Romanian Competition, Wednesday at Anim'est

Romanian competition begins at Patria Cinema. At 8.30pm, audience will be able to watch 21 autochthon titles, in the presence of filmmakers. Two of the animators who competed last year in this section return - Andra Berilă, with Cloudman and Török Tihamer with Playground. Codrin Iftodi, the already famous editor of Outrageously Disco competes with Mobilfonul / The Mobilphone, and The Little Dark by Victor Ionescu is present both in the Romanian and Balkanimation competitions.

A festival’s traditional section, the National Competition is designed to provide an overview of contemporary animated films produced in Romania. Anim’est’s mission to resuscitate and advertise the Romanian film animation is felt both by the growing number of films included from year to year and by Romanian animators’ performance (awards, participations at international festivals). In addition, three of the first Animation Worksheep students are present in this year’s Romanian competition: it's about Ana-Cătălina Dobrescu, Codrin Iftodi and Gabriela Mateescu.