Trippy, Creepy, Animusic Night: Animation fans with eccentric tastes get their fix of movie screenings and parties

Our white nights dedicated to animating the bizarre return to their original in-person formula for Animest.17, zigzagging between the big screen and the dance floor. Intense experiences for brave adults only, Trippy, Creepy, and Animusic Night will sweep audiences off their feet with a nonconformist cocktail of live music and hypnotising projections. The animated party marathon is coming to Bucharest during October 7-16. Are you in? Get your tickets on the Eventbook platform!

Trippy Animation Night Vol. 9 – Saturday, October 8, starting midnight

Scandalous, eclectic, and electrifying, the avant-garde short film selection from the vast collection of Dutch artist Michael Helmerhorst is the boldest in Animest history. 

“Volume 9 will provide the curious onlooker with a diversity of entries that range from educational erotics, moving lounge-wallpaper, ‘rorschached’ split-screen pictures to very likeable images of damaged and decomposed celluloid.

No boundaries whatsoever, as long as it keeps moving on a groovy beat,” promises Michael Helmerhorst, curator & MC of our October 8 event, happening at Eforie Cinematheque.

Run, don't walk... or, better yet, access Eventbook to get your Trippy ticket right now!

Animate the Love – the festival’s 2022 theme inspires our Tuesday, October 11 party

Animest director and programmer Mihai Mitrică teamed up with French journalist and film historian Alexis Hunot, our special guest in Bucharest this year, to curate a spectacular animated ode to love, the theme of this year’s edition of the festival. After enjoying the screenings on Tuesday, October 11, head over to Arthub in the evening for our party celebrating love.

Ready for all the feels? Get your ticket for our animated love marathon here. 

Animusic Night – Thursday, October 13, at Arthub

Join us on Thursday at Arthub, starting 10 p.m., to boogie to the most spectacular animated music videos competing for the Animusic Night Award. Three jurors will evaluate and rank the 28 videos selected from across the world, from Belgium to Australia, from Japan to Argentina. One thing’s for sure: jury and viewers alike will enter a fascinating musical universe of innovative sounds and blood pumping rhythms. The screening will be followed by the Love Affair Party at Arthub, with gemineye as master of ceremonies.

Răzvan Exarhu, host of the Morning Glory show on Rock FM – Animest.17 media partner – is on the Animusic jury alongside artist Sașa-Liviu Stoianovici (Balkan Taksim). They are joined by Oksana Kurmaz, the Ukrainian artist who designed this edition’s official poster. 

If all this hits the right notes for you, Animusic Night tickets are only a click away. 

Creepy Animation Night – spooky stories and a Bad Decisions concert

Odd creatures, dark stories and emotionally impactful scenes: a recipe for a night you won’t forget too soon! Our event dedicated to animated horror films is happening on Friday, October 14, from 11 p.m., at Eforie Cinematheque. The screening will be followed by a Bad Decisions live concert. The band was founded in 2018 by Andy Sinboy (Nuggers) and Ovidiu Chihaia (Mes Quins). Recently, Ovidiu Bejan (The Amsterdams) joined, on bass. Bad Decisions play energetic post-punk with a dash of garage. Their debut album, Subnormal, was released by legendary garage-punk label Voodoo Rhythm Records in Bern, Switzerland.

Creep it real and get your tickets for October 14 here. 

The complete festival schedule is live on www.animest.ro. Purchase your Animest.17 passes and tickets to get access to screenings and special events alike, at https://eventbook.ro/festival/animest!   

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Animest Festival is a project organized by the Animest Association and co-financed through the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, Romanian Film Centre, and Romanian Cultural Institute. 

Animest.17 is co-financed by the Municipality of Bucharest through ARCUB, as part of the ‘București afectiv’ 2022 program. For detailed information on the ARCUB funding programs, please access www.arcub.ro.

Partners: Groupama Insurance, Heineken Silver, Pop Cola, Vitamin Aqua, McDonald’s, Autonom, Domeniile Sâmburești, Spor – a Policolor brand, Kafune, LEGO Certified Stores, Arthur Publishing House, ArtHub, Urban DADA, Ogilvy, Studioset

Institutional partners: the Goethe Institute, the French Institute, the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre Bucharest, the Cervantes Institute, The Embassy of Japan in Romania, Japan Foundation, The ‘I.L. Caragiale’ National University of Theatre and Film 

Media partners: Rock FM, AGERPRES, Itsy Bitsy, Radio România Cultural, IQads, Smark, Vice, Zile și Nopți, Ziarul Metropolis, Films in Frame, Observator Cultural, Film Menu, Movie News, LiterNet, Sunt Părinte, Cinefilia, Proanimație.ro, Cinefan, All About Romanian Cinema – aac.ro, AIVImedia.hub, Munteanu

Media monitoring partner: MediaTRUST