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The man who re-invented the Disney Studios is coming to Bucharest

Peter Schneider, one of animated film’s history making producers, is coming to Bucharest this weekend! Saturday, November 20th from 15:00, the l..

Audience Award 2010 – Top 10

The Anim'est audience have chosen their favorites for the Audience Award. The public had to choose from among the films included in the line-up ..

A memorable evening closes Anim’est 2010

An electrifying evening, with Alexander Bălănescu’s violin and Phil Mulloy’s animations shinning on the Patria Cinema stage in Bucharest. ..

The Award Ceremony

The winners of the 5th Anim'est got their trophies on Saturday, October 16th, 2010, during the Award Ceremony which was honoured by the presence of th..

Making of Anim'est 2010

See the Anim'est 2010 Making of in the Video Gallery!

BeatDis Concert

The Hungarian band BeatDis had an extraordinary concert at the Animax closing party. Combing a variety of rithms, Csigó Tamás, Dé..

Anim'est 2010 Cluj Official Programe

Three whole days dedicated to hand-picked films, an exclusive masterclass and a „warm-up” session of the best Anim’est 2009 films a..

The Studio 4C retrospective is almost over

Two films from the Studio 4C Retrospective, presented by Animax, are still being screened at Union Cinema: Genius Party Beyond (dir. Mahiro Maeda, K&o..

The 2010 Anim’est Guest Festival, Animafest Zagreb

The Guest Festival for Anim’est 2010, is coming to Union Cinema, from 12 a.m., with the second Croatian animated short film programme from the c..

Closing Gala protagonist – Alexander Bălănescu

Half way through the eventful closing weekend of Anim’est 2010, both festival audience and guests will get to enjoy a unique moment: the renowne..

British Animation at Anim’est

British Council, an old festival friend, is bringing Anim’est an already traditional programme, dedicated to the best recent British animations:..

Award winners screening, Sunday, October 17, 2010

The final day of the festival, Sunday, October 17, is dedicated to Anim’est winning films that will be screened at Patria Cinema, starting with ..

Anim'est anunţă un regal de animaţie la Cluj-Napoca

Trei zile de proiecţii cu filme unul şi unul la Cinema Victoria, un masterclass în exclusivitate şi „încălzire” cu cele mai b..

Anim’est Day 7

The highlight on the seventh festival day was the Video& Advertising special screening in Control Club, and the two concetrs that followed by impo..

Alvin and the Chipmunks and Minimest 3

The little ones will get to enjoy yet another set of screenings and interactive BluParty activities dedicated to them during the Minimest section &nda..

The ilLuster Productions Presentation

Producer Michiel Snijders and Chris Mouw, producer and distribution coordinator will be presenting the Anim’est 2010 Guest Studio - ilLuster Pro..

The fifth film from Studio4°C – Steamboy

Steamboy (dir. Katshuhiro Ôtomo, 2004), a new film signed Studio4°C, the absolute masters of Japanese anime honoured this year’s by An..

Niko & The Way to the Stars on Day 8

The 8th Anim’est day will open, as usual, with the screening for children: the Minimest section is coming to Patria Cinema, from 11:30 a.m. with..

Kerity: the house of tales in the feature film competition

This weekend, on Friday, October 15th, from 6.30 p.m., Patria Cinema is screening the fifth title in the Anim'est Feature Film Competition, presented ..

Day 6 at Anim'est

Tuesday, October 13th, Union Cinema became the meeting point for films and directors from Hungary and viewers from Bucharest. Geza M. Toth, the Oscar ..

Creepy Animation Night 2 is getting near!

Only a few more days left until the start for Creepy Animation Night 2 – the night of bizarre animated films, visuals and live music out of the ..

Balkanimation – The round table

The round table from Friday, 2 p.m., at Union Cinema dedicated to Balkan animated film comes with a set of festival guests from the region – fil..

The last screening of Sylvain Chomet’s Illusionist

The Illusionist, Sylvain Chomet’s film based on renowned French filmmaker Jacques Tati’s (1907-1982) last script, will be rerun Thursday, ..

The Cinematograph in the Short Film Competition

The fifth Short Film Competition programme will be screened Thursday, October 14th 2010, from 8:30 p.m., at Patria Cinema. The last competitive Short ..

Romanian animation at the Anim’est roundtable

Romanian animated film night will be thoroughly analysed at the round table dedicated to it, Thursday, October 14th 2010, from 12 a.m., at Union Cinem..

Music Video & Advertising special screening in Control Club

Thursday at Anim’est is coming with many screenings from all of the festival’s competition sections and closes in a spectacular fashion wi..

ilLuster Productions, Thursday at Scala Cinema

The Guest Studio at this Anim’est edition, , ilLuster Productions, is the leader in Dutch art animation and has been producing, from 1998 up to ..

How to train your dragon at Minimest

The screening at Patria Cinema, on Thursday, October 14th 2010, at 11:30 a.m. is dedicated to both children and grown-ups who can learn at Minimest Ho..

Edit and I in the Feature Film Competition

The surprising Edit and I, made by Serbian director Aleksa Gajic, selected in the 2010 Anim’est Feature Film Competition and screened Thursday, ..

Day 5 at Anim’est

The Creepy Animation Night 2 press conference held Tuesday morning disclosed the programme of the most awaited animation event to the Bucharest journa..

Balkanimation is starting at Anim’est

Scheduled for Thursday, October 14th, from 8 p.m., at Union Cinema, the 13 films selected this year in the Balkan short film competition are coming fr..

The Short Film and Student Film Competitions continue, Wednesday the 13th

The Sci-fi film Artificial Paradise, Inc. (dir. Jean-Paul Frenay, 2009), awarded the Special Mention at the Fargo Film Festival; the ingenious Human b..

The Apple and the Worm at Minimest

Same as on every other day, Minimest, the section dedicated to children, is opening the Patria Cinema screening on Wednesday, from 11:30 a.m., with a ..

Romanian animation is returning

The sixth day of the Anim’est International Film Festival is coming at Scala Cinema with two screenings animation fans cannot ignore: from 5 p.m..

Regina Pessoa - a high end programme at Anim’est 2010

Portuguese director Regina Pessoa, member of the 2010 Anim'est jury, is coming Wednesday, from 6:30 p.m., at Patria Cinema, with a special programme m..

Mosaic 5, Wednesday at Anim’est 2010

Logorama (dir. François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain, France), Oscar Award winner for Best Animated Short Film in 2010..

Kurt se răzbună la Animest 2010

Kurt se răzbună / Kurt Turns Evil (r. Rasmus A. Sivertsen), filmul norvegian din Competiţia de lungmetraj a festivalului, prezentată de Groupama, rule..

Geza M. Toth and József Fülöp present the Hungarian film

Oscar nominated Hungarian director and jury member for the Student Film and Romanian Film sections, Géza M. Tóth, is presenting his four..

Genius Party Beyond

Fanii anime-ului nu sunt neglijaţi nici în a şasea zi de festival: miercuri, 13 octombrie, de la ora 22:30, la Cinema Patria rulează Genius Part..

Day 4 at Anim’est 2010

Monday, October 11th 2010, brought Union Cinema the special programme of masterclasses and exclusive meetings with contemporary animation directors,..

Creepy Animation Night 2 warm-up party in Control Club

Preparations for this year’s Creepy Animation Night 2 begin as early as Wednesday, October 13th 2010, 9 p.m. with an impressive party, designed ..

The Student Competition is starting at Scala Cinema

The Anim’est Student Competition is starting off Tuesday, October 12th, at Scala Cinema, from 7 p.m. with a short film programme screened in the..

Phill Mulloy’s Zogs invading Anim’est 2010

Phil Mulloy, the guest animator for this festival edition, and a member of the long and feature film jury, is presenting his second short film program..

Patria Cinema screening of Japanese feature film Summer Wars

Summer Wars (dir. Mamoru Hosoda), the Japanese feature film selected for the 2010 Anim’est Competition, presented by Groupama, is being screened..

Only the best short films at Patria Cinema

One of the most popular festival sections, the Anim’est Short Film Competition, giving out the winners for the Anim’est Trophy, Best Short..

Minimest continues also during the week at Patria Cinema

The Minimest section is scheduling a new screening for the pleasure of both little and big ones attending the most important animated film festival in..

Meeting Simone Massi, Tuesday at Union Cinema

One of the most important Italian animators of the moment, Simone Massi, winning director of the 2007 Anim’est Trophy for Best Short Film (Memor..

Erik van Schaaik is bringing his latest film, Pecker, to Anim’est 2010

Tuesday, from 6 p.m., at Union Cinema, Dutch director Erik van Schaaik, winner of the 2009 Anim’est Trophy, is presenting his latest short film,..

Day 3 of Anim’est 2010

Sunday opened with the Minimest programme, in the same enthusiastic and playful way it did from the very first day of film screenings dedicated to chi..

Zeno Bogdănescu Portrait – Romanian animation at its best

Zeno Bogdănescu, the Romanian animator to be handed the Lifetime Achievement Award, is presenting his best short films at Scala Cinema on Monday, Octo..

The Romanians at Studio Golem and Alex Budovsky launching the Anim’est masterclasses

On Monday, October 11th, Union Cinema is also hosting the free entrance masterclasses, the section that is both traditional and extremely loved by the..

The Anim’est competitions at the starting line

The 2010 Anim’est competitions are starting Monday, October 11th, with three event-screenings. The Columbian film The Mysterious Presages of Le&..

Mosaic super hit: King of Thorn

King of Thorn (dir. Kazuyoshi Katayama, Japan, 2009), part of the star-section Mosaic, the film closing the first Anim’est screening evening at ..

Mind Game - a history making anime, Monday at Scala

The challenging film Mind Game (dir. Masaaki Yuasa, Japan, 2004), screened Monday, from 7 pm, at Scala Cinema, is the story of Nishi, a loser with a c..

Kung Fu Panda is coming to Minimest

The Minimest screenings continue at Patria Cinema, from 11:30 a.m. with a feature film both children and grown-ups cannot miss: Kung Fu Panda (dir. M..

Day 2 Anim’est 2010

The Minimest section opened the second Anim’est day and gave the children a chance to have lots of fun at the zoo of colourful balloon animals c..

Up - stirring up Minimest

The Minimest screenings- the section dedicated to children of ages between 4 and 14- continue Sunday, October 10th, with an event-feature film, in nee..

The District – special production coming to Union Cinema

Sunday, October 10th, at Union Cinema, starting 6 p.m., this year’s Guest Country section dedicated to Hungary, presents the special screening o..

Spectacular opening for Anim’est 2010

The Bucharest audience completely filled up the Capital’s biggest cinema for the official opening of Anim’est International Film Festiva..

Revolutionary animations presented by Alex Budovsky

Sunday, October 10th, on the third Anim’est day, this edition’s special guest, American independent Alex Budovsky, is coming to Patria Cin..

Coughy opens the series of Anim’est concerts in Control

One of the highlights of Anim’est’s fifth edition are the concerts and the parties hosted by Control official club throughout the festival..

A Town Called Panic at Cinema Union

Sunday, October 10th, on the third Anim’est day, from 8 pm, Union Cinema will be screening one of the most popular films at the biggest festival..

Oscar winning short films, awarded at the biggest film festivals – Saturday, in the Mosaic section

The screenings of the Mosaic short films begin this Saturday, October 9th, when the Anim’est audience will be able to chose their favourite one..

Minimest is starting!

Minimest- the programme destined for the youngest Anim’est viewers – is kick-starting Saturday, from 10:30 a.m., at Patria Cinema, with th..

Fantastic Mr. Fox, Metropia and Boogie the Slickster – Saturday evening at Patria Cinema

After a first evening packed with event-screenings of both short and feature films during the official opening of Anim’est International Animati..

The Official Opening of Anim’est 2010

The official opening of Anim’est 2010 is happening at Patria Cinema, starting 7:00 p.m., marked by the event-screening of one of the most talk..

Persepolis DVD release at Anim’est 2010

Starting 10 p.m., following the official festival opening, Patria Cinema will be screening a ground breaking film in animation history: Persepolis (di..

Award winning short films and an absolute premiere – Friday, at Union

On the first Anim’est day, Union Cinema is hosting two screenings short film fans cannot miss. From 6 p.m., the first screening scheduled at U..

Alex Budovsky brings the New York independent animated film to Anim’est

Anim’est 2010 is bringing a great name from the school of American independent animation to Bucharest: Alex Budovsky, one of the most active mem..

The Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Zeno Bogdănescu

For yet another year, Anim’est holds true to its mission of promoting and resuscitating Romanian animated film. This is why, aside from this yea..

Screening and concert in Control Club – official Anim’est party club

On Thursday, October 14th, starting 9 p.m., in Control Club, animated film and good music fans will be able to watch a „set” screening of ..

Cartoon d’Or and Anim’est 2010

Along with the other festivals in the EEAA network, from this edition on, Anim’est is a member of the Cartoon d’Or circuit, the pan-Europe..

Anim’est – founding member of the Eastern-European Animation Awards

The EEAA programme will be screened together with the Romanian 2010 medium legth film A day of Ionescu’s life, directed by Mihai Şurubaru.Anim&r..

Alexander Bălănescu and Phil Mulloy to close Anim'est 2010!

Alexander Bălănescu, one of the best known Romanian born musicians of the last decades, is closing Anim’est 2010 with an extraordinary recital p..

O nouă super ofertă la Festival Pass-urile Anim’est – până pe 3 octombrie 2010

S-au pus în vânzare abonamentele la cea de-a cincea ediţie Anim'est! Abonamentul de 10 intrări şi Festival Pass-ul, permisul care asigură ..

“The Gods of Asian animation” in Studio 4°C are coming to Anim’est 2010!

The Studio 4°C retrospective presented by Animax enriches the 2010 Anim’est International Animation Film Festival’s programme with the..

Masterclasses, round tables and electrifying meetings at Anim’est 2010

One of this year’s highlights for the audience and animated film fans attending the Anim’est International Animation Film Festival are the..

Hiturile Anim'est vin la Cluj-Napoca!

Programat între 22 şi 24 octombrie 2010 la Cinema Victoria şi Centrul Cultural Francez, follow-up-ul Anim'est aduce în acest la Cluj-Napoc..

Until October 26 - Festival Pass Anim'est at a special price!

Passes for the fifth edition of Anim’est are available for sale! The 10 entrances pass and the Festival Pass, the permit granting access to all ..

Top Romanian and Balkan animation

For yet another year, the best Romanian and Balkan animated short films are competing for the Anim’est awards, as part of the traditional compet..

A night of shocking films and live music at Patria Cinema

Creepy Animation Night 2 –Anim’est International Animation Film Festival’s night dedicated of bizarre animated films, visuals and li..

Mosaic – the hit animated films of the year are coming to Anim’est

This year, the Mosaic section, presented by Cinemagia.ro, returns to Anim’est International Animation Film Festival with a unique selection of t..

Minimest. Animation is coming out to play

Children screenings have taken up an important spot in Anim’est International Animation Film Festival’s programme from the very first edit..

Five must see titles at Anim’est 2010’s Feature-length film Competition

France, Italy, Norway, Columbia, Japan and Serbia are the origin countries for this year’s five titles competing for the 2010 Anim’est Bes..

The best Hungarian animated films are coming to Anim’est!

Hungary is the Guest Country at the fifth edition of Anim’est International Animation Film Festival. This is an opportunity for the Bucharest au..

Exceptional workshops at Anim'est 2010

On your marks, get set, draw! Two exceptional workshops will be offering animation fans the chance to discover and acknowledge the steps behind making..

Massive Attack and The Editors in the Music Video & Advertising Competition

Music videos from important names of the international music scene are batteling it out for this year’s Anim’est Best Music Video Award, o..

Prominent figures in the Anim’est 2010 Juries

This year, the films selected to enter the feature, international short, student and Balkanimation-balcanic film competitions, will be judged by two j..

Sylvain Chomet and Jacques Tati's Illusionist to open Anim'est 2010

The illusionist/ L'illusioniste, Sylvain Chomet's film based on the last screenplay of famous French filmmaker, Jacques Tati (1907-1982), is going to ..

Student Film Competition Line-Up Anim'Est 2010

1.2 Million Children - Greece 2010, 2’ dir. Effie Pappa Animal Kingdom - Switzerland 2010, 3'42, dir. Nils Hedinger Arithmetique - Ita..

Short Film Competition Line-Up Anim'Est 2010

16.Juli 1933 / July 16th 1933 - Austria 2010, 7'18, dir. Katja Heiden 20 años / 20 Years - Cuba 2009, 14'42, dir. Barbaro Joel Ortiz ..

Palme d'Or Winner- competing for the Anim'est Trophy

55 films will be competing in 2010 for the Anim'est Trophy- which, traditionally, awards the best film in the shortfilm competition of Romania’s..

Music video & Advertising Competition Line-Up

MUSIC VIDEOA lhe esperar – Paralamas do sucessoBrazil 2009, 3'20, dir. Eduardo Souza, Rodrigo LimaA sorte – Volver Brazil 2009, 3'48..

The Anim'est Trophy is heading off to The Netherlands!

A room filled with people eager to find out the award winners for the fourth edition of the most important animation film festival in Romania- it all ..

Cele mai bune filme de la Anim’est vin la Băneasa Drive-In Cinema

Scurt metrajele premiate la ediţiile din 2008 şi 2009 ale Festivalului Internaţional de Film de Animaţie Anim‘est vin duminică, 11 aprilie, &i..

Anim’est încălzeşte publicul bucureştean la Tago Mago Club

Scurt metrajele premiate în 2008 şi 2009 la Festivalul Internaţional de Film de Animaţie Anim'est vin pe 9 şi 10 iulie la Tago Mago Club (str...