Georges Schwizgebel, this year's resident artist at the festival.

The preparations were long and hard, but now it’s time for us all to enjoy the festival. The fifth Animateka has already started with the prepremiere screenings of the films Fear(s) of the Dark and Azur & Asmar. Today we also activated the official voting page of the AnimaWeb Contest, where you can vote for your favourite computer-made animation film.

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A month before the opening of Animateka International Animation Film Festival — the fifth edition - we are announcing the festival timetable. Take a look at the films selected for the Competition Programme, Eastern and Central European Panorama, and the Children’s Competition Programme Elephant.

The Festival Trailer, based on the graphic design by Georges Schwizgebel, this year’s Artist in Residence, was animated by Matej Lavrenčič (music by Mateja Starič).

Before we start off our 5th jubilee edition, Animateka presents and invites you to participate in a new competition programme!

This year Animateka goes web with a special competition! We are opening the Animateka AnimaWeb Contest - a web competition for computer made short web animation films. We wish to inspire young, aspiring artists from Eastern and Central Europe to take on animation and boost the production of animation film in our region. The Animateka AnimaWeb Contest will take place until the end of the 5th edition of Animateka International Animation Film Festival. The winning film will be selected by the audience through internet voting. The winner will be announced on the day of the Animateka festival closing ceremony, and invited as guest to the 6th Animateka festival in 2009. More...

The fifth edition of Animateka International Animation Film Festival is drawing closer. Between December 8th and 14th the animated images will once again come to life on the screen of the Kinodvor theatre in Ljubljana, the rest of the cinema will feature original film drawings by this year’s Artist in Residence, the Swiss author Georges Schwizgebel.

You can fill out the entry form and send your film off to festival competition until October 15th (please also read rules and regulations).

This year’s festival programme will be announced shortly.

Although we are yet to receive and answer to our formal objection regarding the drastic cut in co-funding from the Slovenian Film Fund, the enormously generous international support has prompted our decision to start off preparations for the fifth, anniversary edition of the festival. We are stimulated in our work and endeavours by a positive response and encouragement from all corners of the world. We thank you sincerely for your support and post a selection of your letters of support on-line.