Anja Paternoster

BA in Digital Arts and Practices, ALUMNI AU

Personal links

https://www.instagram.com/paternosteranja/
https://vimeo.com/anjapaternoster
https://www.instagram.com/outside_studio_ily/

I can’t say that I consciously decided to embark on the path of becoming an animator, because I was initially fascinated by feature films. But that changed when I enrolled in the Media and Graphics School in Ljubljana. There I learned about animated film, which I had not paid attention to before. As part of my education at the time, I took part in a workshop where I produced my first animated film entitled Maslo (2016). I was introduced to the collage technique with this film. In the same year, I also tried my hand at making ‘white board’ animation, and finished school with the 2D animated film Bodeče življenje (2016).
Since animation fascinated me and curbed my desire to create, I decided to continue my education in this direction. I enrolled at the School of Arts in Nova Gorica. There, through lectures and various workshops, I gained knowledge in a wider field; film, photography, animation, etc. During my education, I had the opportunity to participate in Animateka and Stop Trik festivals as part of the student jury, as well as participate in various student projects (feature film, animation) and events. I finished my studies with a short animated film White, Black and True Love (2021) in pixilation technique. During the process itself, I deepened my knowledge and defined my passion, which is researching techniques.

Because I want to erase the boundaries of reality and connect different techniques into works that would tell personal stories with their metaphorical content, I want to deepen my knowledge with a master’s degree in the field of 3d animation, VR and AR content. So right now I’m reaching for my dreams and trying different art and digital techniques. At the same time, I work within an animation studio where I focus on explanatory videos.

Film:

Golob, Anja Paternoster, 2018 (director, screenplay)
Paternoster, Anja Paternoster, 2018 (director, camera)
Afflatus, Elisabetta Gessi, 2019 (scenography, costume design, editing, song author)
Kino Otok, Anja Paternoster and Kaja Horvat, 2019 (director, editing)
Konec, Rok Urbancek, 2020 (scenography)
Fine is Enough, Anja Paternoster, 2021 (author)

Animation:

Maslo, Anja Paternoster, 2016 (author)
Bodeče življenje, Anja Paternoster, 2016 (author)
Portret izgubljenim, Jan Krevatin, 2017 (lead animator)
Yes, We Hair It!, Anja Paternoster, 2019 (animator, screenwriter, director)
Soma, Sandra Jovanovska, 2019 (compositing)
Mačka in miška, Larisa Nagode and Jošt Šeško, 2019 (storyboard, animator)
Puta in petelinček, L. Nagode, J. Šeško, Ž. Soklic, A. Resman, 2019 (animator)
The Bear, Anja Paternoster, 2020 (director, lead animator)
F*** Lovers, Anja Paternoster, 2020 (director, lead animator)
GUTS, Katarina Rajh, 2020 (lead animator)
Družina prstov, Anja Paternoster, 2020 (animator, screenwriter, director)
Thou Art Thyself, Rajat Sharma, 2020 (animator)
White, Black and True Love, Anja Paternoster 2021 (director, animator)
Prajuha se kuha, Ana Prebil 2022 (compositing, color correction)
‘Nočna mora’ (working title), Anja Paternoster (director, animator) (preproduction/production)

Exhibitions:

My personal world
digital collage
Appointment 5.0 group exhibition of music posters
// DobraVaga 01. 06 – 30. 06. 2021 //
Portrait of A. Paternoster (in search of self) (AR work)

stop motion animation & video
Online exhibition, part 17. Animateka // 30. 11 – 06. 12. 2020 //
Exhibition – 11. Stop Trik // artKIT 30. 09 – 03. 10.2 021 //
Prosthetic Reality Book V2 – collection of AR works // 2021 //
When Wings Flap (AR work)

mixed media, stop motion/animation/video
Exhibition – 18. Animateka // 29. 11 – 05. 12.2 020 //
Exhibition in Dobra Vaga – Fresh fish // 03/03/2022 // The box

mixed media, 3D & photography
Exhibition in Dobra Vaga – Fresh fish // 03/03/2022 //
White, Black and True Love
Manufacturing process
ANIMAFEST ZAGREB 2022 EXHIBITION BEHIND THE SCENES IV/ II
Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (Croatia)
// 12 May – 28 August 2022

Screenings and awards

2021 – White, Black and True Love (animated film)
– Cannes World Film Festival (BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD) (France), 13. Short Stop
– International Film Festival (BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD) (Romania), 5. Feel The Reel
– International Film Festival (BEST EXPERIMENTAL NOMINEE ) (GB), 45. CINANIMA
– International Animated Film Festival of Espinho (SPECIAL MENTION) (Portugal),
– RAZSTAVA DEL (Piccolo IAFF),
– 24. FSF (Selection in the competition programme)
– 17. Animateka (Selection in the competition programme)
– RAZSTAVA DEL (13. Anibar, Kosovo)
– 21. Monstra (Portugal)
– 50. Animafest (Croatia)
– 26. Anifilm – CEE Talents (Chezch Republic)
– 14. Fest Anča – CEE Talents (Slovakia)
– MARS (Mljet, Croatia)
– 18. Kino Otok – Video na plaži
– Letni kino Ajdovščina
– 10. Prime the Animation! Festival (Spain)
– Cherry Pop FF (Croatia)
– 11. SEE FF Paris-Berlin-Washington (France)
– 14. Festival TOFUZI (Georgia)
– 10. World of film International Festival Glasgow (GB)
– 19. Seville European Film Festival
– 12. The KuanDu International Animation Festival (Taiwan)
– 10. Choreoscope Barcelona Dance Film Festival
– 4. The Paus Premieres Festival (GB)
– 21. ança em foco – Festival Internacional de Vídeo & Dança (Brazil)
– 4. ICONA (Greece)

Additionally
Stop Trik – student jury // 2020 //
Animateka – student jury // 2017 //
White, Black and True Love (animated short film) part of ‘CEEA Talents 2022’
SNG – Skrivnostni primer ali Kdo je umoril psa (video designer)