Zaven Najjar

  • Zaven Najjar
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Film director, Artistic director, Screenwriter
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

French animation director, screenwriter and illustrator.

Zaven NAJJAR designs illustrations and direct colorful animation films.
Zaven NAJJAR is a french animation director and illustrator.
In 2013, He created the famous illustrations series, Rapposters, that became a clothing line developed with the brand Quatre Cent Quinze that were sold at Colette in Paris and for the Miami Art Basel or at Citadium in France and many places around the world.

ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED (2021) is his first animated feature.

In 2015, he creates a the new illustrations series, Pharapops also developed as a capsule collection for the Citadium stores.
Late 2015, he directed his first award winning animation short film, Shell all.
Late 2016, Zaven designed and animated the opening titles for the film "Demain tout commence" (Two is a family) directed by Hugo Gélin, starring Omar Sy, Clémence Poésy, Gloria Colston and Antoine Bertrand.
Zaven studied animation at the ENSAD in Paris and film at the SAIC in Chicago. Since then he has been working either in animation films and commerials and illustrations. He has worked for the Arabic World Institute or the Grand Palais, the Cinema Paradiso, Arte, Canal+, IWC Schaffhausen, Roger Dubuis or Baume & Mercier.

Awards - Un Obus Partout
In France
Festival de Cabourg, Cabourg, France (10-14 july 2015) : Special award
Festival Silhouette, Paris, France (28 august-5 september 2015) : Special award
Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille, France (11-18 march 2016) : animation award
Festival Séquence Court-Métrage, Toulouse, France (23-27 november 2016) : Audience award
Festival Les Murs ont des yeux, Maison d'Arrêt d'Osny, France (March 2017) : Prix les Yeux d'Or - Coup de Coeur
In the world
Festival Les enfants terribles, Huy, BELGIQUE (15 - 18 october 2015) : La Trois award
Lanzarote film festival, Lanzarote, ESPAGNE (4-16 april 2016) : Best animation film
Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, ETATS-UNIS (1-10 april 2016) : Audience best animation film
Festival selections - Un Obus Partout
In France
Festival de Cabourg, Cabourg, France (10-14 june 2015) (first projection, 11/06/2015)
Festival Silhouette, Paris, France (28 august-5 september 2015)
Festival Tournez-court, Saint-Etienne, France (28 september-4 october 2015)
Festival du film d'animation de Bourg-en-Bresse, Bourg-en-Bresse, France (17-21 october 2015)
Festival national du film d'animation de Bruz - Rennes métropole (7-13 décember 2015)
Carrefour du cinéma d'animation, Forum des images, Paris, France (3-6 décember 2015)
Festival Premiers Plans, Angers, France (22-31 january 2016)
15e Rencontres du Cinéma Européen de Vannes, France (2-8 march 2016) (short film competition)
Trois Jours Trop Courts, Castres, France (31 march-2 april 2016) (official compétition)

Festival + le court, Festival International du Film Court d'Altkirch, France (20-24 april 2016) (official compétition)
Festival de courts métrages du Courtivore, Rouen/Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (11 may-3 june 2016) (official compétition)
Prix uniFrance du meilleur court métrage, France (may 2016)
Festival Des Courts en fête, Porto-Vecchio, France (1er july-31 august 2016)
Festival du Film Court en Plein Air de Grenoble, France (5-10 july 2016) (official compétition)
SunSète Festival, Sète, France (9-12 july 2016)
Festival Chacun son court, Strasbourg, France (16-23 october 2016) (Labo Compétition)
Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, France (8-13 november 2016) (Animation Panorama)
Les Nuits Magiques, Bègles, France (1-11 décember 2016) (animation shorts competition)
Festival du film de Fontenay-le-Comte, Fontenay-le-Comte, France (27 march - 2 april 2017)
In the world
ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival, Syros, GREECE (24-27 september 2015)
Beyrouth animation film festival, Beyrouth, LEBANON, (18-22 october 2015)
Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budapest, HUNGARY (21-24 october 2015)
SICAF, Seoul Best Of The Best Animation Festival, Seoul, COREA
XXIInd edition of the International Competition Corto Imola Festival, Ravenne, ITALY (8-13 décembre 2015)
Anima 2016, 35e Festival du Dessin Animé et du Film d'Animation de Bruxelles, BELGIUM (5- 14 février 2016)
Middle East Now festival, Florence, ITALIE (5-10 avril 2016)
- Skepto International Film Festival, Cagliari, ITALY (13-16 avril 2016) (Animation & stop motion special award)
Trickfilm, Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, GERMANY (26 avril-1er mai 2016) (Compétition Internationale)
Lebanese Film Festival, Beyrouth,LEBANON (30 mai-3 juin 2016)
RabbiFest International Animation Festival, Perugia, ITALY (16-19 juin 2016) (Sélection officielle)
Isola delle Storie, Gavoi, Sardaigne, ITALY (30 juin-3 juillet 2016)
18th FESTCURTASBH (Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival), Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL (5- 14 août 2016) (Animation Exhibition)
Anibar Animation Festival, Peja, KOSOVO (15-21 août 2016) (Compétition internationale)
Fantoche, Baden, SWITZERLAND (6-11 septembre 2016) (Hors compétition)
Milano Film Festival, Milan, ITALY (8-18 Septembre 2016) (Section "Focus on animation")
OderKurz Filmspektakel, Oderaue, GERMANY (9-11 septembre 2016) (Programme International)
Eberswalde Filmfest, Eberswalde, GERMANY (1-8 octobre 2016) (Compétition "Animation")
Manlleu Film Festival, Manlleu, SPAIN (1-6 novembre 2016) (Animation Official Selection)
St Cloud Film Festival, St Cloud, USA (5-12 novembre 2016)
ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, Bilbao, SPAIN (18-25 novembre 2016) (Competition Section)
ANIMAGE - International animation festival of Pernambuco, Pernambuc, BRAZIL (22-27 novembre 2016) (Main Competition)
International Football Film Festival, Berlin, Allemagne (30 mars - 3 avril 2017)
- Northwest Animation Festival, Portland, USA, (10-14 mai 2017) (Sélection Officielle)

Source:
www.zavennajjar.com/en/bio/

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