Anima Mundi (event)
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Anima Mundi is a competitive Brazil
ian video and film festival
devoted exclusively to animation
, held every July in the cities of Rio de Janeiro
and São Paulo
, Brazil
.
) and they are still in charge of the festival. Initially it received a lot of attention from the general public, since it had special sessions devoted to computer animations which was a new field.
Initially the festival was held only at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
(CCBB) in Rio de Janeiro
, but as it grew it is now divided between São Paulo
(in the Latin American Memorial) and Rio de Janeiro in the CCBB, Casa França Brasil, Cine ODEON and other venues around the city.
Since its beginning, the festival has been judged by the public, each patron that watches a competitive session receives a ballot
with a grading system from 1 to 5. Now there are also professional judges that grade several aspects of the animations, and must watch a large number of the movies.
The public prizes are awarded in several categories, in 2005 those were short film, feature film, short for children, Brazilian animation, portfolio, first work and animation in progress. Movies can win in more than one category. Each of the selected films win a monetary prize, the Anima Mundi Trophy and a screening in a special session.
There is also a professional jury. This jury comprises several people from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. They grade the movies according to several aspects such as animation
, script
, soundtrack
and design
. There is a jury in the Rio stage and another in São Paulo, both juries are taken into account to award the prizes that are announced in São Paulo.
, stop motion
, hand drawn
.
There is also a contest of web and cellular phone animation that runs concurrently with the festival named Anima Mundi Web and Anima Mundi Cell. The participant animations are chosen by the public on the internet (a registration is required to vote) and the winner has their movie shown in the festival sessions.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian video and film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
devoted exclusively to animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
, held every July in the cities of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
and São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.
History
It started in 1993 as an initiative of four Brazilian animators (Aida Queiroz, Cesar Coelho, Lea Zagury and Marcos MagalhaesMarcos Magalhaes
Marcos Magalhães is the author of short films such as "Meow!" and "Animando", shot in the National Film Board of Canada....
) and they are still in charge of the festival. Initially it received a lot of attention from the general public, since it had special sessions devoted to computer animations which was a new field.
Initially the festival was held only at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil is a cultural organization of the Banco do Brasil based in Brazil with centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo....
(CCBB) in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, but as it grew it is now divided between São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
(in the Latin American Memorial) and Rio de Janeiro in the CCBB, Casa França Brasil, Cine ODEON and other venues around the city.
Since its beginning, the festival has been judged by the public, each patron that watches a competitive session receives a ballot
Ballot
A ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter writes in the name of a candidate, but governmental elections use pre-printed to protect the...
with a grading system from 1 to 5. Now there are also professional judges that grade several aspects of the animations, and must watch a large number of the movies.
The competition
The main competition is for the popular vote. This is appreciated by independent producers, since their films often have little exposure to the general public. There are in fact two public prizes, one awarded in the Rio de Janeiro phase and the other in São Paulo.The public prizes are awarded in several categories, in 2005 those were short film, feature film, short for children, Brazilian animation, portfolio, first work and animation in progress. Movies can win in more than one category. Each of the selected films win a monetary prize, the Anima Mundi Trophy and a screening in a special session.
There is also a professional jury. This jury comprises several people from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. They grade the movies according to several aspects such as animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
, script
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
, soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
and design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
. There is a jury in the Rio stage and another in São Paulo, both juries are taken into account to award the prizes that are announced in São Paulo.
The sessions
The festival sessions consists of five different types:- Shorts film. 1 hour sessions of films that are running in the competitive session. The portfolio (films made for hire) are shown in these sessions also.
- Feature film.
- Children's short films. Films that are made for children.
- Animation in course. Films made as a final work in an animation course.
- Panorama. Short films that are not in the competition.
- Future animator. Films made by children.
Open Studio
In the main area of the festival there are several mini-workshops that teach the public how to animate in several styles. There are pixilationPixilation
Pixilation is a stop motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor becomes a kind of living stop motion puppet...
, stop motion
Stop motion
Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
, hand drawn
Traditional animation
Traditional animation, is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand...
.
Other activities
The Anima Mundi crew is also responsible for several other activities including Anima Escola which teaches animation in several public schools in Brasil and the Anima Mundi Intinerante that shows selected films in several other cities in Brazil.There is also a contest of web and cellular phone animation that runs concurrently with the festival named Anima Mundi Web and Anima Mundi Cell. The participant animations are chosen by the public on the internet (a registration is required to vote) and the winner has their movie shown in the festival sessions.