Children’s and Youth Animation Workshop

A workshop within the 17th World Festival of Animated Film, Varna 2021
on the topic “100 Years Varna Holiday Destination” It is held on September 10th, 11th и 12th 2021 in GRAFFIT Gallery, Varna with mentor Loran Gouy from France
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Within 3 days, the participants will create a short animated film, which will be screened to the audience during the Official Closing Festival Ceremony on Monody,13.09.2021 at 19:00, hall Europe.

Through the use of various animation techniques – cutouts, stop motion, drawing on paper – the participants will breathe life into the city and will walk the festival magician among its sights.

Loran Gouy

Loran Gouy has been working as an animator since 1995. 

After learning traditional animation in 1994 while living in Reunion Island, he has been working in different companies and agencies.

While working as director assistant on several animated series, he also worked as a 2D animator for ads agencies. 

A few years later, between 2001 and 2004, he worked as a 3D animator for 2 video game companies in Grenoble.

Then he started to work more as a freelancer to make 2D animation and motion design for ads, corporate films, music videos.

He is still doing this and he started to run animation workshops with pupils and students.

In parallel with his production activity, he also teaches video editing, motion design, VFX, and 2D animation.

He has been teaching motion design at Gobelins high school in Annecy from 2001 until 2018.