Anima 2019: Opening and Closing Night Plans Announced
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Only one more night of sleep before ANIMA, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival will be opening wide the doors of Flagey this Friday evening to kick off 10 days of animated celebrations! And what a kick off it’s going to be! What could be better than a great Belgian co-production, ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE, a film with impressively skilful animation presented in the official selection at the Cannes Festival and produced in part by the Brussels-based studio Walking the Dog.
Based on the book of the same name by Ryszard Kapuscinski, this hybrid film mixing archive footage, interviews and animation, takes us to the heart of the Cold War in a total immersion alongside the war reporters covering the armed conflict in chaos-ridden Angola at the beginning of the civil war, and intrudes into the reflections of a Polish journalist who finds himself torn between his professional duty and personal commitment. A great moment of cinema to be seen on the big screen this Friday in the presence of one of its directors, Polish filmmaker Damian Nenow.
The closing ceremony is also going to be exceptional this year as it will open with the reconstruction of a cinema show from 1914 of Winsor McCay’s famous Gertie the dianosaur performance, continue with the announcements of the winners of the different competitions, and round off with a brand new film, hot from the labo, The Agricultural Fair, the latest offering from Patar and Aubier.
Following on from their crazy adventures in The Christmas Log and Back to School Panic, Cowboy and Indian want to go and have some fun at the agricultural fair. After a skateboard accident which leaves him amnesic, Horse can’t remember where he’s hidden the tickets. Cowboy and Indian decide to build a time machine to help him find them. And that’s when the trouble starts…
DJ MLNG will be creating just the right atmosphere from 7:00 pm, before the crazy gang from Panic take over after the twelve strokes of midnight with DJs Jacky Lambert, Vincent Tavier and company in person.