Around 30,000 people have attended the last four days at the 28th edition of the Animac festival, the International Exhibition of Animated Films of Catalonia held in Lleida.
In total, 179 films have been screened, 58 of which were premieres in Spain; There have also been five world premieres. Eight of the screenings were feature films, four were medium-length films and the majority, 167, were short films.
The meeting had 725 registered on the Animac campus, practically 100 more than the previous edition. They came from 20 animation film schools and universities in Aragon, Madrid, the Valencian Community and various parts of Catalonia.
The director of Animac, Carolina López, highlighted in closing the “excellent reception of the screenings, the workshops, the Incubator sessions and, especially, the conferences that have filled up all the sessions and in some there have even been people who have attended. left out.”
For the director, “the success of this edition is a reflection of the spectacular moment that Catalan, Spanish and international animation is experiencing, demonstrating all the potential they have as a tool of artistic expression, which is what we defend at Animac.”
On the last day, cartoonist Roser Capdevila received the lifetime achievement award in recognition of her legacy and her ability to create works that have penetrated popular culture, such as Les Tres Bessones, which have gone from paper to screen and are now part of of the collective imagination of our country.
The closing ceremony also saw the best short films voted by the public and the “animatic creat”, in the workshop of director Toni García and animator Lluís Viciana, in collaboration with Down Lleida. The film For Souls Of Coyote has closed the competition. This work, directed by the renowned Aron Bauer (who won the Cristal Prize in Annecy, France) narrates an epic adventure in which the creation myth of the Native Americans is explained. It conveys the message of the urgent need to live in harmony with the environment before it is too late.
The head of culture at the Lleida city council, Pilar Bosch, celebrates the “record figures and the exquisite programming this year, both at a technical and content level, under the motto of diversity.”
The councilor also emphasized that Animac is not only for children, but that much of the programming is designed for an adult audience, which is why she encouraged anyone to attend future editions.
