100 animated films will compete in six categories at the Academy Award-qualifying festival coming October 23-27.
‘Blue Fear’ by Marie Jacotey and Lola Halifa-Legrand.
The Bucheon International Animation Festival, an Academy Award-qualifying festival, has announced its official short film selections for BIAF 2020. A total of 100 animated films were chosen; over 2,500 works from 99 countries were submitted. Selections include 44 international shorts, 29 graduation shorts, 12 TV & commissioned, and 15 Korean shorts.
Held each year in Bucheon, South Korea, BIAF accepts animated films in the following categories: feature films, short films, graduation films, Korean short films, TV & Commissioned films and VR works. The festival’s mission is to promote and celebrate the animation genre in Asia. Over KRW 46,000,000 (Approximately US$42,000) in cash prizes will be awarded in six categories.
Of special note in this year’s selection are Blue Fear, by Marie Jacotey and Lola Halifa-Legrand, the winner of the Cannes International Festivals’ Short Competition; Cine Foundation’s Tamou by Tom Prezman and Tzor Edery; Toby Auberg’s Pile, Mitchelle Tamariz’s When We Leave; Critics’ week short Maalbeek by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis’; and Venice’s Orizzonti Competition short, Sogni al Camp by Magda Guidi and Mara Cerri.
The complete selection list is available here.
‘Maalbeek’ by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis.
‘Sogni al Campo’ by Magda Guidi and Mara Cerri.
Source: BIAF 2020
