Curriculum Vitae
Lea Vidakovic
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Lea Vidakovic
Citation names
- Vidakovic, Lea
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 7418-E1E1-C645
- ORCID iD
- 0009-0005-7136-181X
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LSSQYP0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AMpAcmS27XDp0BK-2UkHId4BhFm8Pv07x7y6sQ1a__cj-oMYqre-DtEpzfzxrE_P1RfvwULRHOMlOvG742gWVSaA
Email addresses
- lea.leavidakovic@gmail.com (Personal)
Addresses
- Universidade Lusófona. Campo Grande, 376, 1200-293, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- http://leavidakovic.com/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Arts
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Serbo-Croatian (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Hungarian (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2014/08/01 - 2020/01/01
Concluded
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PhD in Animation studies (Doktor (PhD))
Nanyang Technological University School of Art Design and Media, Singapore
"Fragmented Narratives in Space: Exploring Storytelling Approaches for Animated Installations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2011/10/01 - 2012/06/06
Concluded
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MA in audio-visual arts (Master)
Hogeschool Gent School of Arts, Belgium
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2007/08/01 - 2010/06/01
Concluded
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BA in Animation (Bachelor)
Høgskulen i Volda, Norway
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2008/09 - 2009/02
Concluded
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Animation (Glamorgan Univeristy) (Bachelor)
Major in Puppet animation
University of South Wales School of Art and Design, United Kingdom
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2008/07 - 2008/08
Concluded
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Art installation and performance (Magister)
Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Austria
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2004/09/22 - 2007/06/01
Concluded
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Graphic art and painting (Bachelor)
Sveucili¿te u Zagrebu Akademija likovnih umjetnosti, Croatia
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Affiliation
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2021/09/01 - Current | Assistant professor | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2016/01 - 2018/06 | Teaching assistant | Nanyang Technological University School of Art Design and Media, Singapore |
| Nanyang Technological University School of Art Design and Media, Singapore |
Outputs
Publications
| Journal article |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/01/15 | "Trambling" animated installation | 8th performing conference
ZeKaeM, Youth theater (Zagreb, Croatia)
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| 2023/12/08 | Animation and the fleeting impermanence of memories and recollections | EXPOSIUM - Non-fiction animation and memory
LUCA school of arts (Brussels, Belgium)
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| 2023/06/15 | “Narrative aspects of animated installations” | JSAS with SAS conference “Gaps and Spaces”
Yokohama national university, Japan (Yokohama, Japan)
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| 2023/06/14 | Exploring and Re-articulating Visual Storytelling for Animation in Spatial Context: The Family Portrait animated installation | SAS 34th Annual conference - society for animation studies
Rowan University, US (United States)
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| 2023/04/27 | Traditional puppet animation in expanded media | FMX Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media
Filmakademie’s Animationsinstitut, Haus der Wirtschaft (Stuttgart, Germany)
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| 2022/11 | Regional work in progress: Lea Vidakovic: Family Portrait | Animateka PRO 2022
Animateka (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
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| 2022/06/06 | “Animated installations in hospital environment: applied animation in the service of healthcare” co-authored with Dr Art Melinda Sefcic | IX Animafest Scanner
Animafest (Zagreb, Croatia)
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| 2022/05/02 | “On Gaps and Silences: Sound Experiments in Multi-screen Animated Installations” | Sound and Screen Conference 2022
Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media (Singapore, Singapore)
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| 2021 | “Expanding bodies: Re-imagining the place of puppets in contemporary animation” | Bringing Legacy to Life - Stop Motion Conference
Animation Research Network Scotland, Edinburgh College of Art (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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| 2021 | Masterclass: Exploring narratives for expanded animation | Cinanima masterclass
Cinanima / ESAD (Matosinhos, Portugal)
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| 2019/06 | “Handwoven tales in contemporary context: the transformation and transposition of traditional animation techniques to environments beyond the screen” | 31th Annual Conference of the Society of Animation Studies: Animation is a place
Lusofona University, Lisbon, Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2018/06 | "Telling Without Telling: Animated Stories Beyond The Screen” | 30th Annual Conference of the Society of Animation Studies: Then, Now, Next
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (Montreal, Canada)
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| 2018 | “Fragmented narratives in animated installations: telling a story in space” | Animation Symposium at Animanima animation festival
Animanima animation festival (Cacak, Serbia)
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| 2016 | “Alternative narrative structures in a spatial context: new approaches in animation storytelling¿” | 28th Annual Conference of the Society of Animation Studies: The Cosmos of Animation
Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media (Singapore, Singapore)
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| 2016 | “Animation installation and spatial storytelling” | Symposium Narrative Structures and Visual Storytelling
Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Germany (Stuttgart, Germany)
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2022/05 | External examiner - MA thesis "Proposing an Improved workflow for Independent Animation-making in Ebsynth through Introducing Enhanced Trackable Patterns and Textures" | Leon Brakstad Valdersnes (Master)
Hogskulen i Volda Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap og historie, Norway
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| 2021/09 | External examiner - MA thesis "Avesso (in)visível: Experimental Expanded Animation and Craft Aesthetics" | Samira Machado Poffo (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2021/09/01 - Current | CICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies | |
| 2015/05/01 - Current | SAS - Society of Animation Studies | |
| 2012/09 - Current | HDLU - Association of Croatian Artists | |
| 2012/02/01 - Current | SULUV - Association of Artists from Vojvodina |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/09/16 - Current | Scriptwriting for MA | Scriptwriting (Mestrado) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
| 2023/09/11 - Current | Stop motion animation for MA students | Stop motion animation (Mestrado) | |
| 2021/09/06 - Current | Photography in animation | (Bacharelato) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
| 2021/09 - Current | Courses on puppet building, puppet animation and photography in animation | Puppet building, puppet animation, photography in animation (Outros) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
| 2023/09/15 - 2024/01/18 | ARA 1 - Animation - Final project co-mentoring with Prof João Miguel Real | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal | |
| 2023/04/17 - 2023/04/21 | Animated installations and traditional animation techniques - the exchange was realised by Erasmus+ mobility grant for teachers | Expanded animation (Bachelor) | Høgskulen i Volda, Norway |
| 2022/10/18 - 2022/10/21 | Workshop - Puppet animation beyond the screen (in a gallery/museum context) The program was realized with the Erasmus + mobility support for teaching | Expanded animation (Bachelor) | Ecole européenne supérieure de l'image, France |
| 2021/11/15 - 2021/11/18 | Expanded animation workshop by Lea Vidakovic coordinated by Claire Fouquet (EESI, Angouleme, France) The program was realized with the Erasmus + mobility support for teaching | (Bachelor) | Ecole européenne supérieure de l'image, France, France |
| 2016/01 - 2018/06 | Teaching assistant for puppet and stop motion animation | Stop motion and puppet animation (Bachelor) | Nanyang Technological University School of Art Design and Media, Singapore |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2023/03/01 - Current | Exploration of similarities and differences in puppets for theater plays and puppets for animated films | Lorna Kauzlaric |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022 - 2022 | Jury member, main short film competition,MONSTRA animation festival, Lisbon, Portugal | |
| 2021 - 2021 | Preselection committee member for student films, Animafest Zagreb, Croatia | |
| 2019 - 2019 | Balkanima, jury for best student animation films, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 2018 - 2018 | Animanima, Jury for best children animation film, Cacak, Serbia | |
| 2018 - 2018 | Constantin’s golden coin animation festival , jury for animated films, Nis, Serbia |
Distinctions
Award
| 2024 | Best performance and animation
PIAFF Paris international animation festival, France
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| 2023 | Special mention for animated film
XI Insomnia International Open-Air Animation Film Festival, Russia
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| 2023 | Grand Prix
Animist Tallin, International animation festival, Estonia, Estonia
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| 2023 | Grand Prix of the 19th World festival of animated films, Varna, Bulgaria
World festival of animated films, Bulgaria
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| 2023 | Grand Prix of Balkanima animation fetsival 2023
Balkanima animation festival, Serbia
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| 2023 | Special mention
LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Arts Festival, Ukraine
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| 2023 | Honorable mention
Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taiwan
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| 2023 | Special jury award
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan
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| 2023 | Jury's special award
CINANIMA animation festival, Portugal
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| 2023 | Best film for adults
Tofuzi International Animated Film Festival, Georgia
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| 2023 | Grand prize
MORC Stop-motion Animation Festival, Japan
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| 2023 | Best animation film award
Aguilar Film fetsival, Spain
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| 2023 | Silver brick award for best animation film
Animax Skopje animation festival, Macedonia
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| 2021 | Award for the animation workshop film done during Museum’s night in Serbia, at the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Subotica, Serbia |
| 2020 | Award for pitching (The Family Portrait)
ANIMARKT pitching forum, Poland
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| 2019 | Animateka PRO pitch winner (The Family Portrait)
ANIMATEKA PRO, Slovenia
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| 2019 | CEE animation pitch forum award (The Family Portrait)
CEE animation forum, Czech Republic
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| 2017 | Best animated film special mention (The Vast Landscape) - Zsigmond Vilmost Film Festival, Hungary |
| 2017 | Best animation (The Vast Landscape) - Global Short Film Awards Film Festival, Cannes, France |
| 2017 | Special mention ¿ FIFFA, (The Vast Landscape) Formosa Festival of Int Filmmaker Awards, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2016 | Special mention (The Vast Landscape) - 7th Balkan Beyond Borders Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 2016 | Distinction (The Vast Landscape) - 2nd Animation Marathon, Greece |
| 2016 | Honourable mention (The Vast Landscape) - XI festival international de cine rural + indigent arica nativa |
| 2016 | Best first film (The Vast Landscape) - Festival International du Film d'Animation de Paris, France |
| 2016 | Narrative award (The Vast Landscape) - Rush process festival of handcrafted animation, Texas, US |
| 2016 | Award for outstanding set design (Sisters) – Autumn Shorts Film Festival Somerset, Kentucky, US |
| 2016 | Audience award (Sisters) – Start Film Fest, Sisak, Croatia |
| 2016 | Third award – short film category (Sisters) – Fem Tour Truck, Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Ecuador |
| 2015 | Best experimental animation film (Sisters), Encontrarte Amares, Portugal |
| 2015 | Honorary mention (The Vast Landscape) - Athens International Digital Film Festival AIDFF, Greece |
| 2015 | Special mention (The Vast Landscape) - Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia |
| 2015 | Second award (The Vast Landscape) - International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Film for Adults, Warshav, Poland |
| 2015 | Best animation film (The Vast Landscape) - III Festival Brasil de Cinema International, Brasil |
| 2015 | Best animation film(The Vast Landscape) - WatchOut! Film Festival, Tetovo, Macedonia |
| 2015 | Honorary mention (The Vast Landscape) - Animfest, Athens, Greece |
| 2014 | Best narration (Sisters) – Multivision, Video Installations Competition at the Erarta Museum of the Contemporary Art, Russia |
| 2014 | Best animation (Sisters) - Early bird student film festival, Bulgaria |
| 2014 | Best cinematography (Sisters) - Early bird student film festival, Bulgaria |
| 2014 | Best artsy short film (Sisters) - Cine Campus – international student's film festival, Puerto Rico |
| 2014 | Audience choice award (Sisters) - Cinema Monsters Film Festival, Huntingdon, Pensilvania, USA |
| 2014 | Special mention (The Vast Landscape) - Filmski Front, Novi Sad, Serbia |
| 2013 | Award for best animation film (Sisters) - Watch Out Film Festival – Tetovo, Macedonia |
| 2013 | Honorary award (Sisters) - International film festival ZOOM ZBLIZENIA, Jelenia Gora, Poland |
| 2013 | Best sound decision (Sisters) Unprecedented cinema, Nevidanoe kino, Tallin, Estonia |
| 2013 | Dr Ferenc Bodrogvari award for art, Subotica, Serbia |
| 2012 | Second prize (Crossed sild) - Athens international animation festival, Greece |
| 2011 | Best art installation (Splendid Isolation) - at Art festival S¿UND, Art Center, Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2011 | Best stop motion animation movie (Crossed sild) - student animation festival, Toronto, Canada |
| 2011 | Brozn Pegasus (Crossed sild) - animation festival ANIMATOR, Poznan, Poland |
| 2011 | Special prize (Crossed sild) - 14. International Film Festival 'Zoom Zblizenia', Poland |
| 2008 | Rector's award for the artwork 'Interior of a heart’, Academy of Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
Sveucili¿te u Zagrebu Akademija likovnih umjetnosti, Croatia
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| 2007 | Dean's award for works in 2006/2007, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
Sveucili¿te u Zagrebu Akademija likovnih umjetnosti, Croatia
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| 2006 | Dean’s award for works done in 2004/2005, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
Sveucili¿te u Zagrebu Akademija likovnih umjetnosti, Croatia
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