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Author: Maggie Guo

Chunning (Maggie) Guo teaches New Media Art and Animation in the School of Fine Arts at Renmin University of China. In 2014, she was a visiting artist to the Master of Arts program in Character Animation at Central Saint Martins of the University of the Arts, London and she was also a resident artist at Centre Intermondes of La Rochelle in France. She holds a Master’s Degree in Digital Media Design from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Recently she has been conducting research for her PhD paper, The Experiments and Critics of Independent Animation. Recently, she was invited to present her paper in Animafest Scanner II 2015 in Zagreb of Croatia, and International Animated Film Conference in Poland, as well as 2015 BFX Conference in Bournemouth and APES 2015 in Newcastle of the UK. From 2011 to 2012, she worked as a visiting scholar at Vancouver Film School. In addition, she visited and gave a workshop at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in 2013. She is the author of two books: Thinking Communication (Renmin University Publishing) and Digital Media Contextual Studies (China Machine Press). Her animated artwork has been exhibited and collected internationally by galleries and festivals including the White Rabbit Art Gallery in Australia, World Design Conference for Icograda IDA in Beijing, the L’abbaye de Fontevraud in France, and P.O.R.T’s opening presented by Kan-Kan Media and KoKi Freiburg in Germany. She was the recipient of the Jury Award at the 11th annual Chinese Independent Film Festival in China, as well as NETPAC Award in 2015 Busan International Short Film Festival of South Korea. Her collaborative work Ketchup was selected for several International Festivals, including the Stuttgart International Animation Festival, FANTOCHE International Animation Festival, Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb, A Long Week of Short Films Festival in Shanghai. Chunning Guo's email guoteacher@sina.com

26 Feb

A Review from Scholar Olga Bobrowska: Chinese Animation in the 2017 Season

Posted by Maggie Guo in Animation News

Recently, scholar Olga Bobrowska published a review titled with Farewell to the Rooster: Chinese Animation in the 2017 Season on Zippy Frames. The author reviews the most recent achievements of Chinese mainland animators by the examples of films and new media works recognized in the Western festival circuit in 2017. The year of the Rooster was symbolic for the Chinese animation. Exactly 50 ye...

23 Feb

Call for Entries for HIROSHIMA 2018 Competition!

Posted by Maggie Guo in Animation News, Events

The 17th International Animation Festival in Japan – HIROSHIMA 2018 will be held from August 23rd (Thu.) to 27th (Mon.) this summer, co-organized by the City of Hiroshima and ASIFA-Japan. HIROSHIMA 2018 has continued to be held biennially as the only festival in Asia endorsed by ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d’Animation) since the first edition in 1985. Hiroshima Internat...

17 Feb

KLIK Festival Wants Your Films!

Posted by Maggie Guo in Animation News, Events

KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival now accepts films for the international competition of the 2018 edition. Send in your film in one of the following categories: Animated Short Animated Student Short Commissioned Animation Animated Documentary Animated Music Video Animated Virtual Reality Other (this includes films of 25 minutes and longer, art installations, and games) ...

22 Jan

The 2018 SCMS Conference Program Schedule is Coming Out!

Posted by Maggie Guo in Animation News, Events

The Society’s annual conference provides a forum for scholars and teachers of film and media studies to present and hear new research; to provide a supportive environment for networking, mentoring, and collaboration among scholars otherwise separated by distance, language, or disciplinary boundaries; and to promote the field of cinema and media studies among its practitioners, to other disciplin...