“Animagoria” – Algarve Animation Film Festival takes place on the 29th and 30th of September, at the Portuguese Institute of Sports and Youth (IPDJ), in Faro.
The theme of this year's edition is “Dream Spaces”, an ode to the fantastic essence of animated cinema.
“Animagoria” will have its opening session on the 29th at 18:00 pm, in the IPDJ Auditorium – Faro, with the screening of the Portuguese animated feature film “Nayola” (registration here) and will continue the following day with an animation workshop for children at 10 am and a short film session at 00 pm.
The short film session will be divided into two moments: student shorts and professional shorts.
In the student films category, the following films will be shown: “The Palpitating Seed” (2022), “Moon Mole” (2022), “The Day the Pigs Flew” (2023), “Rising in a Spiral” (2021 ), “Sanctuary” (2020), “Everything that remains on the surface dies” (2022). In the category of professional films: “Alento” (2022), “Ice Merchants” (2022), “Elo” (2020) and “Estória do Gato e da Lua” (1995).
At the end of each moment there will be a conversation and space for a “Q&A” with the directors present.
In addition to the cinema sessions, there will be some surprises online.
Organized by former students from the University of Algarve, Catarina Calvinho Gil (assistant director of the film “Nayola” (2023) and Pedro Leitão (doctoral candidate at CCMAR), ANIMAGORIA – Algarve Animation Cinema Festival was created based on three pillars main ones: youth perspective, activism and interdisciplinarity.
The poster was created by illustrator Susa Monteiro. The spot is animated by Mariana Ferreira and Catarina Gil with music by Gabriel Mendes.
The initiative is in partnership with the Cineclube de Faro, the Algarve Regional Directorate of IPDJ and the Recreational and Cultural Association of Musicians.
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