About:
Ida Melum is a BAFTA and BIFA-nominated, Annie and RTS award-winning animation director based in Sweden. She is an alumna of the prestigious MA Directing Animation program at the NFTS, where she graduated with the stop-motion film ‘Night of the Living Dread’. The film was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Short Animation, won an Annie Award in 2023 and was selected for over 100 festivals worldwide. Melum’s latest short, ‘Ovary-Acting’, was supported by both the Norwegian and Swedish Film Institute. It premiered at Tribeca and Annecy and has so far screened at over 85 festivals. Her other credits include working as an animator on acclaimed projects such as the BAFTA-winning ‘Poles Apart’, ‘Facing It’ and the BBC nature documentary ‘Attenborough’s Wonder of Song’. In 2022 she was also hired to create and direct the festival trailer for Fredrikstad Animation Festival.
Presentation:
Ovary-Acting: The making of my first independent Short
After finishing her graduation film ‘Night of the Living Dread’ at the National film and Television School (NFTS) in 2021, director and animator Ida Melum set out to make her first independently funded short, ‘Ovary-Acting’. In this masterclass, we will deep dive into the process that went into making the film. Ida will show the entire journey from initial idea, to creating a co-production, and final film.
Links:
www.idamelum.com
IG: @iidamelum
