The ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival (

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: Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Animowanych ANIMATOR), organized in

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under the patronage of the city of

since 2008, is the most important international

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festival in

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. During every edition of this event more than 500 films from all over the world, including retrospectives, thematic reviews, premieres and screenings with live music and rarely shown works of animation pioneers are presented. The festival reviews are accompanied by the International Short and Full-length Animated Film Competition, judged by an international jury, for which films from more than fifty countries are entered. The grand prize awarded at this competition is the Golden

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(Polish: "Złoty Pegaz"). The activities of the Animator Festival include meetings with artists, exhibitions, performances, concerts, workshops and lectures. A distinguishing feature of the ANIMATOR Festival is its focusing on the interrelations between animation and music. Many screenings are accompanied by live music, performed by a jazz trio, rock band, DJ collective or symphonic orchestra. The programme of every edition of the festival is characterized by a broad thematic, cultural and historical diversity. Along with the most recent works representing various techniques and modern trends in animation cinema, the rich history and prehistory of the world cinema is presented at the festival. The festival’s artistic director is Marcin Giżycki.

Competition categories and prizes

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Madame Tutli-Putli ''Madame Tutli-Putli'' is a 2007 stop motion-animated short film by Montreal filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, collectively known as Clyde Henry Productions, and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). It is available on ...

'' , Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski , Canada , 2007 , - , 2nd Prize (Silver Pegasus) , ''Muto'' ,

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, Italy , 2008 , - , 3rd Prize (Bronze Pegasus) , ''Laska'' , Michał Socha ,

, 2008 , - , colspan=5 , Special prizes , - , Special Jury Prize , ''Eletvonal'' (“The line of life”) , Tomek Ducki , Hungary , 2007 , - , Ecological Film Prize , ''Veterinararsts'' (“The Veterinarian”) , Signe Baumane ,

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, 2007 , - , Festival Directors Prize , ''Exit'' , Grzegorz Koncewicz ,

, 2006 , - , ANIMATOR Festival Office Prize , ''Try Yangaly'' (“Three angels”) , Yulia Rudiskaya ,

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, 2007 , - , colspan=5 , Honourable mentions , - , For screenplay , ''Štyri'' (“Four”) , Ivana Šebestová ,

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, 2008 , - , For music and sound , ''Seemannstreue'' (“Sea Dog’s Devotion”) , Anna Kalus, music: Florian Kappler , Germany , 2008 , - , For debut film , ''Dokumanimo'' , Małgorzata Bosek ,

, 2007 , - , For children film , ''Tôt ou tard'' , Jadwiga Kowalska , Switzerland , 2007 , - , rowspan=7 , 2009 , Grand Prize (Golden Pegasus) , ''Eintritt zum Paradies um 3 € 20'' („Entrance to the Paradise 3 € 20”) , Edith Stauber , Austria , 2008 , - , 2nd Prize of the National Audiovisual Institute (Silver Pegasus) , , ''Chainsaw'' , , Dennis Tupicoff , , Australia , , 2007 , - , 3rd Prize (Bronze Pegasus) , , ''Kaasasundinud kohustused'' (“Inalienable duty”) , , Rao Heidmets , ,

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, , 2008 , - , colspan=5 , Special prizes , - , Special prize for music film , , ''Virus'' , , Robert Proch , ,

, , 2009 , - , Special prize for children film , , ''Gerald's Last Day'' , , Justin & Shel Rasch , , United States , , 2009 , - , Audience award , , ''La maison en petits cubes'' , , Kunio Kato , , Japan , , 2008 , - , rowspan=10 , 2010 , Grand Prize (Golden Pegasus) , , ''Ukryte'' (“The Hidden”) , , Piotr Szczepanowicz , ,

, , 2009 , - , 2nd Prize of the National Audivisual Institute (Silver Pegasus) , , ''Simon vagyok'' (“I am Simon”) , , Tunde Molnar , , Hungary , , 2009 , - , 3rd Prize (Bronze Pegasus) , , ''Big Bang Big Boom'' , ,

, , Italy , , 2010 , - , colspan=5 , Special prizes , - , Special prize for music film/ music , , ''Love & Theft'' , ,

Andreas Hykade Andreas Hykade (born 1968 in Altötting, Bavaria) is a German animator, cartoonist, and voice actor. Before studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1988 to 1990, he attended König-Karlmann-Gymnasium Altötting. He worked as an ani ...

, , Germany , , 2010 , - , , Special prize for children film , , ''A trip to the seaside'' , , Nina Bisyarina , , Russia , , 2008 , - , Audience award , , ''Big Bang Big Boom'' , ,

, , Italy , , 2010 , - , colspan=5 , Honourable mentions , - , Jury’s Special Honourable Mention , , ''Millhaven'' , , Bartek Kulas , ,

, , 2010 , - , Jury’s Special Honourable Mention for Children Film , , ''Zhila-bila mucha'' (“Once upon a time there was a fly") , , Alena Oyatieva , , Russia , , 2009 , - , rowspan=6 , 2011 , Grand Prize (Golden Pegasus) , , ''Sinna mann'' (“An angry man“) , ,

Anita Killi Anita Killi (born 17 January 1968 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian animator and film director. Background and work Anita Killi studied graphic design and illustration at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (SHKS) in Osl ...

, , Norway , , 2009 , - , 2nd Prize of the National Audivisual Institute (Silver Pegasus) , , ''Baka!!'' , , Immanuel Wagner , , Switzerland , , 2010 , - , 3rd Prize (Bronze Pegasus) , , ''Crossed Sild'' , , Lea Vidaković, Ivana Bošnjak , , Norway , , 2010 , - , colspan=5 , Special prizes , - , Special prize for children film , , ''Chroniques de la poisse'' , , Osman Cerfon , , France , , 2010 , - , Audience award , , ''Sinna mann'' (“An angry man“) , , Anita Killi , , Norway , , 2009 , - , rowspan=8 , 2012 , Grand Prize (Golden Pegasus) , , ''Ya videl kak mishy kota horonili'' (“I saw the mice burying the cat“) , ,

Dmitry Geller Dmitry Alexandrovich Geller (russian: Дмитрий Александрович Геллер; born 12 October 1970) is a Russian animator and film director. Biography Geller began his creative activity as an independent artist, participating in ...

, , Russia/China , , 2011 , - , 2nd Prize of the National Audivisual Institute (Silver Pegasus) , , ''Tussilago'' , ,

Jonas Odell Jonas Odell (born 10 November 1962 in Stockholm) is a Swedish music video and film director and founder of FilmTecknarna. Odell, who specializes in a mix of animation and live action, has directed a number of short films, music videos and comm ...

, , Sweden , , 2010 , - , 3rd Prize (Bronze Pegasus) , , ''Le grand ailleurs et le petit ici'' , , Michèle Lemieux , , Canada , , 2011 , - , colspan=5 , Special prizes , - , Special prize for music film/ music , , ''Sunny Afternoon'' , , Thomas Renoldner , , Austria , , 2012 , - , Prize of the Polish Filmmakers Association for Best Polish Short Film , , ''Papierowe pudełko'' (“Paper box”) , , Zbigniew Czapla , ,

, , 2011 , - , Special prize for Full-length film , , ''Droga na drugą stronę'' (“Way to the Other Side”) , , Anca Damian , ,

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, , 2011 , - , Audience award , , ''Rew Day'' , , Svilen Dimitrov , ,

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Editions of the festival

*1st International Animated Film Festival: 07-12 July 2008 http://www.animator-festival.com/2008/index.php?lang=EN *2nd International Animated Film Festival: 06-11 July 2009 http://www.animator-festival.com/2009/index.php?lang=EN *3rd International Animated Film Festival: 12–17 July 2010 http://www.animator-festival.com/2010/index.php?lang=EN *4th International Animated Film Festival: 15–21 July 2011 http://www.animator-festival.com/2011/index.php?lang=EN *5th International Animated Film Festival: 13–19 July 2012 http://www.animator-festival.com/2012/index.php?lang=EN *6th International Animated Film Festival: planned for 13–19 July 2013

External links

*Official website: https://web.archive.org/web/20130412025729/http://www.animator-festival.com/ Animation film festivals Film festivals in Poland Poznań