ANIMA's next edition will take place on October 2011. See you then!

 

 

Animation has recently entered the Academia in Argentina. This circumstance determines the current state of things of the field: explorations on methodological, technical, aesthetical and thematical areas.

The origin of our festival relied on generating connections between animators at national level, - and later on, international - in order to establish bonds. We considered that the isolation in which we were was not favorable for the growth of the area. Today,  we are able to evaluate that this initiative has been highly enriching, and we are proud of having contributed to the development of the field of animation in Argentina regarding the research and formative areas, and also the ones of artistic production and cultural management, including  instances of distribution and exhibition of audiovisual products.

Nowadays, some conditions have been developed in Argentina - animation studies, schools, production companies, animation festivals focused on the market - that did not exist when the ANIMA started, and that somehow we have accompanied from their beginnings. The networks are already built up. It is the moment, now, to reach new depths among all the intervening actors in the construction of this field and to reflect about how to continue enriching this process.

We now propose that the ANIMA Festival, after its expanding phase, returns to its origins and reflects on its present situation and the contributions that can generate in this new context. Therefore, the central motto of the 2009 edition will be IDENTITY TRAITS.

We look forward to receiving your films, and of course we would love to meet you in ANIMA’09!

Yours in animation,
 

 

Carmen Garzón Ñandú & Directora Académica	Alejandro González Ñandú & Director Artístico