Bucheon Animation Festival Announces International Competition Lineup... Includes Numerous Cannes and Berlin Award Winners

Award-Winning Films from Major Festivals
Shorts, Student Works, and TV Entries Selected for Finals

The Bucheon International Animation Festival announced on the 3rd that it had reviewed 2,801 entries from 107 countries and selected 61 works for the International Competition finals. By category, there are 39 short films, 12 student works, and 10 TV & Commissioned pieces.

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The short film competition, which grants Academy Award eligibility, features numerous award-winning works from major international film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival official competition entries "Water Girl" and "Hypersensitive," as well as the Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear winner "Ordinary Life." The lineup also includes the Cannes La Cinef winner "Winter in March," the Annecy Festival Grand Prize "Night Boots," and the Venice Film Festival competition entries "Marymundy" and "Mantis." In the student category, the CalArts Creative Award-winning "Giant Crush" was also selected.

Additionally, new works such as "Children," created by the team behind the Academy Award-winning "Flow," "Fairytale" by Academy Award-winning director Laurent Witz, and "Forevergreen" by Disney animator Nathan Engelhardt will be released.

The student section also features the Cannes La Cinef competition entries "Bird" and "Grandmother is a Skydiver," as well as the Berlin short film competition entry "Stone of Fate."

In the TV & Commissioned category, selections include "Luca and the Sunflower Part 2," the Coldplay music video "Feels Like I'm Falling in Love," and "Nina's Magic Drawer PV," which is based on a Korean webtoon.

This year's festival will be held from October 24 to 28.

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