Countryside Animafest Cyprus announce 2024 official selection
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Countryside Animafest Cyprus Views of the World has announced the official selection of their 23rd edition.
33 exceptionally inspiring films from 14 countries were selected in the International Competition.
Poster design: Sasha Svirskii
The selection was made by Yiorgos Tsangaris, founder and Festival director of Animafest Cyprus and Gerben Schermer (NL), curator of animation and contemporary art, and it includes works by promising newcomers as well as acclaimed masters. Τwo Grand Prix will be awarded: one for Best Narrative and another for Best Non-Narrative short.
This year’s National Program will include a rich selection of sidebar events by young emerging artists in Animation, Music and Visual Arts. The Cyprus program was curated by graphic artist Popi Pissouriou (Cyprus), brand and motion designer Denis Constantinou (Cyprus) and visual artist Eleni Chandriotou (Cyprus). 4 films in the National competition and 9 films in Cyprus Panorama were selected.
The 14 films from 7 different countries in the Children’s and Young Audience Competition Programme were selected by the Artistic Director Yiorgos Tsangaris along with the children’s programme pre-selection team Akos Zeleni (Hungary), Eleni Chandriotou (Cyprus), Marianna Parisi (Cyprus) and George Tsangaris (Cyprus).
The Jury
The Grand Prix Dimitris Eipides for Narrative, the Grand Prix Dimitris Eipides for Non-Narrative, the International Competition and the First Prize in the National Competition, will be decided by the festival’s international jury, comprised of contemporary artist Marko Tadić (Croatia), film and festival producer Nadezhda Svirskaia (Russia), and acclaimed Cypriot poet Avgi Lilli.
The best film in Children and Young Audience competition will be decided by the members of the young Jury of the festival.
See the full list of selected films at animafest.com.cy