AniFest 2010, the only international specialized competition animation festival in the Czech Republic announces that the festival´s 9th edition will take place in May 18 - 23, 2010 in the North Bohemian spa city of Teplice.

After 8 years in Trebon the AniFest management decided to move the festival to Teplice,

a larger, and both technically and logistically well equipped city. On top of that, more favorable conditions for holding such an international film event have been guaranteed in Teplice.

The festival will mark the 100th birthday of legendary film director Karel Zeman.

Honorary President of AniFest 2010 will be Ludmila Zeman the animator, illustrator and the daughter of Karel Zeman.Giannalberto Bendazzi, the renowned animated film historian, the author of the famous encyclopedia Cartoons, One hundred years of cinema animation is the Honorary Chairman of the Art Council of AniFest 2010.

The festival will be immediately preceded by a two-day international conference KAREL ZEMAN - CINEMA OF WONDERS (17. - 18.5) which will be attended by film professionals (Heitor Capuzzo, Paul Wells, and others) from all over the world, as well as by Zeman´s former collaborators and family members.

AniFest 2010 jurors and the competition categories:

            1. Short Films, Feature-lenght Films

• Heitor Capuzzo ( Brazil / USA / Singapore)
• Monique Renault (France / Holland)
• Alexey Alexeev (Russia / Hungary)
• Carolina Lopez Caballero ( Spain)
• Boris Masník (CR)

2. Student Films, TV films and TV Series, Commissioned Production

• Vibeke Sorensen (Denmark / USA / Singapore)
• Jiří Barta (CR)
• Midhat Ajanovic(Bosnia / Sweden)

ANIFEST previous honorary presidents and jurors: Bretislav Pojar, Eduard Nazarov, Normand Roger, Raoul Servais, Jiri Barta, Jurij Norstein, Priit Parn, Michaela Pavlatova, Paul Driessen, Pavel Koutsky, Koji Yamamura, Gil Alkabetz, Tim Searle, Andreas Hykade, Bill Plympton, and others.

The AniFest 2010 accreditation will open in April 1, 2010 on-line (http://www.anifest.cz/)

The International Zeman conference and ProfiForum accreditations will be handled separately, also on-line (http://www.anifest.cz/).

We look forward to seeing you at AniFest 2010 in Teplice.