Animation Festivals

The Anima 2012 festival in Brussells presents its selection of feature-length animated films.

11 feature films figure in the official competition section. The Czech existential thriller Alois Nebel [review], the Spanish drama Wrinkles (Arrugas) [review],  but also the Singapure manga-themed Tatsumi figure in the programme.

• Aloïs Nebel, Tomas Lunak (CZ)
• Arrugas, Ignacio Ferreras (E)
• Emilie Jolie, Francis Nielsen, Philippe Chatel (F)
• La Colline aux coquelicots, (From up on Poppy Hill), Goro Miyasaki (J)
• Colorful, Keiichi Hara (J)
• George the Hedgehog, Wojtek Wawszczyk (PL)
• Green Days - Dinosaur and I, Jae-hoon An, Hye-jin Han (ROK)
• JIB / The House, Mi Sun Park, Eun Young Park, Joo Young Ban, Jae Ho Lee, Hyun Jin Lee (ROK)
• Orla de Kikkerslikker, Peter Dodd (DK)
• Tatsumi, Eric Khoo (SGP)
• The Tibetan Dog, Masayuki Kojima (Chine-PRR)

The 11th Anifest in Teplice presents a tribute to Jiri Trnka and the magic of puppet animation.

The international animation festival Animasyros welcomes its guests in an all-animation day in Athens, 17/12.

The Argentinean feast of Expotoons 2011 ended with the award announcement. See the full list of winners.

The creepy film The Renter won the grand prize at the 35th Cinanima Festival. See the full award list.

A Jiri Barta workshop, a premiere of Chico and Rita and competitive sections for both shorts and feature films are the strong highlights of the 35th Cinanima festival in Espinho.

The spring animation festival in Corfu (Greece), Be there! has announced a new feature competitive section and set its 29 March-1 April dates

Ireland will be at the spotlight of the 52nd Annecy Animation Festival.

The Estonian short Body Memory (Ülo Pikkov) was the winner of the 6th Anim'est (Bucharest,Romania), while  Ugly Duckling (Garri Bardin, Russia) took the top prize in feature films.