Presentation

I Castelli Animati: the Italian venue for animated film.

The best of world animation in one great event: more than 2500 films produced by over 400 companies in 40 countries world-wide. Short films, TV series, features, commercials, music videos, special effects for film, animation for the web…
Meetings and events with the greatest Italian and international authors, live performances, shows, workshops, conferences, professional meetings, exhibitions, animation workshops …
A unique opportunity to explore the universe of animated film.

I Castelli Animati: the showcase for European animation of excellence.

I Castelli Animati represents Italy in the circuit of the eight European festivals of excellence for Forum Cartoon, the event which assigns the Cartoon D’Or, considered the European Oscar for short animated films, and selects the new production projects worthy of European co-funding.
The winners of the Competitions at I Castelli Animati, if of European production, go straight through to selection for the finalists of the Cartoon D’Or.
The winner of the Cartoon D’Or 2005 was chosen from the films awarded at I Castelli Animati 2004; three of the five finalists came from I Castelli Animati, as did the winning film.

I Castelli Animati: the place to meet the big names in world animation.

The world’s greatest artists animate the Festival, including many Oscar-winners and prize-winners in the top international festivals: Bruno Bozzetto, John Canemaker, John Dilworth, Paul Driessen, David Fine and Alison Snowden, Giulio Gianini and Emanuele Luzzati, Joan Gratz, Daniel Greaves, Oscar Grillo, Peter Lord, Michel Ocelot, Priit Parn, Nick Park, Jimmy Picker, Jan Pinkava, Bill Plympton, Joanna Quinn, Gitanjali Rao, Borge Ring, Nelson Shin, David Silverman, Isao Takahata, Wendy Tilby, Gianluigi Toccafondo, and many more...

I Castelli Animati: where creativity is champion

The heart of the Festival are its prestigious competitions: the International Competition, with about 50 short films every year from all over the world; the Italian Schools Competition, for works created by Italy’s budding talents; the Web Competition – in collaboration with La Repubblica XL, for the best works made for Internet; the Commissioned Films Competition for commercials, educationals, special effects sequences; the Musicanimata Competition – in collaboration with PIVI (Italian Independent Prize for Music Videos), for the best music video; the Castelli Animati/Tutto Digitale Prize for home video. Each of the competitions has a qualified jury of artists in the field of animation and personalities from the world of culture and the arts.

I Castelli Animati: meeting today with tomorrow’s professionals

In the annual get-together for Italian schools of animation and the most prestigious international schools, presentations of the students works, discussion and workshops, with the participation of training institutes such as ENSAD (France) Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany), La Poudrière (France), Bezalel Academy of Art (Israel) Bristol School of Animation (UK), Vancouver Film School (Canada), ESDIP (Madrid), Roopkala Kendro School of Animation (India), La Cambre (Belgium).

I Castelli Animati: exploring market opportunities

In the Festival’s Business Showcase, conferences and discussion for professionals and operators in the sector, B2B meetings, project presentations, showreel screenings, with the participation of national and international buyers.