ANIMAPHIX International Animated Film Festival aims to promote and disseminate the art and culture of animation cinema in Sicily, opening the gate to collaborations, productions and co-productions with other european countries, predicting a transnational movement; to look for the most capting innovations and original languages that the animated film offers, proposing a wide range of initiatives to involve a wide heterogeneous audience throughout the territory.
The festival, oriented toward the independent world of authorial animation, is structured in different sections with competitive and non competitive programs. The competitive program explores not only the more traditional productions, but also the technological experimentations, offering, therefore, a wide overview of the various ramifications of the animation sector.
The other sections dedicate a wide amount of space to retrospectives, in-depth analysis and meetings with the authors, cartes blanches and focus about the authors and films coming from the guest of honour country, so as to reflect on the creative and productive differences also through forms of cooperation and exchange of experiences with other partner festivals. Every year there are professionalising workshops, laboratories and programmes for children and a program dedicated to young talents in training.
- Grand Prix for the best short animated film
- Renato Guttuso Award for the best Animated Painting
- Best Animated Documentary Award
- Best Experimental Short Film, Abstract and Non-Narrative Award
- Giannalberto Bendazzi Award for the best Italian Animated Short Film
A special prize awarded by the artistic direction
- Award for Best International Animated Short Film for CHILDREN (6+)
- Award for Best International Animated Short Film for CHILDREN (8+)
- Award for Best International Animated Short Film for YOUNG (11+)
- Award for Best International Animated Short Film for YOUNG (14+)
