19-04-2018

FESTIVALS: Eight Films Compete at Animafest Zagreb

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    Captain Morten and the Spider Queen by Kaspar Jancis, Henry Nicholson, Riho Unt Captain Morten and the Spider Queen by Kaspar Jancis, Henry Nicholson, Riho Unt

    ZAGREB: Estonia will have the lone entry from Central Europe in Animafest Zagreb’s main competition, Captain Morten and the Spider Queen, an Estonian/Irish/Belgian/British coproduction directed by Kaspar Jancis, Henry Nicholson and Riho Unt.

    The 28th edition of the festival, which runs 4-9 June, also has a short film competition, a competition of Croatian films, a student film competition and a competition of children’s films consisting of 44 films divided into four age sections. Another 30 films from 22 countries will screen in the World Panorama section.

    The festival will have a special retrospective of films from CalArts, which receives the festival’s 2018 Best Animation School award.

    The festival, founded in 1972, is the second oldest film festival worldwide dedicated to animation films. 

    The Grand Competition films are:

    A Dog’s Life (Taiwan, China)
    Directed by Yi Chang

    Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (Estonia, Ireland, Belgium, UK)
    Directed by Kaspar Jancis, Henry Nicholson, Riho Unt
    Produced by Telegael, Calon, Grid Animation, Nukufilm
    Supported by the Estonian Film Institute and Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

    Cinderella the Cat (Italy)
    Directed by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone

    Isle of Dogs (USA, Germany)
    Directed by Wes Anderson

    The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (France)
    Directed by Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert

    The Man-Woman Case (France)
    Directed by Anais Caura

    The Shower (South Korea)
    Directed by Jae-huum Ahn

    The Magnificent Cake! (Belgium, France, Netherlands)
    Directed by Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels