Agenda 2021

Welcoming Panel

Opening Remarks by Mariam Kandelaki

Moderator: Nicholas Thys, Journalist and Critic

1. 13:00 - 13:10 Peter A. Wiebler, Mission Director USAID/Georgia
2. 13:10 - 13:20 Mr. Eldar Bayramov, Counsellor of the Republic of Azerbaijan
3. 13:20 - 13:30 Marc McCord, Chief of Party USAID Economic Security Program
4. 13:30 - 13:40 Dr. Suzan Radwan, Deputy Director Goethe-Institut Georgia
5. 13:40 - 13:50 Ron Diamond, Animation Producer/Director (Online)
6. 13:50 - 14:00 Nadja Columbus, President at Nova Science Publishers (Online)
7. 14:00 - 14:05 Sir Peter Lord, Animation Producer/Director (Online)

SAQANIMA Presentation

Mariam Kandelaki, Founder and Board Member of SAQANIMA

Winner Announcement: Animation Project Pitching VII Workshop Annecy - Georgia, 2021

1. Mr. Eldar Bayramov, Counsellor of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2. Geraldine Bache - Head of MIFA, Annecy Animation Festival (Online)
3. Olivier Catherin - Animation Producer
4. Mariam Kandelaki - Founder of Saqanima

Certificates Giving Ceremony of the „Where is Liza Going?“ Project

1. David Tsiklauri PhD, Senior Private Sector Development Advisor at Office of Economic Growth, U.S. Agency for International Development
2. Nana Janelidze, Director at N&N Studio
3. Olivier Catherin - Animation Producer
4. Zurab Kvachaxia, Director at Filmcenter Georgian Film-Abkhazeti

Panel Discussion: Georgia - Untapped Destination for Your Animation

Discussion Moderator: Claus Loser, Historian and Critic

1. 15:00 - 15:10 Gaga Chkheidze, Director at Georgian National Film Center
2. 15:10 - 15:20 Tatia Bidzinashvili, Head of Cash Rebate Program, Enterprise Georgia
3. 15:20 - 15:30 Vessela Dancheva, Animation Director, Producer
4. 15:30 - 15:40 Beso Katcharava, Founder of POSTRED
5. 15:40 - 15:50 Olivier Catherine, Animation Producer

Panel Discussion „Animation as Business/Animation as Art“

Discussion Moderator: Gela Kandelaki, Director and Producer, Founder of Studio Kvali

1. 16:40 - 16:50 Mariam Jafaridze, Art Critic (Online)
2. 16:50 - 17:00 Mark Bertrand, PRODUCER, Animation Studio, French Program, National Film Board of Canada (Online)
3. 17:00 - 17:10 Rosangela de Araujo, Animation Director and Professor
4. 17:20 - 17:30 Claus Löser, Historian and Critic

Photo and Animation by Rosangela de Araujo

New Bulgarian Animation Produced by Compote Collective - Vesela Dancheva, Director and Producer

Animation Film as Art - The East German Independent Film Scene by Claus Löser, Historian and Critic