International Competition
The International Competition (IC) is the beating heart of the festival. The best of current animated shorts from around the world are shown in this section. Films are humorous, contemplative, creative, or critical.
IC1: Tu, April 24, Gloria 1, 8 pm // Wed, April 25, Metropol 2, 10 am
IC2: Wed, April 25, Gloria 1, 9 pm // Thu, April 26, Metropol 2, 10 am
IC3: Thu, April 26, Gloria 1, 9 pm // Fr, April 27, Metropol 2, 10 am
IC4: Fr, April 27, Gloria 1, 9 pm // Sa, April 28, Metropol 2, 10 am
IC5: Sa, April 28, Gloria 1, 9 pm // Su, April 29, Metropol 2, 10 am
Young Animation
The Young Animation Competition (YA) shows selected animated short films made by students of international film and art schools. Young animation artistes from 24 countries tell touching stories, create fantastic worlds and open new perspectives
YA1: Tu, April 24, Gloria 2, 11 pm // Wed, April 25, Gloria 2, 7 pm
YA2: Wed, April 25, Gloria 2, 11 pm // Thu, April 26, Gloria 2, 7 pm
YA3: Thu, April 26, Gloria 2, 11 pm // Fr, April 27, Gloria 2, 7 pm
YA4: Fr, April 27, Gloria 2, 11 pm // Sa, April 28, Gloria 2, 7 pm
spotlight & Animated Com audience vote with DURCHBLICK
Together with spotlight – Festival For Moving Pictures we take (animated) commercials in to the main programme. There will be a live audicence voteabout the most creative commercials from TV, cinema and web of the last year. Afterwards advertisers and filmproducers will talk to the audidence. (Application: durchblick@spotlight-festival.de)
spotlight DURCHBLICK: Wed, April 25, Cinema, 10 am
spotlight audience voteabout: Wed, April 25, Cinema, 6 pm // 8 pm
Animated Com International
The Animated Com Award International presents the best animated advertising videos of the world.
Wed, April 25, Cinema, 10 pm
Amazon Audience Animation Night
Vote your favourite film for Amazon Audience Award out of the main competitions from ITFS. The 10 best films will be made available on Amazon Prime Video after the Festival: the winning film for a year and the other 9 nominated films for one month.
Sa, April 28, Gloria 2, 9 pm
Tricks for Kids Shorts Competition
The Tricks for Kids Shorts presents 25 of the latest and most beautiful short films for children. The programmes are targeted at various age groups, The screenings will be attended by filmmakers. They explain how their films were created and answer questions. For films in foreign languages, German voice-over will be provided live in the cinema.
Tricks for Kids 1 (aged 4 or older): Thu, April 26, Metropol 1, 2:30 pm
Tricks for Kids 2 (aged 7 or older): Fr, April 27, Metropol 1, 2:30 pm
Tricks for Kids 3 (aged 8 or older): Sa, April 28, Metropol 1, 2:30 pm
Tricks for Kids 4 (aged 6 or older): Su, April 29, Metropol 1, 2:30 pm
Tricks for Kids Series Competition
The Tricks for Kids Series Competition consists of 2 age-based programmes of selected episodes of the most beautiful, international animated series for children of all ages. Children and their families can look forward to a journey across different continents, full of surprises and discoveries. The attending filmmakers will be glad to tell the audiences about the creation of their stories. For episodes in foreign languages, German voice-over will be provided live in the cinema.
Tricks for Kids Series 1 (aged 3 or older): Wed, April 25, Metropol 1, 2:30 pm
Tricks for Kids Series 2 (aged 6 or older): Su, April 29, Metropol 1, 5 pm