ANIMELA FESTIVAL 2024 SCHEDULE*

Knowledge
KEY: Film Filmmaker will be present
Session

NEW EXCELSIOR THEATRE, FORT

*This schedule is subject to change without intimation at the discretion of the organizers
TIME EVENT

THURSDAY 18TH JAN Opening Ceremony & Screening of

Sultana's Dream*
6 00 pm to 8 30 pm
*Pre-registration required

ANIMELA THEATRE, NFDC KNOWLEDGE CENTRE, NFDC AMPHITHEATRE, NFDC

TIME EVENT TIME EVENT TIME EVENT
Dreaming Utopia: The Making of 'Sultana's Dream'

Speakers:
1. Upamanyu Bhattacharyya
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Jugalbandhi: A Deep Dive into
10 30 am - 12 15 pm 10.30 am - 12.00 pm 2. Isabel Herguera 10 30 am - 12 00 pm
Dir: Pierre Földes Character Design with Datsi School's
3. Gianmarco Serra
Michael Joseph & Venky
4. Diego Herguera

Moderator: Sekhar Mukherjee

India Collection: Shorts Showrunner's Workshop: Creating a
Inside Star Wars: Visions - Crafting 'The Bandits of
12 30 pm - 2 45 pm Programme (in the presence of 12.30 pm - 1 30 pm 12.30 pm - 1.30pm TV Series in 30 Minutes with Ted
Golak' with 88 Pictures" with Milind D. Shinde
filmmakers) Sieger
Passion-Education-Employment: An
Ask-Me-Anything Session

Lucky Dog: World Premiere (in the Mastering the Magic: A Deep Dive into the VFX of Speakers:
3 00 pm - 3 45 pm presence of filmmakers) 2 00 pm - 3 00 pm RRR and Baahubali with Shobu Yarlagadda and 2.30 pm - 4 00 pm 1. Preeti Vyas
Dir: Ujwal Nair Srinivas Mohan 2. Ninad Chhaya
3. Virendra Patil

FRIDAY 19TH JAN Moderator: Nina Sabnani

Publishing Panels: Getting Started
With Your Comics Career

Speakers:
Slide Sketch to Screen: Animation Masterclass with
4 00 pm - 5 30 pm 4 00 pm - 4 45pm 4 30 pm - 6 00 pm 1. Anand RK
Dir: Bill Plympton Reza Riahi
2. Abhijeet Kini
3. Bharath Murthy

Moderator: Vivek Nag

Embracing AI: Job Security in the
Sultana's Dream Script to Screen: Animation Writing Masterclass
5 45 pm - 7 15 pm 5 00 pm - 5 45 pm 6.15pm - 7.15 pm GenAI Era with NVIDIA's Sasikumar R
Dir: Isabel Herguera with Johanna Goldschmidt
and Sunil Patel
The Peasants
International Collection: Shorts
7 30 pm - 9 30 pm Dir: DK Welchman & Hugh 6 15 pm - 7 45 pm AniMela-MIFA Pitch 7 30 pm - 9 30 pm
Programme
Welchman
Unicorn Wars Best of Annecy: Shorts Programme (in the
9 45 pm - 11 30 pm 8 00 pm - 9 30 pm
Dir: Alberto Vázquez presence of the Annecy Team)
9 45 pm - 10 30 pm WWI: Animation, Game Design and VFX Collection

Experiential Zone: Indie Comix Fest x AniMela Showcase of Indie Comics | 360° Dome | Tidal Tactics: Mixed Reality Game | VR Aircraft Simulator | Journey of Visual Images Exhibit | AR Experience by Parallax Labs |
(ALL DAY) PlayStation Booth | Immersive XR-VR Experiences | Education Institute Booths and much more!

ANIMELA THEATRE, NFDC KNOWLEDGE CENTRE, NFDC AMPHITHEATRE, NFDC

TIME EVENT TIME EVENT TIME EVENT
Hokkyoku Hyakkaten No -
SATURDAY 20TH JAN Concierge San Unraveling 'Heirloom': The Journey So Far with Rhythmic Revolutions: A Phonotrope
10 30 am - 11 45 am Dir: Yoshimi Itazu 10 30 am - 12 00 pm Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Reza Riahi, Veronique 10.30 am - 12 00 pm Workshop with Studio Eeksaurus's
Encrenaz and Mickaël Marin Nilima Eriyat
(family film)

CONTINUED BELOW

ANIMELA THEATRE, NFDC KNOWLEDGE CENTRE, NFDC AMPHITHEATRE, NFDC

 ANIMELA FESTIVAL 2024 SCHEDULE*
Knowledge
KEY: Film Filmmaker will be present
Session

Reality Remix: A Kaleidoscope of Extended Reality

Speakers:
1. Ashwin D Silva
White Plastic Sky
12 00 pm - 2 00 pm 12 30 pm - 2.00 pm 2. Rahat Kulshreshtha 1 00 pm - 1 45 pm Music Performance
Dir: Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó
3. Chaitanya Chinchlikar
4. Neeraj Roy

Moderator - Anand Gurnani

Chhota Bheem: Reimagined for Live Action with

Aurora's Sunrise Rajiv Chilaka and Junaid Ullah Freeze, Frame, Fun: The Art of
2 15 pm - 4 00 pm 2 30 pm - 3 30 pm 2 30 pm - 5 30 pm
Dir: Inna Sahakyan Pixilation with Vaibhav Studios**

Lighting Up Imaginations: A Light

Adam Changes Lentement Distribution Decoded: Navigating the Animation
4 15 pm - 6 00 pm 3 45 pm - 5.15 pm 6 00 pm - 8 30 pm Animation Workshop with Vaibhav
Dir: Joël Vaudreuil Film Market with Luce Grosjean
Studios**
SATURDAY 20TH JAN The Crossing
Nayola Dir: Florence Miailhe
6 15 pm - 7 45 pm 5.30pm - 6 45 pm Diversity & Identity: Dutch Shorts Programme 8.45pm - 10 15 pm
Dir: José Miguel Ribeiro
(family film)
Indie Visions: Making Feature Animation and VFX
Films in India

Speakers:
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
8 00 pm - 9 45 pm 7 00 pm - 8 30 pm 1. Gitanjali Rao
Dir: Pierre Földes
2. Shilpa Ranade
3. Anamika Haksar

Moderator - Soumitra Ranade

Slide AGIF Collection: Shorts Programme (in the
10 00 pm - 11 30 pm 8 45 pm - 10.15 pm
Dir: Bill Plympton presence of AGIF Team)
Queer Collection: Shorts Programme (in the
10 30 pm - 11 50 pm
presence of distributors)

Experiential Zone: Indie Comix Fest x AniMela Showcase of Indie Comics | 360° Dome | Tidal Tactics: Mixed Reality Game | VR Aircraft Simulator | Journey of Visual Images Exhibit | AR Experience by Parallax Labs |
(ALL DAY) PlayStation Booth | Immersive XR-VR Experiences | Education Institute Booths and much more!

ANIMELA THEATRE, NFDC KNOWLEDGE CENTRE, NFDC AMPHITHEATRE, NFDC

TIME EVENT TIME EVENT TIME EVENT
The Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess
Nayola Dir: Michel Ocelot Comics to Cartoons: How to Make an
10 30 am - 12 00 pm 10 30 am - 12 00 pm 2 00 pm - 3 15 pm
Dir: José Miguel Ribeiro Animated Series with Bakarmax
(family film)
Calamity
White Plastic Sky Dir: Rémi Chayé Designing Narrative Games for
12 10 pm - 2 00 pm 12 30 pm - 2 00 pm 3 45 pm - 5 15 pm
Dir: Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó Feelings with Anurati Srivastva
(family film)
The Peasants Protecting Your Projects: Strategies for Securing
Comic Chronicles with Britto
2 15 pm - 4 00 pm Dir: DK Welchman & Hugh 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm Your Intellectual Property Rights with Akash 5 30 pm - 6 15 pm
Augustus
Welchman Menon and Sanchi Sehgal
Hokkyoku Hyakkaten No -
SUNDAY 21ST JAN Concierge San
Animating Realities: A Stop-Motion Workshop with
4 15 pm - 5 30 pm Dir: Yoshimi Itazu 4 00 pm - 5 30 pm 6 30 pm - 8 00pm Jazz Band Performance
Lachlan Pendragon
(family film)
Adam Changes Lentement Return of the Jungle: A Self-Funding Triumph with No Italians or Dogs Allowed
5 45 pm - 7 15 pm 6 00 pm - 7 30 pm 8 15 pm - 9 30 pm Dir: Alain Ughetto
Dir: Joël Vaudreuil Vaibhav Kumaresh and Ranjit Singh

(family film)
Unicorn Wars Best of Miyu: Shorts Programme (in the presence
7 30 pm - 9 15 pm 8 00 pm - 9 30 pm
Dir: Alberto Vázquez of distributors)

Aurora's Sunrise Josep

9 30 pm - 11 00 pm 9 45 pm - 11 15 pm
Dir: Inna Sahakyan Dir: Aurel

Experiential Zone: Indie Comix Fest x AniMela Showcase of Indie Comics | 360° Dome | Tidal Tactics: Mixed Reality Game | VR Aircraft Simulator | Journey of Visual Images Exhibit | AR Experience by Parallax Labs |
(ALL DAY) PlayStation Booth | Immersive XR-VR Experiences | Education Institute Booths and much more!