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The 1915 disastrous Gallipoli campaign becomes an animated 3D/2D documentary, produced entirely in New Zealand.

Discover the selections, highlights and the full programme of the 2016 StopTrik festival.

Deeply unsettling but truly humane, the puppet short Canis by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas. For mature audiences only.

It is the first time that the festival opens with an animated feature.

Full report from the Segovia fest.

bethere2017-logo-enThe international animation festival in Corfu, Greece opens submissions for its 6th edition. Extension deadline for the Greek fest: 31 Dec.

 

Be there! Corfu Animation Festival invites all directors to submit their animated films to the competitive festival section of the 6th festival edition, 29 March - 2 April 2017.

The festival aims for European & independent artistic animation works. Eigible are films completed after 1 January 2015 in the following categories:

 

1. Short films (up to 40')
2. Short films for children (up to 40')
3. Student/Graduation films
4. Feature films: (films over 40 minutes of length)

A new competition for the 2017 edition is the Short Films for Children category, to be juried by children. A film can be submitted both the Short Films and Short Films for Children competitions.

If selected, it will only be screened in one category.

There are no submission fees to apply.  See the festival regulations for more details.

The festival's 2015 Grand Prix was won by the Polish veteran Jerzy Kucia and his Fugue for Cello, Trumpet and Landscape,while the Jury Prize went to UK animation director Kim Noce for her mixed technique film Nest of Stone. 

 

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Fugue for Cello, Trumpet and Landscape

 

Submission forms will be completed online (email: programme [at] betherefest.gr).

Deadline for all submissions: 21 December 31 December 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting from the 2016 3D Wire Spanish market and festival in Segovia, Spain.

The Spanish post-apocalyptic film will be distributed by Autour de Minuit in the French theaters.

The Oscar-nominated director of Anomalisa will participate in the screening of his animated feature during the 2016 Dublin fest.

How can a bike race become a nightmare. The Estonian Sander Joon presents his no-nonsense Velodrool.

Jan Bultheel's feature film Cafard presents a sweeping, adamantly old-fashioned story of a distraught Belgian world champion boxer during WWI.

Amalimbo, Edmond, In the Distance the three animated shorts for the European Film Award for Best Short Film.

Once upon a line (Alicja Jasina), Mrs. Metro (Aggelos Papantoniou) also among the winners of the Greek animation fest.

The first preview of the Oscar-nominated French director's work on Fellini will be presented at the 2016 Bucheon International Animation Festival.

The Belgian feature Cafard and PES also won at the 2016 Ottawa Festival.

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