Competition Programme
The main part of the ANIFILM 2012 programme consists of three competitions. Ten films from all over the world will compete for the best film award in the International competition of animated feature films. The International competition of animated short films will introduce the best short films of the last year. The festival will also host a competition of Czech-Slovak student animated films.
Non-competition Programme
In the non-competition programme we will remember the work of Czech and foreign greats. In the Focus section, we will focus on concrete topics – in particular genre diversity that animated film can offer. There will be also screenings of animated blockbusters from 2011 and short films nominated for Academy Awards and much more!
The screenings will take place not only in three cinemas but also at the Třeboň square and the Svět Pond.
Special Programme
This part of the programme is both educational and entertaining. On the agenda are workshops and lectures but also, for the first time, a Chill-out zone where the visitors of ANIFILM can get snacks, relax, talk or watch the accompanying programme on a big screen. Pavel Rajčan of Terry’s socks, the biggest seller of film posters in the Czech Republic, will in his lecture accompanied by a presentation of a number of unique and original film posters tell us about the past and the present of film posters. Among our distinguished guests will also be Jan Svěrák who will together with graphic artist Jakub Dvorský describe the making of the animated feature film Kooky. Programme Game day will provide us with news from the video game industry and present awards for best games in several categories. Work in progress is a programme intended mainly for film professionals as the makers of new Czech animated feature films will introduce their projects. Animation workshops are traditional part of the programme and children and grown-ups can even make their own animated films during the workshops.
Accompanying Programme
The Accompanying programme will as usual offer exhibitions, concerts and puppet shows for children. Apart from an exhibition of Estonian animated production we have prepared a rather unusual exhibition. We have chosen artistically interesting animated film posters by both Czech and foreign graphic artists. These posters will be displayed side by side with the best posters made by students from graphic design school and young graphic artists who will recreate the original posters according their own vision. The visitors of the exhibition will have a chance to compare the visions of younger and older generations of graphic artists and their versions of posters for the same films.