The Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema (WFAC) was an annual international

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...

for animated

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s, held in

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. It ran for 13 years, from 2001 to 2013. The festival was founded in to promote appreciation for animation as a narrative medium for mature cinematic storytelling, and to review and celebrate animated feature films in the venue they were meant to be seen: a theatre. The festival was unique in its focus on feature animation. Its selection of films suggested a desire to create bridges: from audience to animator, from anime to non-anime, and most obviously from mature audiences to mature films, which simply happen to be animated. The programme was also surprisingly comprehensive - in its first year the festival was dedicated mainly to anime, but it later became much more international. Perhaps reflecting its focus, WFAC has presented more animated feature films in public exhibition than any other festival in the world. One interesting development since 2003 was the festival's Tidbits programme, developed to search out and promote the creation of feature films by one single artist or very small groups, made possible by advancements in technology.

Festival history

2013

World Cinema selections: Canadian/North American/International premieres of

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( Alfredo Soderguit, 2013), ''L'Arte della Felicità'' (

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, 2013), ''Até que a Sbórnia nos Separe'' ( Til Sbornia Do Us Part -

Otto Guerra Otto Guerra Neto (born March 5, 1956, in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian filmmaker and animator. Biography Guerra studied philosophy, law and communication, without graduating on any of these courses.. He made comics inspired by the Franco-Belgian ...

, 2013), ''Uma História de Amor e Fúria'' ( Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury - Luiz Bolognesi, 2013); also ''Ernest et Celestine'' (

Ernest and Celestine ''Ernest & Celestine'' (french: Ernest et Célestine) is a 2012 Animation, animated comedy drama, comedy drama film directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner. The film is based on a series of children's books of the same nam ...

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 ...

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 ...

Benjamin Renner Benjamin Renner (born 14 November 1983) is a French cartoonist, animator and filmmaker. Renner and his fellow producers received a 2014 Academy Awards nomination in the category of Best Animated Feature for the film ''Ernest & Celestine''. He p ...

, 2012), ''ベルセルク黄金時代篇'' ( Berserk: The Golden Age Arc trilogy -

Toshiyuki Kubooka is a Japanese animator, character designer, and director. He is particularly known for his work on the ''Giant Robo'' OVA series, as well as his work on the ''Lunar'' series and '' iDOLM@STER''. He was born in Hokkaido. Notable works Anime *'' ...

, 2012–13), ''Ma Maman est en Amérique, Elle a Rencontré Buffalo Bill'' ( My Mummy is in America, and She Met Buffalo Bill - Marc Boréal,

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, 2013), ''Couleur de Peau: Miel'' (

Approved for Adoption ''Approved for Adoption'' ( French: ''Couleur de peau: miel'' lit. "Colour of skin: honey") is a 2012 French-Belgian-South Korean-Swiss animated film, based on a comic by the Korean-Belgian comic strip artist, Jung, and directed by Laurent Boilea ...

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and

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, 2012), The Congress (

Ari Folman Ari Folman ( he, ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-a ...

, 2013), 009 RE:CYBORG (

Kamiyama Kenji is a Japanese anime director. Career Kamiyama has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise Production I.G, such as his work on '' Jin-Roh'', ''Patlabor'', '' Blood: The Last Vampire'', and for whom he has directed the '' ...

, 2012),

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, 2012).

2012

World Cinema selections: Canadian/North American/International premieres of

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( Sato Keiichi, 2012), Az ember tragédiája (

The Tragedy of Man ''The Tragedy of Man'' ( hu, Az ember tragédiája) is a play written by the Hungarian author Imre Madách. It was first published in 1861. The play is considered to be one of the major works of Hungarian literature and is one of the most often ...

Marcell Jankovics Marcell Jankovics (21 October 1941 – 29 May 2021) was a Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He is best known for the animated films '' Johnny Corncob'' (1973; the first animated feature of his native country) and ' ...

, 2012), Crulic - drumul spre dincolo ( Crulic - The Path to Beyond -

Anca Damian Anca Damian is a Romanian film director, writer, and producer. She has directed the film ''Marona's Fantastic Tale'' (originally, "L'extraordinaire voyage de Marona")., released in 2019. Damian has also directed the film Moon Hotel Kabul, fo ...

, 2011),

Heart String Marionette ''Heart String Marionette'' is an independent feature-length animated film directed by M dot Strange. It uses 3D animation and CG effects. The film was released online on June 15, 2012. It premiered on March 7, 2015 at the Cinequest Film Festival ...

( M dot Strange, 2012), Jensen & Jensen (

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, 2011), Le Jour des Corneilles (

The Day of the Crows ''The Day of the Crows'' (french: Le Jour des corneilles) is a 2012 French-language traditionally animated fantasy film directed by Jean-Christophe Dessaint from a screenplay by Amandine Taffin, based on the eponymous 2004 novel by Québécois ...

- Jean Christophe Dessaint, 2012), Marco Macaco ( Jan Rahbek, 2012),

Strange Frame ''Strange Frame: Love & Sax'' (often referred to as simply ''Strange Frame'') is a 2012 American romantic science fiction comedy-drama film directed by G. B. Hajim and written by G.B. Hajim and Shelley Doty. Created using cutout animation, the f ...

(

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, 2012), ''チベット犬物語'' ( Tibetan Dog - Kojima Masayuki, 2012), ''図書館戦争 ~ 革命のつばさ'' ( Library War: The Wings of Revolution - Hamana Takayuki, 2012), ''虹色ほたる'' (

Rainbow Fireflies is a 2012 Japanese anime film directed by Kōnosuke Uda. Plot On a hot summer day, a young boy named Yuta visits the dam where his father died one year ago. At the site he meets a mysterious old man. He gives the old man something to drink and l ...

- Uda Kounosuke, 2012); also Babeldom ( Paul Bush, 2012), Blood-C: The Last Dark ( Shiotani Naoyoshi, 2012), ''おおかみこどもの雨と雪'' (

Wolf Children is a 2012 Japanese anime drama film directed and co-written by Mamoru Hosoda. The second original feature film directed by Hosoda and the first work written by him, the film stars the voices of Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa and Haru Kuroki. The stor ...

- Hosoda Mamoru, 2012), ''ももへの手紙'' (

A Letter To Momo is a 2011 Japanese anime drama film produced by Production I.G and distributed by Kadokawa Pictures. The film was written and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura and stars an ensemble cast featuring Karen Miyama, Yuka, Toshiyuki Nishida, Chō and Kō ...

- Okiura Hiroyuki, 2011), ヘルズ ( Hells - Yamakawa Yoshiki, 2008), Tidbits selection: Canadian/North American/International premieres of

Anime Mirai The is an annual project launched in 2010, and funded by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators. The project culminates in a series of anime shorts produced by various animation studios each y ...

- including Juju the Weightless Dugong (

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, 2012), Pretending Not to See ( Miyashita Shinpei, 2012), Li'l Spider Girl ( Kaiya Toshihisa, 2012), Buta ( Tomonaga, Kazuhide, 2012).

2011

World Cinema: Canadian/North American/International premieres of Green Days ( Han Hye-jin, An Jae-hoon, 2011), ''마당을 나온 암탉'' (

Leafie, A Hen into the Wild ''Leafie, A Hen into the Wild'' (), also called ''Daisy, A Hen into the Wild'' in English-speaking countries, is a 2011 South Korean animated drama film which depicts the freedom, will and instinctive motherly love of a chicken, hen as she raises a ...

- Oh Seongyun, 2011), Adventures in Plymptoons! ( Alexia Anastasio, 2011), ''Den kæmpestore bjørn'' ( The Great Bear - Esben Toft Jacobsen, 2011), ''FIMFÁRUM – DO TŘETICE VŠEHO DOBRÉHO'' ( Fimfárum - Third Time Lucky -

Kristina Dufková Kristina may refer to: Places *the Swedish name of Ristiina, a town in Finland People *the Swedish name of Christina of Sweden * Kristina (born 1987), Slovak singer *Kristina Adolphson (born 1937), Swedish actress *Kristina Apgar (born 1985), Amer ...

, Vlasta Pospíšilová, David Súkup, 2011). Also ''Chico y Rita'' (

Chico and Rita ''Chico and Rita'' is a 2010 Spanish adult animated music romantic film with Spanish and English languages directed by Tono Errando, Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. The story of Chico and Rita is set against backdrops of Havana, New York City ...

- Tono Errando,

Javier Mariscal Francisco Javier Errando Mariscal (born 9 February 1950) better known as Javier Mariscal is a Spanish artist and designer whose work has spanned a wide range of mediums, ranging from painting and sculpture to interior design and landscaping. H ...

Fernando Trueba Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El País' ...

, 2010), ''とある飛空士への追憶'' (

The Princess and the Pilot is a 2008 Japanese light novel by written by Koroku Inumura and illustrated by Haruyuki Morisawa. An anime film adaptation was released in Japanese cinemas on 1 October 2011. ''To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku'' is a joint production by Japanese ...

- Jun Shishido, 2011), ''鋼の錬金術師嘆きの丘（ミロス）の聖なる星'' ( Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos - Murata Kazuya, 2011), ''El Sol'' ''( The Sun'' - Ayar Blasco, 2011).

2010

World Cinema: Canadian/North American/International premieres of

Piercing I ''Piercing I'' () is a 2010 Chinese animated film directed by Liu Jian. Plot Due to the financial crisis, many factories in China are forced to close their doors in late 2008. Zhang Xiaojun loses his job in a shoe factory. One day, a supermarke ...

(Liu Jian, 2009), ''ГАДКИЙ УТЕНОК'' (

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Garri Bardin Garri Yakovlevich Bardin (russian: Гарри Яковлевич Бардин; born September 11, 1941) is a Soviet and Russian animation director, screenwriter, producer and actor best known for his experimental musical and stop motion films.''Se ...

, 2010), ''Duga'' (

The Rainbow ''The Rainbow'' is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence, first published by Methuen & Co. in 1915. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family living in Nottinghamshire, focusing particularly on the individual's struggle to growth ...

- Joška Marušića, 2010), ''ՍԱՍՆԱ ԾՌԵՐ'' (

Daredevils of Sasun ''Daredevils of Sassoun'' ( hy, Սասնա ծռեր ''Sasna cṙer'', also spelled Daredevils of Sasun) is an Armenian heroic epic poem in four cycles (parts), with its main hero and story better known as ''David of Sassoun'', which is the story ...

Arman Manaryan Arman Manaryan ( hy, Արման Մանարյան; December 15, 1929 – February 16, 2016) was an Iranian-born Armenian film director. He was the brother of actor Yervand Manaryan. He repatriated to Soviet Armenia in 1946 and graduated from the Y ...

, 2010), Trigun: Badlands Rumble (

Yasuko Kobayashi is a Japanese anime and tokusatsu drama screenwriter who has been involved in various television shows throughout her career, beginning in 1993 with '' Tokusou Robo Janperson''. In September 2022, Kobayashi launched a new manga series with illu ...

, 2010), ''仏陀再誕'' (

The Rebirth of Buddha is a Japanese animated movie produced by the new religious movement, Happy Science. It is an adaptation of a book by Ryuho Okawa, the CEO of Happy Science, and was released on October 17, 2009. This movie was planned to be released internation ...

- Takaaki Ishiyama, 2009); also

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Takeshi Koike (born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese animator, illustrator and film director. Something of a protégée of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, he was also influenced by Yoshinori Kanada, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, and Katsuhito Ishii. He went straight from a ...

, 2010), Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then (

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, 2010), Goodbye Mr. Christie (

Phil Mulloy Phil Mulloy (born 29 August 1948) is an Irish-English animator. He was born in Wallasey, Merseyside and studied both painting and filmmaking. Mulloy worked as a screenwriter and director of live-action films until the late 1980s before becomin ...

, 2010), ''NA PŮDĚ ANEB KDO MÁ DNESKA NAROZENINY?'' ( In the Attic: Who Has a Birthday Today? -

Jiří Barta Jiří Barta (born 26 November 1948) is a Czech stop-motion animation director. Many of his films use wood as a medium for animation. Among his notable films are the 1986 film ''The Pied Piper''. In 2007 he released his first computer-animated s ...

, 2011), ''夏日大作战'' (

Summer Wars is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, produced by Madhouse, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji and ...

Mamoru Hosoda is a Japanese film director and animator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his eighth film '' Mirai''. Life and career Early life and initial work at Toei Animat ...

, 2010), Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (

Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer (; born 4 September 1934) is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media. He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his stop-motion animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Terr ...

, 2010).

2009

Retrospective screenings: ''СМЕХ И ГОРЕ У БЕЛА МОРЯ'' (

Laughter and Grief by the White Sea ''Laughter and Grief by the White Sea'' (russian: Смех и го́ре у Бе́ла мо́ря; tr.:''Smekh i gore u Bela morya'') is a 1987 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by Leonid Nosyrev made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio ...

Leonid Nosyrev Leonid Viktorovich Nosyrev (russian: Леони́д Ви́кторович Но́сырев; born 22 January 1937, Ivanteyevka, Moscow Oblast) is a Soviet and Russian director-animator, screenwriter, artist, animator. Laureate of the Prize of t ...

, 1989); ''ТИГРЁНОК НА ПОДСОЛНУХЕ'' ( The Little Tiger on the Sunflower -

, 1981); ''ПРОПАВШАЯ ГРАМОТА'' (

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- Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg, Lamis Bredis, 1945); ''КРАДЕНОЕ СОЛНЦЕ'' ( The Stolen Sun - Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Olga Khodatayeva, 1943); ''СЛОН И МОСЬКА'' ( The Elephant and the Pug - Pantaleymon Sazonov, Lamis Bredis, 1941); ''КОШКА, КОТОРАЯ ГУЛЯЛА САМА ПО СЕБЕ'' (

The Cat Who Walked by Herself ''The Cat Who Walked by Herself'' (russian: Кошка, которая гуляла сама по себе, Koshka, kotoraya gulyala sama po sebe) is a 1988 Soviet animated feature film directed by Ideya Garanina and made at the Soyuzmultfilm stud ...

- Ideya Garanina, 1988) Tidbits selections
Panique au Village
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and

, 2009) World Cinema: Canadian/North American/International premieres o
Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance
(

Hideaki Anno is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and actor. He is best known for creating the anime series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (1995)''.'' His style is defined by his postmodernist approach and the extensive portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotio ...

, 2009)
Alisa's Birthday
( Seregin Sergey, 2009)
First Squad: the Moment of Truth
( Yoshiharu Ashino, 2009)
L.A. Dolce Vita
(Gábor Csupo, 2008), ''宮本武蔵 ―双剣に馳せる夢―''
Musashi: the Dream of the Last Samurai

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, 2009), ''ПРО ФЕДОТА-СТРЕЛЬЦА, УДАЛОГО МОЛОДЦА'' ( Fedot the Hunter - Ludmilla Steblyanko, 2009), Technotise: Edit & I ( Aleksa Gajic, 2009)
Boogie, el Aceitoso
(

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, 2009); als
Mary and Max
(Adam Elliot, 2009),

Brendan and The Secret of Kells ''The Secret of Kells'' is a 2009 animated fantasy film about the making of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript from the 9th Century. The film is an Irish-French-Belgian co-production animated by Cartoon Saloon, which premiered on 8 Fe ...

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Tomm Moore Thomas "Tomm" Moore (born 7 January 1977) is an Irish filmmaker, animator, illustrator and comics artist. He co-founded Cartoon Saloon with Nora Twomey and Paul Young, an animation studio and production company based in Kilkenny, Ireland. His ...

Nora Twomey Nora Twomey (born 31 October 1971) is an Irish animator, director, screenwriter, producer and voice actress. She is best known as the co-founder of Cartoon Saloon, alongside Tomm Moore and Paul Young, an animation studio and production company, b ...

, 2009), and Metropia (

Tarik Saleh Tarik Saleh ( ar, طارق صالح; born 28 January 1972) is a Swedish television producer, animator, publisher, journalist and film director. He was born in Högalids församling, Stockholm to a Swedish mother and an Egyptian father. In th ...

, 2009).

2008

Retrospective screenings: ''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed'' (

The Adventures of Prince Achmed ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (known as ''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed'' in German language, German) is a 1926 German Animation, animated Fairy tale, fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film; ...

Lotte Reiniger Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (2 June 1899 – 19 June 1981) was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best known films are ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'', from 1926, the first feature-length animated fil ...

, 1926) from restored 35 mm print, with live score composed and performed b
Miles and Karina
20th anniversary screening of ''Hotaru no Haka'' (

Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 Japanese animated war tragedy film based on a 1967 short story by Akiyuki Nosaka. It was written and directed by Isao Takahata, and animated by Studio Ghibli for Shinchosha Publishing. The film stars , , and . Set in the city o ...

Isao Takahata was a Japanese director, screenwriter and producer. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he earned international critical acclaim for his work as a director of Japanese animated feature films. Born in Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture, Takahata joined Toei ...

, 1988) from 35 mm print, with Frederik Schodt, Brian Ruh, John O'Donnell leading discussion Tidbits selections:

Sita Sings The Blues ''Sita Sings the Blues'' is a 2008 American animated musical romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, produced and animated by American artist Nina Paley. It intersperses events from the ''Ramayana'', light-hearted but knowledgeable disc ...

(

Nina Paley Nina Carolyn Paley (born May 3, 1968) is an American cartoonist, animator, and free culture activist. She was the artist and often the writer of the comic strips ''Nina's Adventures'' and ''Fluff'', after which she worked primarily in animati ...

, 2008),

We Are the Strange ''We Are the Strange'' is an independent animated film directed by M dot Strange. It uses stop motion, CG artwork, and greenscreen effects. The film premiered on January 19, 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival. Plot ''We Are the Strange'' focuses ...

( M dot Strange, 2007)
Idiots and Angels
(

Bill Plympton Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Awards-nominated animated short '' Your Face'' and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting ...

, 2008)
From Inside
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John Bergin John Bergin is a writer, illustrator, designer, and musician. As Art Director at Lakeshore Records. He has created and designed packaging for soundtrack albums such as ''Stranger Things,'' ''Drive, Mandy, Mr. Robot, Napoleon Dynamite, The Walkin ...

, 2008) World Cinema: Canadian/North American/International premieres of ''Piano no Mori'' ( The Piano Forest -

Masayuki Kojima is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director, best known for directing the acclaimed anime series ''Monster'' and ''Made in Abyss''. He was born on March 11, 1961 in Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan. Career Kojima first got his start in the ...

, 2007)
Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
(

, 2007), ''Egon és Dönci''
Egon and Dönci
( Ádám Magyar, 2008)
Donkey Xote
( Jose Pozo, 2008)
Summer Days With Coo
(

Keiichi Hara is a Japanese director of animated films. Biography What started Hara on his career as an animation creator was visiting an animation film company as part of his job hunting activities after graduating from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College (TDG). H ...

, 2007), Only Love (

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, 2008)
Quirino Cristiani: the Mystery of the First Animated Movies
(Gabriele Zuccelli, 2008); also

Genius Party are two anthology films made up of 12 short animated films from Studio 4°C. It was envisioned to form a single release. Releases The first volume, containing seven shorts and entitled ''Genius Party'', was released on July 7, 2007. The secon ...

(various, 2007), Genius Party Beyond (various, 2008), an
Nocturna
( Victor Maldonado/ Adriá García, 2007)

2007

Retrospective screenings: Canadian/North American premiere of Rocky and Hudson Tidbits selections: Canadian/North American/International premieres of Black Ceiling, Five Centimeters Per Second, The Killer of Montmartre, Anna and the Moods, SOS Metro Tokyo Explorers World Cinema: Canadian/North American/International premieres of The Pixar Story, RH+: the Vampiress of Seville, Flatland, '' One Night in One City'', Wood & Stock: Sex, Oregano and Rock 'n Roll; also Aachi and Ssipak, The Ugly Duckling and Me, Film Noir, Free Jimmy

2006

Retrospective screenings: Princes and Princesses Titbits selections: various World Cinema: Canadian/North American/International premieres of Origin: Spirits of the Past, Fimfárum 2, Fire Ball, Khan Kluay, Pettson and Findus: Pettson's Promise, Prince Vladimir, Dobrynia Nikitich, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time; also Princess, The Book of the Dead, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, Blood Tea and Red String

2005

World Cinema: Canadian/North American/International premieres of Alosha Popovich i Tugarin Zmey, Fragile Machine, A Place Promised in Our Early Days, Terkel in Trouble; also Frank and Wendy, Mind Game, The District, Strings, Winter Days

2004

Retrospective screenings: Rock & Rule Tidbits: various World Cinema: Canadian/North American/International premieres of Appleseed, McDull: Prince de la Bun, Oseam, Y Mabinogi, La Prophétie des Grenouilles, Karlik Nos; also Steamboy, Kaena, The Legend of the Sky Kingdom, Hair High

2003

Retrospective screenings: Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Utena, Perfect Blue, Escaflowne Tidbits: various World Cinema: Canadian/North American/International premieres of Mari Iyagi, WXIII Patlabor, My Life as McDull, Princess Arête, Corto Maltese, Wonderful Days, Officer Down, Missing Persons; also Princes and Princesses

2002

World Cinema: Canadian/North American premieres of Cowboy Bebop, A Tree of Palme; also

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2001

World Cinema: Canadian premieres of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Metropolis, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

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