In just four weeks the 2nd Pictoplasma Animation Festival, the little sibling of our biennial conference, opens its doors. It's the perfect time for an update on what to expect.



> Thursday, November 22, 7PM - open end

All of you arriving in Berlin the evening before the official event kicks off are invited to join us at the pre-festival exhibition and party. We couldn't resist and decided to abuse the impressive dome hall of a former royal post office for the presentation our latest jewel, The Character Ride ( http://www.pictoplasma.com/ride ). Hop on and try to tame the beast, or simply watch others as they fail to master this bucking character bronco. Additionally, former Geisha-gone-singer Hanayo gives us the honor of attempting the impossible: She's agreed to perform her live karaoke act while in full gallop. After that, DJ Martin Hossbach will keep you up dancing until the break of dawn. So please join us for a ride, a drink, music and dance at the Rodeo Club / Postfuhramt, Auguststraße 5a (back entrance), 10117 Berlin.

> Friday, November 23, 12AM - 11PM & Saturday, November 24, 11AM - open end

The Festival opens on Friday at noon at the Kino Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, and will keep you busy until Sunday afternoon. That makes two and a half days of big screen eye-candy, including work by Not to scale, pictureDRIFT, Super Umami, Motomichi Nakamura, Aardman, Dinamo Digital, Window productions, 72 and sunny, Bupla, Three Legged Legs, Dirty UK, Draw Pictures, The Directors Bureau, Nexus Productions, Buck, Model Robot, Hornet Inc, Bent, Studio Aka, Santa Maria, Gangpol & Mit, Mixtape Club, Punga and oh so many more.

Besides the previously announced lectures, performances and artist Presentations, we can officially confirm the appearance of Tokyoplastic aka Samuel Lanyon Jones, who will take us on a journey through the project's history, from their ground braking drum machine to today's work for Microsoft, Toyota and Dreamworks.

Saturday night's party promises even more extraordinary audio-visual treats: Charles Bowles hits the stage with the first ever music to be composed and performed entirely by a living crow, followed by Vulvinia et Jambonstar and their electro- noisy- thrashy- romantic- religious- pee- &- poo- disco- traditional- creamy- smurf- vs- minuet live set. All-night DJ battles will be accompanied by the ridiculous first pole-dancing attempts of last year's PictoOrphans and allow you to shake off your visual overfeed.

> Sunday, November 25, 11AM - 6PM

Everyone still capable of more input on Sunday morning can continue the animation marathon in a special cinema matinee, followed by some cake and coffee back at the Rodeo Club, which is also your last chance to end the festival in dignity by giving the character ride a final swing.

If any of the above has caught your attention, be warned: the cinema only offers a limited amount of seats, so booking the festival online and soon is the only guarantee for admission.

OK, that's all for now! More on http://www.pictoplasma.com/motion