Be There! Corfu Animation Festival 2015 is a four-day celebration of animation for artists from all over the world that takes place in the capital of the Ionian islands between 15 -18 October 2015.ย In this yearโs competition program there will be 90 films from 48 countries; among them, we find the Cannes Golden Palm awarded short film โWaves ’98โ by the Lebanese director Ely Dagher, the Oscar award nominated โA Single Lifeโ (Job, Joris & Marieke, Holland, 2014) as well as a film by the Russian director Konstantin Bronzit, โWe Can’t Live WIthout Cosmosโ.
This yearโs program also stands out for the presence of exceptional artistic personalities; the accomplished artist Theo Ushev (ฮฃhe Sleepwalker), Michaela Pavlรกtovรก (Different Kinds of People), while for the first time Be there! โhostsโ two films from China (Missing One Player, Lei Lei ฮบฮฑฮน Let’s Wait Together, Weiyu Wang). This year’s edition hides some little treasures such as the Spanish stop-motion film โPos Esoโ by SAM in the featured film sector, the new film Cheatinโ by the American Bill Plympton as well as 8 excellent films from Greece and its animation market.
According to the artistic director of the festival, Vassilis Kroustallis, “our selected films this year are not only exquisite overall, but also reflect daringly (and with much satire) facts and situations consistent with our 2015 festival theme, The Many Faces of Europe”. For further information about Be there! Corfu Animation Festival 5 as well as for the full program you can visit its official website.
