Russia’s Big Cartoon Festival expands remit for 2020 edition
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The Big Cartoon Festival – the largest animation film festival in Russia – will take place for the 14 th time from October 29 to November 9, 2020. For the first time, the Festival will be held in a mixed format: it will be possible to watch some of the programs online from anywhere in Russia, while the other programs will be shown in cinemas in Moscow.
This year, for the first time in its history, the Big Cartoon Festival announced an open call for applications to participate in the competition program. Anyone can submit their film to the Festival by September 25 through the FilmFreeway platform.
Having previously been an audience festival, the Big Cartoon Festival is introducing its first competition, with a professional jury invited to choose the best cartoons among international and Russian short films, as well as the Audience Choice where viewers will be able to vote for their favorite film on the Festival’s website.
The Festival will include premieres of international feature-length and short-length animated films. It will be possible to watch the competition program online from any city in Russia, and for Moscow viewers the festival will hold its traditional Animation Night, during which we will show all the films of the competition program in the big hall of the October multiplex.
For young viewers, the Big Cartoon Festival has prepared new feature-length cartoons and collections of international and Russian short films. Among the special programs of this year are: collections of documentary animation that have become the hallmark of the festival; a retrospective by director Ekaterina Sokolova; a special selection of films related to the feminist agenda; and much more.
The Cartoon Factory is expanding its geography this year: children and adults from anywhere in the world will be able to participate in these workshops creating cartoons in a variety of techniques from the comfort of their homes, taught by masters of the craft over 6 days.
The Big Cartoon Festival is participating in the program of the Year of Germany in Russia 2020/2021. Thanks to this, viewers will be able to see German short and feature-length animations in the Festival program, as well as attend online meetings with animation specialists from Germany.
Learn more at the festival’s official website, Facebook and Instagram