Awarded titles in the feature film competition

The Anim'est trophies await their winners: the only animation festival in Romania announces its titles in international feature, short and student competitions. The five feature films in competition will bring many types of animation, going through rotoscoping, anime, 3D or stop-motion puppet animation and dozens of short films from the other two competitions will electrify the nine-day festival with the freshest productions whether they are the work of experienced animators or students.

After premiering at Venice last year (outside the competition) and walked through festivals like Toronto and Karlovy Vary, Alois Nebel (d. Tomáš Lunák) will be projected (national premiere) at Anim'est 2012. Czech Republic's proposal for this year's Oscars, Alois Nebel, is a black and white animation that makes people get easily attached to it: the late 80s, a dispatcher from a station near the border gets lost in memories and begins to confuse present with the past, being a good opportunity for a look at the tumultuous history of twentieth-century Europe. The film is based on a comic trilogy by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír 99: done by rotoscoping technique in which the actors are converted into animation, he keeps noir vibe, the comics, but occasionally sweetened with characters's tenderness. With the same technique, this time in a different style, are made Gordo, calvo y bajito/ Fat, Bald, Short Man (dir. Carlos Osuna), a bittersweet comedy about a middle-aged man's complexes.

The list continues in a different register, to the delight of anime fans: Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below is Makoto Shinkai signed Japanese animation, a director that's already being called y critics "the new Miyazaki". Full of fantasy, the film follows a withdrawn girl on her way to a mysterious land. Also for children was made Selkirk el verdadero Robinson Crusoe/Selkirk, the True Robinson Crusoe, directed by Walter Tournier: a pirate's adventure that starts in search of a treasure is a puppet animation, the first stop-motion film made in Uruguay. Pope, soy one zombie / Daddy, I'm a Zombie is a spanish 3D animation nominated at the Goya Awards 2012, signed by Joan Espinach and Ricardo Ramón. The film follows a teenage girl who, after suffering an accident, is trying to adjust to her new life as a zombie: the black humor is obviously on the house.