The 19th Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival takes
place February 28-March 11, 2000. This year, in addition to
its regular program, the festival presents Anima 2000, a
4-day event with various conferences, screenings and panel
discussions. The program includes: "Be Realistic, Demand
The Impossible: Creatives' Dreams," on interactive
animation; "Lucas Arts," on how video game developers see
the role of animators; "Animated Feature Film Day," on
what's involved in developing features; "A New Wave Of
Animators," focusing on new media technologies; A "making
of" lecture by Pinxi, a Brussels real-time animation
studio; "Writing Pictures," a round table with
scriptwriters and animation filmmakers; "The Adventures Of
Authors' Rights In The Land Of Animation;" "Animation In
Brussels, What's New?"; "Video Games: State Of The Art;"
"A Conversation With Ferenc Cako," with a screening of his
films; "A Conversation With Raimund Krumme," who will be
talking about the development of his work in relation to
his latest short, "The Message," which has its European
premiere at the festival; plus, the screening of all the
winners of Imagina 2000's Pixel-Ina Prize. For more
information, contact the festival:
Tel.: ++ (32 2) 534.41.25; Fax: ++ (32 2) 534.22.79; or
E-mail: folioscope@skynet.be. Also, the list of all
selected films is now available
