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Anifilm announces in-competition films

Anifilm announces in-competition films

The line-up of the International competition of feature films includes 10 films selected from an extraordinarily long list of submitted films. The selection is varied both artistically and geographically and includes famous names such as the doyen of American independent animation Bill Plympton or the world-renowned author Pavel Koutský. The line-up which consists of five films for adults and five films for children includes two great films from Brasil: poetic O Menino e o Mundofor children andAtéQue A SborniaNosSeparewhich will charm the adults with its atypical humour. The competition will also show Bill Plympton’sCheatin´and a contribution from the famous French studio Folimage, the excellent Tante Hilda!. Two Czech films will compete for the votes of our international jury. Hussites by Pavel Koutský in the category of films for adults and Lucky Four Serving the Kingamong other films for children. The festival competition is also a must see for anime fans, the legendary Hayao Miyazaki is competing with his last film The Wind Rises.One of the competition films, the grotesque musical Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange, a Rapid Love Storyfrom Estonia, represents puppet animation. The last films to complete the competition line-upare catchingJean de la Lunefor childrenand an autobiographical comic-book adaptation for adultsApproved for Adoption.