Anima Mundi: A Decade of Memories
1994
The highlight of Anima Mundi for me was meeting with the young animation students after the screenings. They were so positive and eager to learn. I could see my younger self in their faces. It was a wonderful experience.
Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton is an award-winning independent animator based in New York. His next feature, Hair High, is now in production. All of his drawings for this film can be viewed live at www.hairhigh.com.
1995
Congratulations on the 11th Anniversary of Anima Mundi!
Staying at a beautiful cozy hotel nearby the coast of Copacabana, surrounded by so many smiles of the audience satisfied with the world's wonderful animation art, I felt I was glad to be in Rio, after such a long, long flight from Japan. A festival where you can experience a happiness of life with animation art as your best friend — that is Anima Mundi. All of this is made possible only by the great efforts of the festival staff working backstage, always with cheerful enthusiasm.
The whole world is suffering economic depression and Brazil is not an exception, and thus, I deeply appreciate all the people at Anima Mundi for continuing the festival while coping with these difficulties.
Personally speaking, I love enjoying caipirinha with the festival staff, feeling the slightly bitter taste of the ocean breeze, as my body naturally takes in the rhythm of samba...it made me feel like staying there forever!
Anima Mundi is a festival you want to participate in again and again.
Sayoko Kinoshita
Founder of the Hiroshima International Animation Festival in 1985, animation film director/producer Sayoko Kinoshita has been the festival director ever since. She also serves as vice-president of ASIFA, president of ASIFA-Japan, president of the ASIFA Workshop Group and is special advisor to the Japan Society of Animation Studies.
Frédéric Back
To be invited to Rio de Janeiro by the Anima Mundi Festival was amazing! It is a unique place where nature and people have created spectacular and dramatic contrasts!
The generosity of the Anima team allowed me to discover Rio de Janeiro's splendors and meet with young Brazilian animators, eager to show their works and to learn ways to succeed in this difficult field of production. The festival was really a heaven of friendship and creativity via participation in the "Animathon" and the quality of comments about the screenings.
There is much more to say but I want to express my admirative gratitude to Aida Querioz, Marcos Magalhães and their perseverant friends who succeeded in making Anima Mundi become a yearly and traditional event in Rio and São Paulo, providing discovery and stimulation to the many fans and creators of animation in Brazil!
Many thanks and happy 11th anniversary!
Canadian animation legend Frédéric Back is now celebrating his 57th anniversary as an illustrator and his 32nd year as an animator. His work has won many awards including the Academy Award for The Man Who Planted Trees (L'Homme qui plantait des arbres) in 1988 and an Oscar nomination for The Mighty River (Le Fleuve aux grandes eaux) in 1993.
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