Rimini, for the 35th year, will hosts Cartoon Club International Festival dedicated to animated films, comics and games. The heart of the event takes place from 13th to July 21th, 2019.
Cartoon Club’s mission is to promote the dissemination of animated films, especially short films, the circulation of European films and the contamination between animation, comics and games through the creation of new and exclusive events. The Festival supports young filmmakers and organizes numerous educational and dissemination activities, especially among younger generations and in order to attract attract different audiences,
Another objective is to study the communicative languages that characterize the world of animated films, comics and games, with the related changes, evolutions and social repercussions. It encourages relationships between national and international NETWORKS (Asifa, CIFEJ, ECFA) and other festivals, in order to promote know-how, good practices and the circulation of film programs.
The aim is to make the Festival a point of reference not only for the public, but also for professionals, increasing the opportunities for professional growth.
Cartoon Club’s mission is to promote the dissemination of animated films, especially short films, the circulation of European films and the contamination between animation, comics and games through the creation of new and exclusive events. The Festival supports young filmmakers and organizes numerous educational and dissemination activities, especially among younger generations and in order to attract attract different audiences,
A Festival full of events with film screenings, concerts, meetings with authors, filmmakers and publishers, workshops, which is enriched with 18 to 21 July Riminicomix, the exhibition – market that welcomes publishers, comics antiques, producers of games and Cosplay Convention, one of the most anticipated events of the sector at the national level, involving thousands of young people, who wear the costumes of their heroes in comic books, the kind of the big screen, but also of the most popular TV series.
Not least, then, the awards of several competitions, thanks to various international juries, delivering awards to the best animated shorts produced in the world: designers, schools, authors and cartoonists. We start by expanding the areas dedicated to the Festival, with a marquee circus that will be placed on the roundabout in front of the Grand Hotel Rimini, which will host all major shows: music, projections and conventions. At the trade show, will be joined large specific areas dedicated to children, games and food, which will be traditional, American and Japanese. In preview, starting from July 1 until the end of the month, there will be a series of events, in various locations, both in town and in the hinterland: exhibitions, meetings with authors, programs for children and fun for everyone.