Throughout his long career at university institutions from Germany to Australia and New Zealand, the film and art expert has instilled generations of young people with a love for creative work and research, especially in the field of interactive media and avant-garde film art.
The Animafest Council has decided to give this year’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies to an internationally acclaimed German expert in film and video art, focused in particular on experimental film, who in addition to his scholarly and creative work has great merits in the university-level educational process. Ingo Petzke, throughout his long career at university institutions from Germany to Australia and New Zealand, has instilled generations of young people with a love for creative work and research, especially in the field of interactive media and avant-garde film art.
Born in Osnabrück in 1947, he studied at the universities of Münster and Bochum, graduating in Journalism, Scandinavian Studies and Contemporary History in 1973. His interest in film led him to work as an associate at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. In 1980, with a few of his students, he established the Experimental Film Workshop in Osnabrück, which in the late eighties grew to become the European Media Art Festival (EMAF).
In 1983, Petzke became a film professor at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt. He lived and worked in Australia – as a visiting professor at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane (1992), and as an associate professor at the Bond University on the Gold Coast. After receiving a PhD based on his published works from 2004, in 2006 he earned a PhD at the University of Osnabrück with a thesis on director Phillip Noyce. After that, he became an associate professor and research associate at the James Cook University and Cairns Institute.
His contribution is perhaps most tangible in practice (as a mentor and supervisor he took part in the production of a large number of award-winning student films, he curated film programs and retrospective DVD compilations of prominent experimental masters of experimental film art), but this doesn’t diminish his impact on film studies. At Animafest Zagreb 1998, when Zagreb did not yet have a university course in animation, he initiated, designed and mentored the first international student workshop. Of course, his articles and reviews published in many international magazines are of particular importance, as well as his Experimental Film Handbook published by Deutsches Filmmuseum from Frankfurt. Petzke has been, among foreign scholars, one of the most prominent in the affirmation and understanding of the importance of Animafest Zagreb in the global context. He is a member of the German Film Critics Association and the Australian Film Producers Association.
Ingo Petzke will be the keynote speaker at this year's Animafest Scanner XI 2024 international symposium 5-6 June 2024 as part of the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 2024.
Margit Antauer, Animafest Zagreb Festival Council
Apply for the International Animafest Scanner XI 2024 Symposium
To create synergy between theoretical and practical discourse among filmmakers and scholars, the Animafest Scanner XI 2024 international symposium takes place 4-5 June 2024, and international film and media researchers are invited to present the latest findings in the field of animation studies.
This year´s keynote speaker is the recipient of the 2024 Animafest Zagreb Award for Outstanding Contributions to Animation Studies, internationally acclaimed German expert in film and video art, Ingo Petzke.
Historical trends, numerous points of view and approaches, new findings in the growing field of animation studies and interesting speakers – all this will be available at Animafest Scanner XI 2024. We are inviting you to submit your papers and join other renowned speakers! Looking forward to your applications!
Dates: 4-5 June 2024
Application deadline: 15 March 2024
Terms and conditions of the public call can be found HERE
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