The Future Film Festival (FFF) is an international
film festival dedicated to
animation
Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...
and
special effects, held annually since 1999 in
Bologna
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History
The press center, media accreditation office, round tables, and relaxation area are grouped in the "Future Village", located in the
Palazzo Re Enzo
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on Piazza Nettuno. Giulietta Fara has been the director of the Future Film Festival since
1999
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It's a film festival - open to professionals, enthusiasts, and the simply curious - whose aim is to discover and promote animation and new technologies applied to cinema, particularly among young audiences and artists from different cultures and nations.
The competition features a selection of
feature film
A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...
s and a selection of
shorts, screened in one or more downtown cinemas. Prizes are awarded for the best use of new digital technologies, and the "Grand Prix Platinium" is awarded to the best film in the competition.
The fourteenth edition occurred from March 27 to April 1, 2012 and The 22rd edition occurred from 21 September to 2 October 2022.
Palmarès
Grand Prix Platinium
* 2007: ''
One Man Band,'' Andrew Jimenez (USA);
* 2008: ''
5 Centimeters per Second
is a 2007 Japanese romantic drama animated film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. It theatrically premiered on 3 March 2007. The film consists of three segments, each following a period in the protagonist Takaki Tōno's life and his ...
'',
Makoto Shinkai
, known as
, is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, author, and manga artist.
Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) ' ...
(Japan);
* 2009: ''
Fierro,'' Norman Ruiz and Liliana Romero (Argentina);
* 2010:
''A town called panic'',
Stéphane Aubier
Stéphane Aubier (born October 8, 1964) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. In 2009, he wrote and directed the animated film ''A Town Called Panic (film), A Town Called Panic'' along with Vincent Patar. It premiered at the 2009 Cannes Fi ...
and
Vincent Patar
Vincent Patar (born 2 September 1965) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. In 2009 he wrote and directed the animated film '' A Town Called Panic'' along with Stéphane Aubier. It premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was the first ...
(Belgium);
* 2011: ''No Longer Human,''
Morio Asaka (Japan).
* 2012: ''
A Lettre to Momo,''
Hiroyuki Okiura
is a Japanese animation director and animator working for Production I.G.
Career
Okiura left high school at the age of 16 and entered the animation industry as a member of the studio Anime R, where he studied under Moriyasu Taniguchi and which T ...
(Japan).
* 2013: ''Anima Buenos Aires,''
María Verónica Ramírez (Argentina).
* 2014: ''
Cheatin''', ''
''
Bill Plympton (USA).
* 2015: ''
Giovanni's,'' (Japan).
See also
*
Animation
Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...
*
Lists of animated films
The following are lists of animated films.
By award
*Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
*Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
*Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
*Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film
*BAFTA Award ...
*
List of computer-animated films
References
External links
Future Film Festival WebsiteFuture Film Festival ArchiveFuture Film Festival Youtube ChannelAnimation Festivals
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Film festivals in Italy
Animation film festivals