12th Countryside Animafest Cyprus

For the twelfth consecutive year, we welcome some of the best animation production films from around the world, in a magical setting under the stars at Prasteio Village, Limassol District.

Animafest Cyprus, Views of the World for the first time, this summer, is expanding to a new screening and event location: Except of Prasteio Village this year the Columbia Hotel & Resort, Pissouri Bay, will host a series of master classes and screenings of Children’s animated films , as well as the closing event and award ceremony of the 12th International Animafest Cyprus for the two categories of International and Cypriot competitions.

FESTIVAL PROGRAM:

THURSDAY 18 JULY

PRASTEIO AVDIMOU
21:00 Screenings beginning time
International Competition Programme / 60min
Cypriot Competition Programme / 15min
23:00 Concert: Plain History Project
FRIDAY 19 JULY

PRASTEIO AVDIMOU
21:00 Screenings beginning time
Cypriot Competition Programme / 15min
International Competition Programme / 70min
23:00 Concert by J.Kriste, Master of Disguise,
Violin: Pavlos Michaelides
SATURDAY 20 JULY

COLUMBIA HOTEL & RESORTS: Master classes (Master classes in English)
10:00 - 11:00 «Sketch the world: From drawings to Animation» by Tamas Patrovits,
ASIFA Hungary / Primanima Festival Director / Filmmaker (patro.me)
11:15 – 12:15 «Animation & Avant-garde» by Thomas Renolder,
ASIFA Austria / Filmmaker (thomasrenoldner.at)
12:30 – 13:30 «Comic Book Art: The Genesis of Sick Ideas» by Max Andersson,
Comic Book Artist / Filmmaker (maxandersson.com)
14:00 – 15:20 TITO ON ICE a Film by Max Andersson / 70min
PRASTEIO AVDIMOU: Screenings / Concert
21:00 Screenings beginning time
International Competition Programme / 90min
23:00 Concert by Monsieur Doumani
SUNDAY 21 JULY

COLUMBIA HOTEL & RESORTS
Children’s programme: screenings and workshops
10:00-11:00 Children Panorama Films – Yellow Elephant
The children’s programme Yellow Elephant is curated and presented
by ANIMATEKA Festival (animateka.si)
11:30-13:30 Children’s workshop: Collaboration - Animasyros & ASIFA Greece (Theoretical workshop)
14:00 – 15:00 Screening: Tribute: Greek Animation / 60min
(The Greek tribute is curated and presented by Animasyros Festival)
20:00 - 20:30 Award Ceremony
20:30 – 21:00 Screening of Award winning films – Hellenic Bank Awards
21:00 - 22:30 Screening of Le Tableau film of Jean-François Laguionie,
in collaboration with the Institut Francais (IF CINEMA)
FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS at the HAMBIS PRINTMAKING MUSEUM 18-21 July

Saturday 20 July 17:00 Presentation of Exhibitions by the Artists
At Hambis Printmaking Museum
http://www.hambisprintmakingcenter.org.cy/

1. TAMAS PATROVITS, Drawings
2. MAX ANDERSON, Comic Book Rouan Art

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