26-06-2012

Polish Animation on European Tour

By FNE Staff

    WARSAW: The second edition of a retrospectiveof Polish animation is headed for Slovenia, Bulgaria and Estonia in its tour of Europe.

    The 2012 presentation will include a smaller retrospective of classic Polish animation, and focus more on new animation from the young generation.

    Following an early July stop in Padua (Italy), it travels to Stoptrik Festival (www.pekarna.org), 7 September - 5 October in Maribor (Slovenia); World Festival of Animated Film (www.varnafest.org), 10-15 September in Varna (Bulgaria); and Animated Dreams (2011.anima.ee), 14-18 November in Tallinn (Estonia). The programme will also be presented in Dublin (Ireland) and Espinho (Portugal).

    The presentation will consist of four blocks of short animated films, each block lasting around 80 - 90 minutes. One of the filmmakers will accompany the programme at each stop.