The fantastic world of the animation films recently prize-awarded at the most important festivals worldwide conquers the big screen of Animest’s 14th edition. The movie selection to be screened for the first time in Romania between 4 and 13 October will exceed all your expectations, offering to the public ten fantastic days, animated by mystery, adventure, unforgettable stories and intricate characters. This year's edtition of the festival will take place at: “Eforie” Archive Movie Theatre, “Elvire Popesco” Movie Theatre, Cinema City, Comical Opera for Children, AWE - Adaptive Work Environment, Museum of Recent Art, Cervantes Institute, KUBE Musette and Club Control.
A RIDE WITH PAUL BUSH
Paul 's films challenge the boundaries that separate fiction, documentary and animation. After Fine Arts studies, in the 1990s his films became widely distributed and he was able to concentrate all his attention on filmmaking.
During this period he usually used techniques often involving live action elements. In 1999 he was polled in second place in Creation's list of top directors of animation. In 1996 he set up his company Ancient Mariner Productions to produce his own films. In 2003 he was awarded a Nesta fellowship to develop feature films and his first feature Babeldom was completed in 2012.
More details about the programme here: https://animest.ro/a-ride-with-paul-bush
About Anim'est
Animest International Animation Film Festival is the only festival in Romania dedicated to animated film. It was founded in 2006, and gathers films from all over the world, in six competitive categories both for short and feature film, ample retrospectives and focus on various countries, animation studios and film schools. Every year it welcomes to Bucharest international filmmakers, producers, festival programmers and journalists. Workshops, masterclasses, special events, concerts and parties are open to the festival guests and audience.
The Festival Trophy is presented every year to one of the films competing in the short film competition, and is chosen by an international professional jury. Animest is an Oscar-qualifying festival. The recipient of Animest Trophy is eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film category of the Academy Awards®.