Best of ITFS 2013

The Animated Film Fest on Tour!

Since 2006, the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film has been organising a yearly tour programme with a selection of the best animated films from the previous festival which is presented worldwide. The tour comprises three programmes: Best of International Competition, the BW Reel with the best animations made in Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Stuttgart region, Germany and Best of Tricks for Kids. The programmes are also featuring entertaining and interesting bonus material such as exciting impressions from the Festival and the seven festival trailers - including ROLLIN’ SAFARI - which have been exclusively produced for the Festival at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Best of International Competition
…is a collection of the best international animated short films from the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film 2013. The selected eight animated shorts exemplify how varied the artistic impulse can be. The films combine beautiful animation with believable and identifiable emotion. They deal in straightforward humour, as well as with serious topics. The programme includes the whole spectrum of animation techniques ranging from classical hand-drawn cel animation to digital 2D and 3D computer animation.

BW-Reel - Best of Animation Baden-Württemberg
Animation made in the SouthWest! The BW-Reel comprises entertaining and artful animation from Baden-Württemberg and shows the large variety and unique creativity of the Baden-Württemberg animation scene with a special focus on the Stuttgart region.

Best of Tricks for Kids - The children’s festival on tour
Tricks for Kids is the children’s film festival of ITFS which presents outstanding animated short and length films for kids as well as workshops and activities to join in. Best of Tricks for Kids showcases a selection of the best international animated short films for children and families from the last festival edition. The films demonstrate the incredible imagination and creativity of animation filmmakers. Some of them lead into magical worlds full of adventure, others tell about the life and experiences of children from different cultures. The films are intelligent, funny, inspiring and entertaining. As a special bonus you get exciting impressions from the Festival and five selected festival trailers - including ROLLIN’ SAFARI - which have been exclusively produced for the Festival at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. 5 years and older.

Screenings:

- October 19, 2013: Stuttgart (Germany)/Stuttgart Nacht, Cinema (Best of International Competition & BW-Reel)

- October 19, 2013: Stuttgart (Germany) - Cinema // StuttgartNacht (Best of International Competition & BW-Reel)
- October 26, 2013: Yerevan (Armenia) - ReAnimania (Best of International Competition & BW-Reel)
- October 28-31, 2013: Tel Aviv (Israel) - IAD // Minshar for Art, The Israel Animation College (BW-Reel, Best of International Competition, Best of Tricks for Kids)
- October 28, 2013: Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw (Poland) – IAD (BW-Reel. Best of International Competition, Best of Tricks for Kids)
- October 28, 2013: Sofia (Bulgaria) – IAD (BW-Reel, Best of International Competition, Best of Tricks for Kids)
- November 05, 2013: Stuttgart (Germany) – Municipal Library (BW-Reel)
- November 07, 2013: Puchon (South Korea) – PISAF (BW-Reel, Best of International Competition, Best of Tricks for Kids)
- November 17, 2013: Tübingen (Germany) – Family and Children’s Day at Arabian Film Festival (Best of Tricks for Kids)
- November 23, 2013: Freiburg (Germany) – Cartoon Night in municipal cinema (BW-Reel)
- December 06-07, 2013: Simbabwe (Africa) – ZIMFAIA (BW-Reel, Best of International Competition, Best of Tricks for Kids)

- December 18, 2013: Böblingen (Germany) – Kunstverein Böblingen (BW-Reel)
- December 21-22, 2013: Schorndorf (Germany) – Kino Kleine Fluchten (BW-Reel, Best of International Competition, Best of Tricks for Kids)
- January 5, 2014: Osnabrück (Germany) - Lagerhalle (Best of TFK, Best of IC)

- January 29, 2014: Stuttgart (Germany) – Olgahospital (Best of TFK Special)

- January 31, 2014: Schwäbisch Hall (Germany) - Kino im Schafstall (Best of IC)

- February 02, 2014: Schwäbisch Hall (Germany) - Kino im Schafstall (Best of IC)

- February 07, 2014: Esslingen (Germany) - Kommunales Kino (Best of TFK, Best of IW)

- February 12, 2014: Esslingen (Germany) - Kommunales Kino (BW-Reel)

- February, 17 & 18 & 19, 2014: Saarbrücken (Germany) - Kino Achteinhalb (Best of IC)

- March 02 & 05 & 10, 2014: Wolgograd (Russia) - German-Russian film festival VKRATZE! (BW-Reel)

- March 03 & 05, 2014: Wolgograd (Russia) - German-Russian film festival VKRATZE! (Best of TFK)

- March 12, 2014: Stuttgart (Germany) - Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart/ City Library (Best of IC)

- March 14, 2014: Rottenburg (Germany) - Kino im Waldhorm (Best of IC)

- April 27, 2014: Murrhardt (Germany) - Kommunales Kino (Best of IC, Best of TFK, BW-Reel)

- May 25, 2014: Rottenburg (Germany) - Kino im Waldhorn (Best of TFK)

- August 15 - 16, 2014: Riga (Latvia) - Festival Waterpieces (Best of TFK)

- August 20, 2014: Künzelsau (Germany) - Galerie am Kocher (Best of TFK)
- August 27, 2014: Künzelsau (Germany) - Galerie am Kocher (BW-Rolle)
- September 3, 2014: Künzelsau (Germany) - Galerie am Kocher (Best of IC)

- September 21, 2014: Freiburg (Germany) - Kommunales Kino (Best of TFK)