Animation Festivals

Financial hardships aside, Greek animators continue to produce interesting films in the 7th Animfest festival, Athens.

 The 2nd Be there! The Corfu Animation Festival (Greece) has announced the selection results for its competitive section, featuring notable names in the lineup.

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

Asia wins bigs at the 2012 Anima Festival, Brussels.

The Anima 2012 festival in Brussels 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 Singapore 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 Argentinean feast of Expotoons 2011 ended with the award announcement. See the full list of winners.

3 feature films in the competitive section of Be there! Corfu Animation Festival, among them an Oscar-nominated film.

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

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