Talk with filmmakers: Animated Documentaries I
Hosts: Veronika Zakonjšek, film critic (SI) & Igor Prassel, programme director (SI)
December 6th
15:00 (GMT+1)
Talk with filmmakers: Animated Documentaries I
December 6th
15:00 (GMT+1)
Hosts: Veronika Zakonjšek, film critic (SI) & Igor Prassel, programme director (SI)
In-depth Q&As, giving animators whose films were screened in the Animated Documentaries I programme a chance to present their work in a moderated talk.

Veronika Zakonjšek
A film critic with a background in cultural studies, Veronika is a regular contributor to Ekran, Kino! and Dialogi magazines, and member of the FIPRESCI International Federation of Film Critics. She often collaborates with Slovenia-based film festivals such as Animateka, Kino Otok, or the Festival of Slovenian Film, and covers foreign-based international festivals (KVIFF, Rotterdam). In 2020, she took part in Sarajevo Talents as a film critic.

Igor Prassel
Igor Prassel was born in the coastal town of Koper, Slovenia, in 1971. In 2002 he started running a monthly series devoted to animated film at the Slovenian Cinematheque, where he now works as a film curator. He has served as a jury and selection committee member at major international animation and short film festivals worldwide. Since 2010 he has been lecturing on the history and theory of animation film at the University in Nova Gorica. In 2012 the Slovenian Cinematheque published his book “The Filmography of Slovene Animated Film 1952 – 2012”. In 2004 he founded the International Animation Film Festival Animateka, where he has since been the artistic director.