Every year, CINANIMA organizes some Special Programmes and Retrospectives. This year, the Organizing Committee will hommage the memory and work of a great artist and person: Renzo Kinoshita. Therefore, this program includes the following films:

• "Opening Title HIROSHIMA `96"
• "Ending Title HIROSHIMA '85, `90, `92, `94 and `96"
• "The Last Air Raid - Kumagaya"
• "What on Earth is he?"
• "Japanese"
• "Geba Geba Show Time"
• "Frame of Mind - Self Portrait"
• "Made in Japan"
• "Pica Don"

Besides this Retrospective, we will also present;

Bob Godfrey

• "Do it Yourself Cartoon Kit"
• "The Rise and fall of Emily Sprod"
• "Alf, Bill and Fred"
• "Henry 9 `til 5"
• "Kama Sutra Rides Again"
• "Great"
• "Dream Doll"
• "Revolution"
• "Small Talk"
• "Kevin and the Computer Game"
• "Instant Sex"
• "Know Your Europeans - UK"
• "Roobarb and Custard"

Special Program about RACISM

• "Letter for Carter" - Gerrit van Dijk (Netherlands)
• "The Fascinating World of Jan van Riebeeck" - Gerrit van Dijk
• "Egoli" - Karen Anne Kelly (United Kingdom)
• "Zehn Kleine Negerlein" - Jochen Ehmann (Germany)
• "De Kloof" - Huibert den Draak (Netherlands)
• "De banaan die zijn schil kwijtraakt" - Paul Moggré (Netherlands)
• "Gruezi" - Jonas Raeber (Switzerland)
• "Kamena" - Wilson Lazaretti (Brazil)
• "Baroque n' Roll" - Pierre M. Trudeau (Canada)
• "The Magic Quilt" - Bettina Maylone (Canada)
• "Why" - Bretislav Pojar (Canada)
• "Territaura" - Paul Moggré (Netherlands)
• "Felix in Exile" - William Kentridge (South Africa)
• "Ein Schoner Tag" - Mathias Bruhn (Germany)

Other directors have been contacted, and we soon hope to include some other names to this list.

Retrospective of films from Finland

• "Rider on the Bucket" - Katariina Lillqvist
• "The Chamber Stork" - Katariina Lillqvist
• "The Country Doctor" -Katariina Lilqvist
• "Upstairs and Downstairs" - Antonia Ringbom
• "Blood and Bones" - Pietari Koskinen & Tarja Vaatanen
• "Hip and Hale on Pussy Patrol" - Tomi Riionheimo & Hannu Lajunen
• "Burden" - Maija Kaimulainen
• "(Meanwhile) Elsewhere" - Heikki Paakkanen
• "Carnage" - Heini Kauppinen
• "Scale" - Milla Moilanen

Special Program constituted by pilot films and projects of Portuguese animators.

Retrospective of Animated Films from the Latin American Countries

• "Nuestro Pequeno Paraiso" - Walter Tournier (Uruguay)
• "Los Escondites del Sol - Otro Sol" - Walter Tournier (Uruguay)
• "Desde Adentro" - Dominique Jonard (Mexico)
• "Aquas con el Botas" - Dominique Jonard (Mexico)
• "Raramuri, pie ligero" - Dominique Jonard (Mexico)
• "Santo Golpe" - Dominique Jonard (Mexico)
• "El Heroe" - Carlos Carrera

(at the moment, we are still waiting for some confirmations)

As usual, the festival is co-organized by NASCENTE - Cooperative Society with Cultural Purposes and by the Town Hall of Espinho.

The screenings of the Festival will be held in Casino Solverde, which is also one of the festival' s sponsors. Other private and official entities that have given the festival their sponsorship are: Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Salvador Caetano, RTP (Portuguese Public Television), Ministery of Culture, IPACA (Portuguese Institute of Cinema and Audiovisuals), IPJ (Youth Institute), European Union.

CINANIMA is one of the eight European festivals whose winners may compete for the Golden Cartoon Award instituted by CARTOON - The Media Programme of the European Community. Also, the films that have been given an award at this festival may be nominated for the "Oscar".

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