The 5th edition of I Castelli Animati will take place in Genzano,
Italy, October 4-8, 2000. I Castelli Animati highlights animation in
all its forms from commercials to features films. The international
competition features the following prizes: grand prize "I Castelli
Animati," special jury prize, best debut short film, best European
short film, audience prize, the Fabrizio Bellocchio prize and best
non-narrative short film. The Italian competition will give a grand
prize and special jury prize to the top Italian productions. I
Castelli Animati will feature retrospectives on Wendy Tilby, Paul
Driessen, Konstantin Bronzit, Koji Morimoto and Jan Pinkava. Composer
Julian Nott, scorer for the "Wallace & Gromit" films, will be the
guest of honor. New to this year's event is the International
competition for animated Web sites. The entry deadline for Web
animation is August 31, 2000. The competition is free of charge and
is open to all animations produced in Macromedia Flash 4.0. The
maximum duration is 3 minutes. For more information, visit
http://www.castellianimati.it.
Read Animation World Magazine's
"A
Report from the I Castelli Animati, the International Festival of
Animation" by Andy Klein to find out more about past I Castelli
Animati festivals.
