ANIMAGE festival  is open for applications until july 29th

Animation producers can apply for free to display their work for thousands of people in Brazil

The ANIMAGE - III International Festival of Animated Film of Pernambuco is open for applications until july 29th. The selected films will be exhibited for free to an estimated audience of 8.000 people from September 30th  to October 07th in Recife (PE), Northeast of Brazil.

Producers interested in attending to the event - from any country - can apply from the website www.animagefestival.com. The only cost to the exhibitor will be the shipping of  their material to Rec-Beat Artistic Productions, promoter of the festival, in Brazil. This year, the company has already received applications from 10 brazilian states and from countries such as Poland, Belgium and Chile.

The Competitive Exhibition will distribute cash prizes and trophies for the best films in four categories: Best Short, Best Short for Children, Best Brazilian Short Film and Best Film (audience choice). Will also be contemplated with the trophy Animage, movies that stand out in the categories Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound and Best Technique.

Besides the films, the event will offer lectures, roundtables  and a new round of  animation techniques workshops (the first round was in May this year). With the expansion of the exhibition venues this year, it is estimated that the public will have a  60% increase this year and reach the mark of 8.000 people.

Directed by Rec-Beat Artistic Productions, Centro Cultural Correios and the Federal Government of Brazil, the ANIMAGE is sponsored by Correios and Funcultura (fund for culture of the Government of the State of Pernambuco).

For more information, acess  www.animagefestival.com