The festival aspires not only to promote numerous filmmakers but also to pay tribute to the art of animation. As a platform where inspiration, creative exchange, innovation and communication come together it seeks to create a point of connection between both emerging and established fimmakers and local audience.
Beside film screenings the festival offers a side events program rich in variety built around the beautiful world of animation film. With versatile program items we want to encourage both our visitors and filmmakers to engage and discover the animation industry.
The second edition of the festival took place on three days at three central Berlin venues: Zeiss-Großplanetarium, die WABE and Theater unterm Dach (TuD). Besides seven competition categories, including Berlin, German, international and 360° animation competitions, we offered our visitors a versatile side programme for all ages. Workshops, masterclasses, a panel discussion, a live concert as well as short and feature film specials thus attracted not only numerous industry professionals but many families and animation enthusiasts as well. The diversified program was rounded out by morning coffee circles with filmmakers of the competitions, an opening party, the award ceremony and our dear special guests from studio TRUBA, who designed and produced our official festival trailer 2018.