Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films
Encyclopedia
Animafest Zagreb, also known as World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb, is an annual festival dedicated to animated film
held in Zagreb
, Croatia
. Initiated by the International Animated Film Association
, the event was established in 1972 at the time when Croatia was part of SFR Yugoslavia). Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in Europe, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival
(established in 1960).
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.
Animafest has originally been held (with some interruptions) as a biennial event in every even year between 1972 and 2004 and focused on animated short films. Since 2005 the festival is held every year, with a feature film competition held in odd years.
The festival awards include prizes given in the Main Competition, Student Films Competition, Children Films, Educational Films, Commercials, Music Videos and Films Made for the Internet. 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.
}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1978 ||Satiemania || Zdenko Gašparović ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1980 ||Tale of Tales || Yuriy Norshteyn
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1982 ||colspan="3" bgcolor=#EEEEEE|Grand Prize was not awarded.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1984 ||Jumping || Osamu Tezuka
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1986 ||colspan="3" bgcolor=#EEEEEE|Grand Prize was not awarded.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1988 ||Breakfast on the Grass || Priit Pärn
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1990||The Brooch Pin and the Sinful Clasp || Joanna Woodward AKA JoWOnder||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1992||Franz Kafka || Piotr Dumała
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1994||The Wrong Trousers
|| Nick Park
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1996||1895 ||Priit Pärn
and Janno Põldma ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1998||Rusalka || Aleksandr Petrov ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2000||When the Day Breaks
|| Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbes ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2002||Father and Daughter
|| Michaël Dudok de Wit
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2004||Mount Head || Kōji Yamamura
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2005 (F)||Terkel in Trouble
|| Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Stefan Fjeldmark ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2006||Dreams and Desires - Family Ties || Joanna Quinn
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2007 (F)||Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest || Michel Ocelot
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2008||The Pearce Sisters || Luis Cook ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2009 (F)||Waltz with Bashir
|| Ari Folman
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2010||Divers in the Rain || Olga Pärn and Priit Pärn
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011 (F)||My Dog Tulip
|| Paul Fierlinger
and Sandra Fierlinger ||
|-
|}
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
held in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. Initiated by the International Animated Film Association
International Animated Film Association
The International Animated Film Association or ASIFA is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France by the best known animation artists of the time such as the Canadian animator, Norman McLaren...
, the event was established in 1972 at the time when Croatia was part of SFR Yugoslavia). Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in Europe, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became annual in 1998...
(established in 1960).
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
Zagreb School of Animated Films
Zagreb school of animated films is an animation film studio located in Zagreb, Croatia and is a part of the Zagreb Film company. It is represented by authors like Nikola Kostelac, Vatroslav Mimica, Dušan Vukotić and Vladimir Kristl...
in the 1950s and 1960s. Zagreb’s candidacy for holding a permanent animated film festival was accepted at the 1969 ASIFA meeting in London.
Animafest has originally been held (with some interruptions) as a biennial event in every even year between 1972 and 2004 and focused on animated short films. Since 2005 the festival is held every year, with a feature film competition held in odd years.
The festival awards include prizes given in the Main Competition, Student Films Competition, Children Films, Educational Films, Commercials, Music Videos and Films Made for the Internet. Its Prize for "Best First Production Apart from Educational Institutions" is named in honour of Zlatko Grgić
Zlatko Grgic
Zlatko Grgić was a Croatian animator who emigrated to Canada in the late 1960s.Born in Zagreb, in the former republic of Yugoslavia, Grgic was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film at the 52nd Academy Awards for his 1979 film Dream Doll, produced by Bob Godfrey.Grgic created the...
. 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.
Grand Prize winners
| Year | English title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Battle of Kerzhenets The Battle of Kerzhenets The Battle of Kerzhenets is a 1971 Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Yuriy Norshteyn. The film is set to music by Rimsky-Korsakov and uses Russian frescoes and paintings from the 14th-16th centuries .-Plot:The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh... |
Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Pyetrovich Ivanov-Vano was a Soviet animator and Russian animation director, sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation".... and Yuriy Norshteyn Yuriy Norshteyn Yuriy Borisovich Norshteyn , or Yuri Norstein is an award-winning Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts, Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales... |
|
| 1974 | The Diary | Nedeljko Dragić | |
| 1976 |
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1978 ||Satiemania || Zdenko Gašparović ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1980 ||Tale of Tales || Yuriy Norshteyn
Yuriy Norshteyn
Yuriy Borisovich Norshteyn , or Yuri Norstein is an award-winning Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts, Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales...
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1982 ||colspan="3" bgcolor=#EEEEEE|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1984 ||Jumping || Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka
was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1986 ||colspan="3" bgcolor=#EEEEEE|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1988 ||Breakfast on the Grass || Priit Pärn
Priit Pärn
Priit Pärn is an Estonian cartoonist and animation director whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals....
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1990||The Brooch Pin and the Sinful Clasp || Joanna Woodward AKA JoWOnder||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1992||Franz Kafka || Piotr Dumała
Piotr Dumała
Piotr Dumała is a Polish film director and animator. His animation technique is original and fascinating, among the most interesting of the last 30 years. While training to be a sculptor, he discovered that scratching images into painted plaster could be a beautiful way to create animations...
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1994||The Wrong Trousers
The Wrong Trousers
The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 animated film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit...
|| Nick Park
Nick Park
Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park, CBE is an English filmmaker of stop motion animation best known as the creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep....
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1996||1895 ||Priit Pärn
Priit Pärn
Priit Pärn is an Estonian cartoonist and animation director whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals....
and Janno Põldma ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1998||Rusalka || Aleksandr Petrov ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2000||When the Day Breaks
When the Day Breaks
When the Day Breaks is an Canadian animated short co-directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1999, the 9 min. 40 sec. film garnered numerous awards, including the Genie Award for Best Animated Short and the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film...
|| Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbes ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2002||Father and Daughter
Father and Daughter (film)
Father and Daughter is a 2000 Dutch animated short film, made by Michaël Dudok De Wit. It won the 2000 Academy Award for Animated Short Film....
|| Michaël Dudok de Wit
Michaël Dudok De Wit
Michael Dudok de Wit is an animator, director and illustrator. In 1978, he graduated from the West Surrey College of Art with his first film The Interview. After working for a year in Barcelona, he settled in London where he directs and animates award-winning commercials for television and cinema...
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2004||Mount Head || Kōji Yamamura
Koji Yamamura
is a Japanese independent animator who, since leaving a career as a background artist at an animation studio, currently directs, writes, edits, animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many commissions such as music...
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2005 (F)||Terkel in Trouble
Terkel in Trouble
Terkel in Trouble is a Danish animated film. In the original language all the voices are done by stand-up comedian Anders Matthesen, who also wrote the original story – released on a CD.-Plot summary:...
|| Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Stefan Fjeldmark ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2006||Dreams and Desires - Family Ties || Joanna Quinn
Joanna Quinn
Joanna Quinn is an English film director and animator. She was born in Birmingham. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Famous Fred in 1998....
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2007 (F)||Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest || Michel Ocelot
Michel Ocelot
Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association...
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2008||The Pearce Sisters || Luis Cook ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2009 (F)||Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War....
|| Ari Folman
Ari Folman
Ari Folman is an Israeli film director, screenwriter and film score composer.-Biography:Ari Folman was born in Haifa to Holocaust survivors. His wife is also a film director...
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2010||Divers in the Rain || Olga Pärn and Priit Pärn
Priit Pärn
Priit Pärn is an Estonian cartoonist and animation director whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals....
||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011 (F)||My Dog Tulip
My Dog Tulip
My Dog Tulip is an American independent animated feature film based on the 1956 memoir of the same name by J. R. Ackerley, BBC editor, novelist and memoirist. The film tells the story of Ackerley's fifteen-year relationship with his German Shepherd Queenie, who had had been renamed Tulip for the...
|| Paul Fierlinger
Paul Fierlinger
Paul Fierlinger is a creator of animated films and shorts, especially animated documentaries. He is also a part-time lecturer at University of Pennsylvania School of Design.-Early life:...
and Sandra Fierlinger ||
|-
|}