Fantoche _ International Animation Film Festival's blog

Fantoche ist back again!

The tenth Fantoche will be held in the town of Baden from September 4 to 9, 2012. The international show of animation film has become one of the world's most prominent animation festivals and is the only cultural event in Switzerland that is devoted exclusively to the full array of animation techniques, content and media

Fantoche is both a public festival and a meeting place for national and international experts. With its varied programme, it offers excellent entertainment for both young and old, with new things to discover and extravagance for animated-film fans and discussion and presentation forums for industry professionals from Switzerland and abroad.

Fantoche is just as refreshing, full of relish and lively as the indomitable scene, of which it is a part. It is infectious and creates an appetite for more.

Fantoche tracks down trends. With its international and Swiss short film competitions it searches for artistically daring ideas, young talent and the most prominent innovations worldwide. From the growing number of feature films produced, Fantoche selectively picks outstanding new releases and for the younger animated-film fans the latest children’s films are there to be gazed at.

At the same time Fantoche digs deeper and looks at individual aspects, themes or styles of animated film.

Fantoche looks beyond limits by building bridges to related art forms and dedicates itself to the use of animation in communication and entertainment media. Cut scenes from innovative and artistic computer games will also be admitted to the competition for the first time in 2012. This further broadens the space which Fantoche has created in recent years for the international and domestic game scene, highlighting the fact that games and animated films represent promising parts of our contemporary culture. In recent years it has been increasingly apparent that the overlaps and mutual exchange between animation film and game design have steadily become more multi-faceted, attracting more interest. With the current move to open the competitions to cut scenes, Fantoche has taken this latest trend on board and is demonstrating once again that it moves with the times.

Competitions 2012 - Call for entries

Online registration for the International and Swiss Competitions is open now at www.fantoche.ch. Entry deadline is 31 May, 2012. The festival office welcomes your requests and is glad to provide additional information.

We are looking forward to your films!