Maja Persson at London Short Film Festival opening night

I am very pleased to announce that next Friday - January 6th - I will perform as a VJ at London Short Film Festival opening party. The Festival is a celebration of cinema and has got an interesting program including projections, workshops and meetings. Audio Network will share their expertise about clearing music rights for short films. East London Lomography Shop and Gallery will host filmmaking workshops with the use of Lomo cameras. This and much more here: LSFF Program
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LSFF2012 Trailer w/ The Strumpettes from London Short Film Festival on Vimeo.

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This and much more of my work you will see live during the event. See you there. And don't miss out on the festival.

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Animation and short films celebration

Yesterday International Film Festival "Etiuda&Anima" began in Kraków, Poland. I was a bit late, to I'm not any professional snobbish judge. I will tell you of films which impressed me in yesterday's selection.

Arsy-Versy- Miro Remo, Slovakia, 2009

Unfortunately there is just a trailer of this Slovakian short available online. It's a stroy of a 50 year old man who lives in a village with his mother. He doesn't work, doesn't have a wife or a girlfriend, but he is very fascinated with bats and is actually a great photographer. People think he is crazy and he is undoubtely different. But in another surrounding he could as well have been a great artist. It is a funny, but warm story.






Treasure Seakers - Agnieszka Bak, Poland, 2009

It is a stroy of 2 men from Poland who take their old car and go to Lvov - the capital of Ukraine. One of the men used to live there as a child. His father told him he hid a treasure there. After many years he wants to find the treasure. The guys buy a metal detector and take a long journey to experience an exciting and funny adventure. It is a documental story, like Arsy-Versy.

Schautag - Marvin Kren, Germany, 2008

It is a spooky and thrilling sory in which you get really surprised and shocked by the end. I can't tell you anything more.