The 19th Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival will take place
February 28-March 11, 2000. 128 films have been selected for the official
competition, 119 shorts and 9 features, representing 22 countries. The list
of all selected films is available on-line. In addition to the feature
program, the festival will present six international programs of short
films, two international programs of student films, and two programs of
Belgian films. The retrospectives include: "Humour? Humour!," an anthology
of the funniest animation films made over these last twenty years;
"Rhapsody in Wood," with some of the most remarkable puppet animation films
ever made; "Les Pirates du Caniveau," a program by European Festival
programmers; "Hungarian Animation," a program of Hungarian films from the
last twenty years; and tributes to filmmakers Ferenc Cako, Pascal Baes,
Fedor Khitruk, Yuri Norstein, and the brothers Quay. Other events include
the screening of Alexander Petrov's "The Old Man and the Sea" on a
large-format screen, and the screening of all the winners of Imagina 2000's
Pixel-Ina Prize. This year, the festival also presents Anima 2000, a 4-day
industry event with various conferences, screenings and panel discussions.
For more information, contact the festival: Tel.: ++ (32 2) 534.41.25; Fax:
++ (32 2) 534.22.79; or E-mail: folioscope@skynet.be, or visit their
