Anim!Arte is an international film festival of animation movies with focus in the student public. It has as objective to stimulate the culture, as soon as the professional artistic grown, of the Animation Business in Brazil. This has been instrumental in the production of animation movies, mainly among students.

During the event, competitive film festivals of movies made by students assemblage prizes for the winners. Although, there is a parallel film festival with professional moviemakers, Brazilian and international, that complete this group of selected movies.

In the competitive student’s animation film festival, there are three categories for brazilian students: basic education, highschool and college students. But, for international students, there is only one category in the competition. The best international animation done by a student (outside Brazil) wins the original Animarte´s Tropical Trophy.

The election is constructed by two juries’: the professional one, and the popular. The professional jury is composed by teachers, visual art professionals, drawers, animation moviemakers, filmmakers and journalists. Otherwise, the popular jury is composed by the spectators, who vote on the films in the festival.

Usually, the program also has lectures with professionals of the animation and of the audiovisual business, besides expositions and workshops of animation.

In its past editions, the festival already had received animations made by studen

This regional animation festival will accept all categories of film. The formats that will be accepted: 35mm, Beta or DVD. The entry form will be found through the site: http://andrelbarroso.cjb.net

ANIMA MUNDI is the only event dedicated entirely to the art of animation in South America and attracts an audience of more than 65,000 people. The festival runs in Rio de Janeiro from July 8-17, then moves to S

The MostraMundo is an international cinema festival that, beyond showing competitive and non-competitive screenings, offers courses, workshops and debates about the cinematographic production and market.

The festival is comprised of films out of competition and videos in competitions, produced using digital devices, according to the following categories:
- Student Screening
- College Screening
- Professional Screening
- Web Screening

Subscriptions will be accepted until October 14th.
www.aeso.br/mostramundo
mostramundo@aeso.br

Anima Mundi is the International Animation Festival of Brazil, which brings to the Brazilian audience the best selection of films and videos from around the world. It is a variety specially designed for the adults and the children. The event runs in Rio de Janeiro from July 14-23 then moves to S

MITV - International TV Market is the first independent international market for TV productions in Latin America. The event is a place where people who produce, distribute or exhibit series, documentaries, animations or motion pictures can connect. The event comprises two days of meetings where TV stations, cable channels, independent producers, distributors, government and international guests will be able to meet and exchange ideas, watch finished programs and ongoing projects, and discuss the issues that are moving local and global markets.

Production companies with completed or in-progress projects can present them at MITV Screenings, a special show for buyers, and producers. Producers, distributors and broadcasters can attend pitching sessions of an unusual kind, with the participation of producers who do not normally have access to top-tier international markets. The well-known and popular Brazil Programming & Production Forum, to be held this year in parallel with MITV. Attendees will have access to first-class presentations and debates in the company of highly qualified professionals from Brazil, the U.S., Canada, France, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and elsewhere. The program covers topics such as international distribution, co-production rules, regional production, new media, and others of extreme relevance to producers, distributors and exhibitors of TV programming.

Visit www.mitv.com.br for more information.

The MostraMundo is an international audiovisual festival that ranges from competitive and non-competitive exhibitions to courses, workshops, lectures, and debates about the contemporary cinematographic production and market.

Awards will be given to talented video makers in six competitive screenings: Animation, Professional, College, School, Advertising and Web.

If you have any further questions, feel free to mail us at mostramundo@aeso.br or take a look on the website www.mostramundo.com.br, to access the rules of the festival,

* The conference will feature over 15 Telcos & ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues including; Brasil Telecom, Telecom Argentina, VTR, NTT, Telemar, Telefonica Peru, Comsat, Telefonica Brasil, Antel, Novis, SMG and Pioneer Telephone Cooperative

* Leading South American content players and broadcasters speaking ; MTV, and HBO Latin America.

* IPTV showcase area in the exhibition featuring service demonstrations from 10 leading Worldwide IPTV deployments

Created in 1998, Forum Brasil is Latin America's leading TV programming trade show. Representatives from more than 20 countries use the forum as a marketplace to find great products, share experiences, get new information, analyze local markets, and engage in profitable business networking. Forum Brazil features: * International seminar with top-tier names in programming and production * 30-minute sessions with channel executives from Brazil and other countries detailing their acquisition policies * Pitching of animation, documentary, series and feature projects * Screenings of programs and pilots via a fully automated system * Great networking, acquisitions, co-production and distribution opportunities Broadcasters, pay-TV channels, distributors and independent producers from Brazil, other Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe have made Forum Brasil a regular fixture of their business schedule. For additional information, visit www.forumbrasiltv.com.br.

Anim!Arte is an international film festival of animation movies with focus in the student public. It has as objective to stimulate the culture, as soon as the professional artistic grown, of the Animation Business in Brazil. This has been instrumental in the production of animation movies, mainly among students.

During the event, competitive film festivals of movies made by students assemblage prizes for the winners. Although, there is a parallel film festival with professional moviemakers, Brazilian and international, that complete this group of selected movies.
The best international animation done by a student (outside Brazil) wins the original Animarte´s Tropical Trophy.
Usually, the programmation also has lectures with professionals of the animation and of the audiovisual business, besides expositions and workshops of animation.
Besides the Film Festivals, Anim!Arte also produces animation workshops in different formats, in the institutions which receive the itinerant circuit.

Call for Entries: from August 12 to October 09 (2009)