Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games, now at its 42nd edition, is one of the best known festivals on the Italian scene.
It is a remarkable window for animation, short films in particular, including fiction, educational, experimental, and computer graphic works, with a whole section solely dedicated to comics: Riminicomix.
The Festival features SHORT ANIMATED FILMS in various sections:
The CARTOON CLUB AWARD: open to short animated films made by professional filmmakers and production companies.
The SIGNOR ROSSI AWARD: open to animated shorts made by secondary school and university students, and by the students of animation film schools.
The CARTOON KIDS AWARD: open to animated shorts aimed at a children’s audience. Among the films selected for the ‘Cartoon Club Award’ and the ‘Signor Rossi Award’ sections, the Festival artistic direction will select, at their own discretion, some titles which will then be judged by an all-children’s jury who will determine the winner.
The CARTOON JUNIOR AWARD: open to short animated films realized within workshops for children, in Italy or abroad.
The CARTOON CLUB AI AWARD: open to fully AI-animated shorts made with AI tools by students, professional filmmakers, and production companies.
The CARTOON CLUB ENVIRONMENT AWARD: among the films selected for the ‘Cartoon Club Award’ and the ‘Signor Rossi Award’ sections, the Festival artistic direction will select, at its discretion, the title which best represents environmental protection topics.
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: a non-competitive section open to European and non-European animated short films.
Furthermore, the festival features:
- exhibitions;
- educational and social projects;
- workshops in local schools;
- one of the most popular and entertaining Cosplay conventions in Italy.
- publication of books and catalogs.
The festival takes place in Rimini in various locations, from downtown to the beach, in the month of July.
