Janna-Maria Wahlforss has born in 1957, in Helsinki. She is Master of Art, Sociology, from Helsinki University in 1988, and worked with movies since 1990 as a scriptwriter, director, production manager, distributor, festival organizer and festival information secretary. Before entering to the film branch, worked among others as a researcher in the Helsinki University and before that as a library assistant in the Library of the Sciences, Helsinki University.

Antonia Ringbom has born in 1946, in Helsinki and studies at Helsinki University Art-Academy in Paris, and Free Art School in Helsinki. She has some Jobs deals with children - culture of different kinds: drama, teaching, books, TV and Radio programs, films, seminars etc...
Yellow Giraffe's animal Stories is an animated series for children. Each part tells about different animal and includes a famous poem. Yellow Giraffe features in each story. This series is made in the Aboa Animation Studio in Turku, produced by Epidem.
Awards: International UNICEF-Award, for the series "The Sun is a Yellow Giraffe" Silver Pulcinella Award in the category The Best European series for "The Sun is a Yellow Giraffe" a Cartoons on the Bay/International Festival of TV-Animation, Amalfi, Italy, 1997.


Poetic Animation
It has always been customary for visual artists to use adaptations from ancient fables and stories. But animation adaptation from world famous poets is quite intact and original in this field. In this section we become familiar with two well known directors who have engaged in such work.
b Iranian literature with its splendid background in poetry is a good source of such experience for our young bold and on enthusiastic animators, if they desire so.

The Sun Is a Yellow Giraffe A series of animated stories and poems for children
Bonguemba 5'07'' A poem by Antoine-Roger Bolamba (Zaire). A story about the death of a pet and overcoming the sorrow.
My Dad, Your Dad 5'01'' A poem by Kit Wright (England). A story about living without a father and about the importance of siblings.
Two Sisters 4'48'' A poem by Rabindranath Tagore (India). A story about love and bicycles
Clouds Up to Tricks 5'07'' A poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky (Russia). A story about family-democracy: is Daddy always right?
Nocturne 5'05'' A poem by Conrado Nale Roxlo (Argentina). A story about Aymara-children and about dreaming of the sea.
Yellow Giraffe's Animal Stories is an animated series for children. Each part tells about a different animal and includes a poem. Yellow Giraffe features in each story. Yellow Giraffe's Animal Stories is made in the Aboa Animation Studio in Turku with Mikko Koski as production manager.
The Sparrow 7'01'' Story to a poem Arnulf Overland (Norway) Against his will Erasmus the ram becomes the foster mother of an orphaned sparrow.
Meeting 6'52'' Story to a poem by Rachel Field (USA) Ellen misses her dog. She is feeling miserable. One day on her way back from school she meets a deer who needs help.
The Cat And The Moon 6'56'' Story to a poem by William Butler Yeats (Ireland) A blacksmith loves and pampers his cat Minnaloushe but doesn't allow it to go out, because he worries for its safety.
Brother Sun, Sister Moon 7'03'' Story to a poem by San Francesco d'Assisi (Italy) The little wolf doesn't want to be a wolf. Everyone fears him and no one wants to....
The Mammoth 7'01'' Story to a poem by Heinrich Hoffmann (Germany) Walter wants a mammoth of his very own. And believe it or not, his wish comes true.
The Dog in Leghorn 7'01'' Story to a poem by Britt G. Hallqvist (Sweden) A lonely dog in Leghorn Harbor waits in vain for his master's return. The dog finds a new home but never forgets his master....
Spring 6'59'' Story to a poem by Paul-Emile Victor (France) The winter is so severe that even the polar bears are cold and hungry. When spring finally arrives….
The Astonishing Tapir 7'03'' Story to a poem by Helvi Juvonen (Finland) A tapir and a Monkey quarrel over a wonderful stone they stumbled on walking in the jungle.