Director, "Letter to a Pig"
Tal Kantor is an award-winning animation filmmaker & visual artist. Graduated with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, where she currently lectures at the Screen-Based Arts Department. In her works, Tal deals with the subject of Memory and uses a unique technique she has developed, which combines drawing, photography, video, painting, and animation.
Her short animated film In Other Words; won 17 awards and was officially selected in more than 100 festivals worldwide. Animation Director of the documentary feature film Advocate; (Emmy Award winner 2021, Oscar shortlist 2020). Letter to a Pig, which won the “Excellence Award” at the Japan Media Arts Festival and The Best 1st Film Award at Animafest Zagreb (2022), is her debut film.
We will chat with some of this year’s top awards’ season contenders acclaimed animated shorts producers/directors to learn more about the latest trends and strategies to increase exposure in this fast-growing area of the animation business. How can you make festival and awards season exposure work for you as an animated shorts director and producer?
