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OPEN CALL: Animating Identity: Language, Memory & Decolonization. Workshop

We invite you to take part in the Animation workshop on family story, generational and collective trauma by Polina Piddubna, an animation director, artist, activist, the author of the Animated Documentary “My grandmother is a skydiver”, premiered at Festival de Cannes.
Animation is a very special art medium where you can explore many different topics without limitations, even complex ones such as decoloniality and identity. The process can also serve as a therapeutic one.

In this workshop, Polina will share her experience of working on her animated documentary and artistic research, and under her guidance participants will create their own personal or family stories.
We welcome everyone who is interested in exploring and reflecting on their family story through animation. No prior experience in animation or the arts is required. However, we encourage you to think in advance about the theme and the family story you would like to explore in your animated work.
DEADLINE 8 March 2025 23:59
APPLY via the link

Key Points of the Workshop

  • When: 16. - 17.03.26 \ 13:00 - 18:00
  • Where: Dialogbüro Vienna, Eßlinggasse 9\6, 1010, Vienna (only offline)
  • Requirements: there are no requirements or restrictions on experience, age or language of the participants
  • Equipment: a smartphone is needed; you will be working on the mobile app "Stop Motion Studio"
On the 17th of March 18:00 you will be presenting the workshop results at the public event alongside with the screening on Polina's Animation “My grandmother is a skydiver”.

Contact us if you have any questions

Aigul Davletshina (she\her), project manager
Email: Aigul.Davletshina@dialogbuero-vienna.at

We’re looking forward to meeting you at the Animation Workshop!

Polina Piddubna

Filmmaker, artist and activist with Ukrainian and Central Asian Tatar and Bashqort roots. Polina was born and raised in Kharkiv, started her career in Kyiv, and has been living in Berlin since 2019. She has a bachelor's degree in animation and is currently doing her master's as an animation director at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam. Polina also organises social and educational projects, works at film festivals and does artistic research on decolonial topics.
2026-02-26 11:21