Adriaan Lokman, born in the Netherlands in Haarlem, graduated in illustration and audiovisual design in 1986 from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. As a producer, director, designer and animator, he realized various animations, internet sites, installations and performances for various clients with his studio Lokman Produkties. Since 2005 he lives and works in France and mainly focuses on the creation of independent animation films and art projects. Throughout his career he presented several master classes on experimental animation and concepts at e.g. Annecy Animation Festival, Ciné Court Animé, Roanne, Fantoche Animation Festival, Switzerland, Festival Cinéma Européen, Cinesonne, Paris, KROK festival, Russia/Ukraine, Sicaf Seoul, South-Korea. He attended several juries at film festivals e.g. Annecy Animation Festival, HAFF Utrecht, Netherlands, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, Cinee Court Animé, Roanne, France.

Art- and Filmography, Awards, Nominations & Festival Selections

Only festival selections from Chase and Flow are shown.

• Award for Best Animation Film, Festival of Nations, Lenz, Austria

• Special mention best sound/music, Seeyousound International Music Festival, Torino, Italy 

Over 60 festival selections in competition, the list is not complete.

• Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France

• Insomnia Film Festival, Moscow , Russia

• Krok International Animation Film Festival, St Petersburg to Moscow, Russia

• Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana, Albania

• Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, UK

• Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht, Holland – stereoscopic version

• Animatou Int’l Animation Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland

• Courant 3D, Angoulême, France – stereoscopic version

• Un Festival C’est Trop Court, Nice, France

• Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung, Taïwan

• Festival du Film Court en Armagnac, Marsolan, France

• Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden

• Animaevka International Festival Of Animation Films, Belarus 

• Banjaluka Int’l Animated Film Festival, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow, Russia

• Panorama International Film Festival, Salvador, Brasil

• Zinebi - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, Bilbao, Spain

• Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Villeurbanne Short Film Festival, Villeurbanne, France

• Eindhoven Film Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands

• Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation, Montreal, Canada – stereoscopic version

• Aguilar International Short Film Festival, Aguilar des Campoo, Spain

• Les Arcs Film Festival, Les Arcs, France

• Travelling, Rennes France, in the Urba[Ciné] competition

• Anima, Brussels, Belgium

• Animac, Lleida, Spain

• Rencontres du Cinéma Européen, Vannes, France

• Vidéoformes Digital Art Festival, Clermont Ferrand, France.

• 21st Landshut Short Film Festival, Landshut (Bavaria), Germany

• Festival National du Film d’Animation, Rennes, France

Other Selections/projections

• Ars Electronica, Vienna, Austria

• Belle du Gabut, La Rochelle, France (prog° Format Court – thematic evening about ‘science’)

• Les Rencontres Cinessonne , France

• Festival du Court Métrage de Louvain, ‘Labo’ section, Belgium

• Animateka Int’l Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, “Best of the World” programme

• Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France -  opening evening screening

• Carrefour de l’Animation, Paris, France : sélection ‘Nouveaux courts métrages français / coups de coeur”

• Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, 31st January – 8th February 2020 – in the section ‘Films en Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes’, and in its stereographic version, in the ‘Best of Courant 3D’ programme.

Festival selections in competition:

• Clermont Ferrand international short film festival, Labo Competition, France

• Holland Animation Film Festival 2012, Utrecht

• Be there! Corfu Animation Festival.

• Animabasauri, International Animation Festival Spain

• Courtivore

• Annecy International Animation Festival, France

• Animafest Zagreb 3D, Croatia

• London International Animation Festival LIAF, UK

• Festival International de cine de Valencia Cinema Jove, Spain

• Animamundi, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

• Animago Award

• Fantoche International Animation Festival, Switzerland

• SESIFF Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, South Korea

• Festival du film d’animation et de fiction Animatou, Geneve, Switzerland

• Festival International du court métrage de Lille, France

• Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht

• XXII Message to Man International Film Festival Experimental Competition “In Silico”, UK

• Multivision festival, St. Petersburg, Russia

• KLIK Amsterdam Animation festival, Netherlands

• Concorto Film Festival, Italy

• Expotoons 2012

• Festival du Cinéma européen en Essonne, France

• CutOut Fest

• Les nuits magiques, France

• Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF), South Korea

• 3D wire

Competition programme “Short Films - Political Motives” of the 10th International Animated Film Festival TINDIRINDIS 2012

33ème Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, France

Anilogue International Animation Festival, Hungary

IAF Istanbul, Turkey

Anima, Animation Film Festival, Bruxelles, Belgium

Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, France

Teheran Animation Film Festival, Iran

Animac, Espagne

Mecal, International Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain

Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille, France

Festival of Animated Films ANIFILM

Cortoons Festival 2013

Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia

Non competitive screenings

Aye Aye Festival, Nancy, France

Xi’an fest. Shaanxi, Chine.