At the festival

It’s not a mistake: BilBOlbul 2015 has already started. Even if the ninth edition climax will come in November (from the 19th to the 22nd), BilBOlbul is a year long festival. A series of events will take us through the good season to the autumn events.

From the 8th to the 12th of June, in Bologna’s Cineteca, the English illustrator Emily Hughes, helped by the children enrolled in the first week of the summer camp, will grow a forest of wondrous creatures and tangled vines, creating the characters that will become a small stop motion animation film.
Just like the children, Emily Hughes will become a member of a very special tribe, the “Tribù dei Testainsù”, a community where everyone shares the experience of playing with pictures, both still and moving, through experimentation of animation techniques, listening to stories, watching movies and exploring the world all around. The artist will mix her own wild characters and stories with the tricks of animation and will take the whole tribe into a magical world where everyone can explore their own different identity.
Thursday, June 11th, at 2:30 pm Emily Hughes will be the guest of a private conference for the students attending the School of Illustration of Bologna’s Fine Art’s Academy. She will share with them her journey as an artist, from her student years and inspirations to her work method and her experience in the English publishing world.

The previous events of Spring/Summer (organized thanks to the contribution of Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Scuola di Lettere e Beni Culturali – Università di Bologna and Gruppo Hera) were:

April 22nd, H 17 pm
Accademia di Belle Arti – Aula Magna
Panel with Scott McCloud
With the participation of Daniele Barbieri
In collaboration with Bao Publishing and Pop Store

May 13th, H 10 am
Accademia di Belle Arti – Aula Magna
Panel with Nadia Budde
With the participation of Ilaria Tontardini
In collaboration with Goethe – Institut Italien

May 20th, H 17 pm
Accademia di Belle Arti – Aula Magna
Panel with Dylan Horrocks
With the participation of Michele Foschini and Vanna Vinci
In collaboration with Bao Publishing and Pop Store

May 22nd, H 17 pm
Accademia di Belle Arti – Aula Magna
Panel with Quint Buchholz
With the participation of Emilio Varrà
In collaboration with Beisler Editore, Goethe – Institut Italien

May 25th, H 19 pm
Modo Infoshop
Panel with Stefano Alghisi
With the participation of Pierfrancesco Pacoda
In collaboration with Modo Infoshop, Tra le nuvole and Maledizioni