Animafest Zagreb

Animafest Zagreb

Logo of the 2010 edition
Location Zagreb, Croatia
Founded 1972
Language International
Website http://www.animafest.hr/

World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb (Croatian: Svjetski festival animiranog filma), also known as Animafest Zagreb, is a film festival entirely dedicated to animated film held annually in Zagreb, Croatia. Initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA), the event was established in 1972. Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in the World, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, (established in 1960).[1]

The idea to create the event came about because of the worldwide acclaim of animated shorts produced by authors belonging to the Zagreb School of Animated Films in the 1950s and 1960s. Zagreb’s candidacy for holding a permanent animated film festival was accepted at the 1969 ASIFA meeting in London.

Festival awards include prizes given in the Short film Competition, Feature film Competition, Student Film Competition, Children Films, Site-specific competition and Croatian competition. Its Prize for "Best First Production Apart from Educational Institutions" is named in honour of Zlatko Grgić. The Lifetime Achievement Award, which is unique for animation film festivals, was established in 1986. An award for outstanding contribution to the theory of animation was added in 2002.[1]

Grand Prize winners

From 1972 to 2004 Animafest was a biennial event focused on animated short films, held every even year with the exception of 1976. Between 2005 and 2015 a feature film festival edition was introduced and held every odd year in between the short film editions. In 2015 the shorts and feature selections were merged into one event, scheduled to be held every year.

Short films

Year English title Director(s) Country
1972 The Battle of Kerzhenets Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Yuriy Norshteyn  Soviet Union
1974 The Diary Nedeljko Dragić  Yugoslavia
1976
Festival not held.[A]
1978 Satiemania Zdenko Gašparović  Yugoslavia
1980 Tale of Tales Yuriy Norshteyn  Soviet Union
1982
Grand Prize was not awarded.[B]
1984 Jumping Osamu Tezuka  Japan
1986
Grand Prize was not awarded.[B]
1988 Breakfast on the Grass Priit Pärn  Soviet Union
1990The Brooch Pin And The Sinful Clasp JoWonder  United Kingdom
1992Franz Kafka Piotr Dumała  Poland
1994The Wrong Trousers Nick Park  United Kingdom
19961895 Priit Pärn and Janno Põldma  Estonia
1998Rusalka Aleksandr Petrov  Russia
2000When the Day Breaks Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis  Canada
2002Father and Daughter Michaël Dudok de Wit  Netherlands
2004Mount Head Kōji Yamamura  Japan
2006Dreams and Desires - Family Ties Joanna Quinn  United Kingdom
2008The Pearce Sisters Luis Cook  United Kingdom
2010Divers in the Rain Olga Pärn and Priit Pärn  Estonia
2012Oh Willy... Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels  Belgium
2014Love Games Yumi Joung  South Korea
2015We Can't Live Without Cosmos Konstantin Bronzit  Russia

Feature films

Year English title Director(s) Country
2005Terkel in Trouble Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Stefan Fjeldmark  Denmark
2007Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest Michel Ocelot  France
2009Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman  Israel
2011My Dog Tulip Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger  United States
2013Approved for Adoption Laurent Boileau and Jung  Belgium /  France
2015The Boy and the World Alê Abreu  Brazil

Footnotes

A. ^ In 1976 the festival was cancelled because of the earlier agreement that the three main ASIFA-sponsored festivals (at Annecy, Zagreb and Mamaia, Romania) would be held in three-year cycles, with Mamaia scheduled to take place in 1976. However, Romanian organizers cancelled the event at the very last minute. In 1977 the regular festival at Annecy was held and the usual biennial cycle resumed, with Zagreb and Annecy taking turns.[2]
B. ^ Although Animafest was held in 1982 and 1986, no Grand Prizes were awarded in these two editions.[3][4]

Lifetime Achievement Award laureates

Year Director Country
1986 Norman McLaren Canada
1988 Chuck Jones U.S.A.
1990 John Halas Great Britain
1992 Bob Godfrey Great Britain
1994 Dušan Vukotić Croatia
1996 Caroline Leaf Canada
1998 Bruno Bozzetto Italy
2000 Jan Švankmajer Czech Republic
2002 Paul Driessen Netherlands/Canada
2004 Hayao Miyazaki Japan
2006 Fyodor Khitruk Russia
2008 Priit Pärn Estonia
2010 Frederic Back Canada
2012 Yoji Kuri Japan
2014 Yuri Norstein Russia
2015 Michel Ocelot France
2016 Raoul Servais Belgium

Award for outstanding contribution to animation studies laureates

2002 Giannalberto Bendazzi Italy
2004 Donald Crafton U.S.A.
2006 John Canemaker U.S.A.
2008 Clare Kitson Great Britain
2010 Midhat Ajanović ("Ajan") Sweden/B.I.H.
2012 Olivier Cotte France
2014 Marcel Jean Canada
2016 Marcin Gyzicki Poland

See also

Other ASIFA-sponsored animated film festivals:

References

  1. 1 2 The Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films @ filmfestivalworld.com
  2. ↑ "1976 / Archive / Animafest - Svjetski festival animiranog filma" (in Croatian). Animafest. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "1982 / Archive / Animafest - Svjetski festival animiranog filma" (in Croatian). Animafest. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "1986 / Archive / Animafest - Svjetski festival animiranog filma" (in Croatian). Animafest. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

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