Animation Festivals

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 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.

A Greek film, drawing on paper, won the Grand Prize at the Animasyros festival in Greece.

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

The Espinho-based festival in Portugal celebrates its 35th edition by screening 4 feature films in its official competitive section.

 Cassidy Curtis (supervising animator, How to Train Your Dragon) and Jim Capobianco (writer, Ratatouille) raised the bar of the 4th Animasyros festival in Greece.

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

For a second time in a row, Phil Mulloy wins (this time with his feature film Dead but not buried), and Stephen Irwin  gets the short independent grand prize with his Moxie.

The Animasyros festival has revealed its full program for the September festival.