ANIMAFILM IS COMING!

ANIMAFILM is the first international festival of animation art to be held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, from 19 to 21 October 2018. The festival will show dozens of foreign and national animated films for children and adults for three days. The goal of the organizers is to create an annual event that will delight the local and foreign audience and professionals, as well as promoting the development of animation art in Azerbaijan.

The theme of the first ANIMAFILM festival is “Azerbaijani Animation”. In addition to the national competition, which will select the best Azerbaijani short animation film, the audience is offered a number of events dedicated to the history of Azerbaijani animation. The book “Azerbaijani Animation”, joint work of local and foreign authors will be presented for the first time. Within the framework of the festival theme there will be an exhibition “ReAnimation”, a retrospective of the best Azerbaijani animated films, with the participation of the authors themselves, as well as master classes of professionals.