David O’Reilly (EI, 1985)kicks off the festival at Sphinx (17.03, 20:00). He is without a doubt one of the rising stars in the animation firmament. Based in Berlin, he evenly divides his valuable energy between commercial work (for, among others, music acts such as U2 and M.I.A.) and utterly personal experimentations which recklessly exploit the potential of 3D computer animation. His “turbodrama” Please Say Something was awarded a Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2009. We're really curious!

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