The 2nd selection for competition is open.
Due to a great interest of filmmakers in ANIMATOR 2008 the festival organizers decided to introduce the second selection for competition.

New entry deadline is : 26 MAY 2008

GRAND PRIX of 50 000 PLN (ca 14 000 Euros) will be awarded to the best animated film. An entry form and regulations can be downloaded from:
www.animator-festival.com

ANIMATOR 2008 Festival is the major event in a rich programme of events celebrating 60 Years of Polish Animation and the greatest celebration of animated cinema in Poland, competing with the most renowned animation festivals in the world.
ANIMATOR 2008 offers a wide range of screenings in cinemas as well as unusual locations. Many of them are accompanied by live music and most of them are free.
ANIMATOR 2008 offers retrospectives of renowned animators, premieres, concerts, meetings with artists, exhibitions, performances, workshops and a range of special and thematic screenings, including screenings with live music, outdoor screenings and screenings for children. Work by the following Polish animators will be shown: Walerian Borowczyk, Andrzej Czeczot, Witold Giersz, Zbigniew Lachur, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Władysław Starewicz, Mariusz Wilczyński and retrospectives of the Hubley Family, Igor Kovalyov, Bady Minck, Julian Pappe, Bill Plympton, the Quay Brothers, Harry Smith and others.
For information about the festival programme, artists, films and competition visit our website: WWW.ANIMATOR-FESTIVAL.COM