone system, automatic tuiting, easy timing correction. It has also features that are absent from similar programs for digital 2D animation as Toom Boom and Flash, exactly a morphing and action features that provides a significant opportunities to create a library of movements and conditions that can be mixed with each other. Incredibly powerful and convenient program for independent author films and TV commercial productions.

WHEN:  The course will be weekend lasted for one month. Depending on the number of registered groups will be formed, with the first training will start on 27 September.

Total hours: 36 hours

- Module I: 16 hours

- Module II: 20 hours

Certificate: Yes (for the completed two modules)

Price:

- First module regular price: 120 lv / members of BAICAA -10% / students: 80 lv

- Second module (advanced): 160 lv regular price;/ members of BAICAA -10% / - for students 110 lv

Short description of the course content by modules

Program for Module I: Basic menus and program functions

 (short description)     - principles and techniques of painting in Anime Studio

                                       - Digital forms and styles of Rulers

                                       - Construction of typecasting

                                       - Bone - bone types and kinematics

                                       - Construction of typecasting with bones

                                       - Animation - techniques of animation

                                       - Audio and lipsing / program

                                       - View and camera movement

                                       - Export file types from ASA

                                       - 3D options INPORT and export 3D files

                                       - Animation and planning stage in ASA

Program for Module II: /Anime Studio 9.5 / 10/

                                        Painting

                               Types of lines and doing their own  brushes 

                                Import drawings with digitization

                               Types of gradient for shapes and lines in ASP

                                       Animation

                                Interpolation types and timing adjustment

                                Switch - frame by frame technique

                                Morphing between different states and units

                                Preparation of libraries for use with the movements with

                                Swith

                                Classic animation in Anime Studio - what and how?

                                Rotation of the head and typecasting in space and morphing

                                Cycles with internal cycles - Control of the movement

                                 Riging

                                      Riging of characters made ​​up of images

                                      Riging of vector typecasting

                                      Right and inverse kinematics

                                      Smart bones and their application

                                      Lazy bones /Anime Studio 10.01/

                                     3D in Anime Studio

                                     Making and animating vector typecasting in anime studio and its

                                            converting into 3D

                                            Texturing of 3D objects

                                            Bones and 3D objects

                                            Masks

                                            Particles and their settings

                                            Panoramas and cameras

                                  Planning and animating a scene in Anime Studio

                                  Anime studio and online games

                                  Dynamics and physics in Anime Studio for manga animation and comics

Here you can see some of the skills that you will gain after finishing the full course: HTTPS :/ / WWW.YOUTUBE.COM / WATCH? V = TKMPHMNM-3I

Everyone who want to join the course is required to send to the e-mail address: info@animationfest-bg.eu their names and specify in which modules are interested in.

We are expecting you!

FILM COMPETITION FOR NATURE PARK "VITOSHA"

We have the please to invite you to join an amazing contest that is arranged on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Nature Park "Vitosha" from the International Animation Film Festival "Golden Kuker Sofia."
The challenge is to create a short animated film (to one minute) on the theme "80 years Nature Park Vitosha".
The deadline for the contest is August 25, 2014
Everyone can send their movies at: film@animationfest-bg.eu

Prizes for the winners are:
- First Prize: 1 500 lv
- Second Prize: 1 000 lv
- Third Prize: 700 lv

More information about Nature Park "Vitosha" you can find on adress: 

WWW.PARK-VITOSHA.ORG 

We are expecting your films!

WINNERS OF 5-TH INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL GOLDEN KUKER- SOFIA

• GRAND PRIX GOLDEN KUKER -  Crulic - The Path to Beyond / Anca Damian / Romania     MORE...
• SPECIAL АWARD “PROIKO PROIKOV”   for Best Comedy film - Frabbits / Charlie Kothe / United States   MORE...
• BEST ANIMATED SUPER SHORT FILM (about 1 min) - What’s your secret of long life? / Eszter Jánka / Hungary   MORE...
• BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM (up to 10 min)  - Fallin’ Floyd / Albert ‘t Hooft; Paco Vink / Netherlands  MORE...
• BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM (10 – 45 min)  - Toto /  Zbigniew Czapla / Poland     MORE...
• BEST ANIMATED STUDENT FILM - My strange Grandfather / Dina Velikovskaya / Russia   MORE...
• BEST ANIMATED ECO FILM - Vigia / Marcel Barelli / Switzerland       MORE...
• BEST ANIMATED MUSIC FILM - Giving me a chance / Nacho Rodríguez / Spain       MORE...
• BEST ANIMATED KIDS’ FILM - L’ami / Christophe Defaye, Olivier Defaye/  Japan   MORE...
• TV SERIES BEST FILM  -  Old Folk`s Tales: Chapter 3 /  Carlos Smith, Marcelo Dematei / Colombia     MORE...

National Competition

• THE BEST BULGARIAN ANIMATED FILM  -  Portals / Simeon Sokerov / Bulgaria   MORE...

THE PARTICIPATION OF ‘’GOLDEN KUKER – SOFIA” IN GEORGIA

The International Animation Festival "GOLDEN KUKER-Sofia" has shown the awarded films and the best of it's 4 editions during the International Animation Festival "Nikozi" in Georgia.

VIDEO

 "GOLDEN KUKER-SOFIA" GUEST OF CULTURAL CENTER "TRAKART" - PLOVDIV OF 25, 26 AND 27 OCTOBER

In three consecutive days was shown the best of the International Animation Film Festival "Golden Kuker" for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 - "Animation laughter", "Love and more."

Cartoons for all ages!

On 26 and 27 of October, from 11am / weekends / :

the "Kids Morning" Club screenings the cartoons from the kids favorite songs and karaoke!

Program:

October 25 / Friday / :

5 PM:" Animation laughter " / screening of cartoons for adults / ;

7 PM: "Love and something else " / screening of cartoons for adults / ;

October 26 / Saturday / :

From 11AM : Celebration of the children of the city with a screening of cartoons Bulgarian favorite children's songs with karaoke, quizzes and prizes;

From 5 PM: The best from the GOLDEN KUKER 2010 / Prize winners - for adults / ;

From 7 PM: The best from the GOLDEN KUKER 2011 / Prize winners - for adults / ;

October 27 / Sunday / :

From 11AM: Celebration of the kids from the city with a screening of animated films from around the world ;

From 5 PM: The best from the GOLDEN KUKER 2012 / Prize winners - for adults / ;

From 7 PM: The best from the GOLDEN KUKER 2013 / Prize winners - for adults / .

Treats and prizes from " Zayo Bayo " and sweet shop " Nedelq "!

 CULTURAL CENTER "TRAKART"

 WINNERS OF 4-TH INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL GOLDEN KUKER- SOFIA

• GRAND PRIX GOLDEN KUKER – “Snowflake” by Natalia Chernysheva (Russia) VIDEO 
• SPECIAL АWARD “PROIKO PROIKOV” – for best Music Video – The Jury did not grand awards for the best film. However the Jury gives two Special Mention Certificate to Andrei Tokidang (Belorussia) and his film “City” VIDEO and Sonja Rohleder (Germany) and her film “Kolumbus” VIDEO
• BEST ANIMATED SUPER SHORT FILM (about 1 min) goes to Simone Massi (Italy) for “Softly, Flows” VIDEO
• BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM (up to 10 min) – the award goes to “International Father’s Day” by Edmunds Jansons (Latvia) VIDEO DEO The Jury is impressed by the PLANKTOON’S STUDIO (France) for the film “Reflection” and awards them with Special Mention Certificate. GALLERY
• BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM (10 – 45 min) – The winner for the best animated shorts (10 – 45 min) is “Oh Willy... ” by Emma De Swaef, Director And Andreas De Ridder, Animator, Alice Tambellini, Animator, Steven De Beul, Animator (Belgium, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg) VIDEO
• BEST ANIMATED STUDENT FILM – goes to “Nyosha” by Liran Kapel (Israel) VIDEO
• BEST ANIMATED ECO FILM – was not awarded
• BEST ANIMATED KIDS’ FILM – The Jury awarded “Snowflake” by Natalia Chernysheva (Russia) VIDEO
• TV SERIES BEST FILM – was not awarded

National Competition

• THE BEST BULGARIAN ANIMATED FILM – award goes to “Last Autumn” by Sofiya Ilieva, Georgi Merdzhanov, Emilian Gatsov, Stoyan Tenev. BLOG