The Córdoba International Animation Festival – ANIMA is a competitive animated film and media festival held in
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba () is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley, Sierras Chicas on the Primero River, Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba Province an ...
.
ANIMA's first edition was held in April 2001, and has been replicated in odd years since, therefore being
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
's first and longest standing animation festival. The festival is jointly organized by the Centro Experimental de Animación (CEAn), an animation research and production centre at the Faculty of Arts,
National University of Córdoba
The National University of Córdoba (), is a public university located in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. Founded in 1613, the university is the oldest in Argentina, the third oldest university of the Americas, with the first university being ...
; and the Animation Chair of the
National University of Villa María
The National University of Villa María () is an Argentine national university located city of Villa María in Córdoba Province. It has offices in the cities of: Villa del Rosario, Córdoba, and San Francisco.
History
On December 21, 1994, t ...
.
Overview
ANIMA revolves around three sections:
* The festival itself, which welcomes all sorts of animation with no limitations to technique, genre, topic, format and/or screening media.
* Formative opportunities in animation, through seminars, workshops and masterclasses.
* An academic conference called FAIA – Foro Académico Internacional de Animación. Established in 2007, FAIA is the first Latin American conference on the subject. Proceedings of the conference are published both, on paper and online.
Winners
Grand Jury Prize
References
External links
Official website
Animation film festivals
Film festivals in Argentina
Film festivals established in 2001
2001 establishments in Argentina
Córdoba, Argentina
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