World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb (Croatian: Svjetski festival animiranog filma), best known as Animafest Zagreb, is a film festival entirely dedicated to animated film held annually in Zagreb, Croatia.[1] Initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA), the event was established in 1972.[2] Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in the World, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival (established in 1960).[3]
 Logo of the 2010 edition | |
| Location | Zagreb, Croatia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1972 |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.animafest.hr/ |
The idea to create the event came about because of the worldwide acclaim of animated shorts produced by authors belonging to the Zagreb School of Animated Films in the 1950s and 1960s. Zagreb's candidacy for holding a permanent animated film festival was accepted at the 1969 ASIFA meeting in London.
Festival awards include prizes given in the Short film Competition, Feature film Competition, Student Film Competition, Children Films, Site-specific competition and Croatian competition. Its Prize for "Best First Production Apart from Educational Institutions" is named in honour of Zlatko Grgić. The Lifetime Achievement Award, which is unique for animation film festivals, was established in 1986. An award for outstanding contribution to the theory of animation was added in 2002.[3]
Grand Prize winners
editFrom 1972 to 2004 Animafest was a biennial event focused on animated short films, held in even years, with the sole exception of 1976, when it was cancelled. From 2005 to 2015 the festival became an annual event, with feature film editions introduced and held in odd years, in between the short film editions. In 2015 the shorts and features were merged into one annual event.
Short films
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Notes
edit- × Oscar winner
- ≠ Oscar nominee
Feature films
edit| Year | English title | Director(s) | Country |
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| 2005 | Terkel in Trouble | Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Stefan Fjeldmark |  Denmark
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| 2007 | Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest | Michel Ocelot |  France
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| 2009 | Waltz with Bashir≠ | Ari Folman |  Israel
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| 2011 | My Dog Tulip | Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger |  United States
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| 2013 | Approved for Adoption | Laurent Boileau and Jung |  Belgium France
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| 2015 | Boy and the World≠ | Alê Abreu |  Brazil
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| 2016 | The Magic Mountain | Anca Damian |  Romania
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| 2017 | The Red Turtle≠ | Michael Dudok De Wit | France Belgium  Japan
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| 2018 | This Magnificent Cake! | Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels | France Belgium  Netherlands
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| 2019 | Ruben Brandt, Collector | Milorad Krstić |  Hungary
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| 2020 | Feature Film Competition not held. [C] | ||
| 2021 | The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks | Andrey Khrzhanovsky |  Russia
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| 2022 | My Sunny Maad[6] | Michaela Pavlátová[7] |  Czech Republic
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| 2023 | My Love Affair with Marriage | Signe Baumane |  Latvia United States  Luxembourg
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| 2024 | Sultana's Dream (film) | Isabel Herguera |  Spain  Germany
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Notes
edit- × Oscar winner
- ≠ Oscar nominee
Footnotes
edit- A. ^ In 1976 the festival was cancelled because of the earlier agreement that the three main ASIFA-sponsored festivals (at Annecy, Zagreb and Mamaia, Romania) would be held in three-year cycles, with Mamaia scheduled to take place in 1976. However, Romanian organizers cancelled the event at the last minute. In 1977 the regular festival at Annecy was held and the usual biennial cycle resumed, with Zagreb and Annecy taking turns.[8]
- B. ^ Although Animafest was held in 1982 and 1986, no Grand Prizes were awarded in these two editions.[9][10]
- C. ^ Animafest 2020 edition was held live in Zagreb, but due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, it was decided for an edition without a Feature Film Competition.
Lifetime Achievement Award laureates
edit| Year | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Norman McLaren | Canada |
| 1988 | Chuck Jones | U.S.A. |
| 1990 | John Halas | United Kingdom |
| 1992 | Bob Godfrey | United Kingdom |
| 1994 | Dušan Vukotić | Croatia |
| 1996 | Caroline Leaf | Canada |
| 1998 | Bruno Bozzetto | Italy |
| 2000 | Jan Švankmajer | Czech Republic |
| 2002 | Paul Driessen | Netherlands/Canada |
| 2004 | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| 2006 | Fyodor Khitruk | Russia |
| 2008 | Priit Pärn | Estonia |
| 2010 | Frederic Back | Canada |
| 2012 | Yoji Kuri | Japan |
| 2014 | Yuri Norstein | Russia |
| 2015 | Michel Ocelot | France |
| 2016 | Raoul Servais | Belgium |
| 2017 | Borivoj Dovniković | Croatia |
| 2018 | Paul Fierlinger | U.S.A./Czech Republic |
| 2019 | Suzan Pitt | U.S.A. |
| 2020 | Georges Schwizgebel | Switzerland |
| 2021 | Ralph Bakshi | Haifa/U.S.A |
| 2022 | Nedeljko Dragić[11] | Croatia |
| 2023 | William Kentridge | South Africa |
| 2024 | Phil Mulloy | United Kingdom |
Award for outstanding contribution to animation studies laureates
edit| Year | Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Giannalberto Bendazzi | Italy |
| 2004 | Donald Crafton | U.S.A. |
| 2006 | John Canemaker | U.S.A. |
| 2008 | Clare Kitson | United Kingdom |
| 2010 | Midhat Ajanović ("Ajan") | Sweden/Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2012 | Olivier Cotte | France |
| 2014 | Marcel Jean | Canada |
| 2016 | Marcin Gizycki | Poland |
| 2017 | Maureen Furniss | U.S.A. |
| 2018 | Paul Wells | United Kingdom |
| 2019 | Jayne Pilling | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | Chris Robinson | Canada |
| 2021 | Xavier Kawa-Topor | France |
| 2022 | Rolf Giesen | Germany |
| 2023 | Suzanne Buchan | United Kingdom |
| 2024 | Ingo Petzke | Germany |
See also
edit- List of animation awards
- Other ASIFA-sponsored animated film festivals:
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival (est. 1960)
- Ottawa International Animation Festival (est. 1976)
- Hiroshima International Animation Festival (est. 1985)
References
edit- ^ Animafest Zagreb Presents 29th Edition Program|Animation Magazine
- ^ "Croatia on screen". Time Out. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ a b The Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films @ filmfestivalworld.com Archived September 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Z is for Zagreb: The Animafest Zagreb Exhibition 1972-2022|Animation World Network
- ^ Portuguese Short ‘The Garbage Man’ Wins Top Prize At Zagreb Animafest|Cartoon Brew
- ^ ‘My Sunny Maad,’ ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’ Score French Academy César Awards|Cartoon Brew
- ^ Animafest Zagreb Announces Seven Features in Competition|Animation Magazine
- ^ "Animafest.hr".
- ^ "Animafest.hr".
- ^ "Animafest.hr".
- ^ CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ANIMATED HISTORY: ANIMAFEST ZAGREB: 6-11 June 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia|Animation World Network