15th Countryside Animafest Cyprus

The festival started in 2002 as the first documentary festival of Cyprus in a small village, and was called the Small Documentary Festival. It was later re-named Countryside Animafest Cyprus – Views of the World focusing exclusively on the art of Animated Film. The festival’s uniqueness is its setting in the countryside, and this continues to this day.

As audiences have grown significantly in recent years the festival has moved to different villages to accommodate the large number of spectators and now at the Lusignian Manor House garden located at the the ancient town of Palaipafos. It continues to draw a very diverse audience, from across the social spectrum.

Countryside Animafest Cyprus is the official Cyprus animation Festival. Its aim is to cultivate the art of animation, by raising audience awareness and promoting cultural, financial and social development in the field of independent animation filmmaking. Its various activities throughout the year include the annual Countryside Animafest Cyprus, expert seminars and workshops, academic forums, special screenings, etc. In this way the festival initiates international collaborations and provides opportunities for artistic growth.

Countryside Animafest Cyprus, organized NGO Views of the World and the Hambis Printmaking Museum, is the yearly culmination of our activities and takes place every summer in July. It is the first of it’s kind and the only animation festival in Cyprus. The festival is organized with the official support of the Ministry of Education & Culture of the Republic of Cyprus and ASIFA Cyprus. It showcases a selection of the world’s latest productions, focusing on independent, non-commercial films that show acute artistic sensibility and originality of idea, story and execution.

The 15th Countryside Animafest Cyprus will take place in July 2016 at the following locations: the ancient site of Palaipafos Kouklia, the Hambis Printmaking, Museum Vassilias Nikoklis inn and at the headquarters of the organization Pafos European capital of Culture 2017. In addition to the screenings, it will include exhibitions, tributes, masterclasses, animation workshop residency and concerts.

For more info visit: www.animafest.com.cy