Fantoche: International Competition at the Animated Film Festival

The Fantoche Animation Film Festival will once again host an international competition this year. Thirty-nine of a total of 927 submitted entries were selected for judging, including two Swiss films.

An international competition will be held again this year at the Fantoche animation film festival. 927 animated films from 51 countries were submitted, 39 entries from 27 countries were selected for judging. Among them are two Swiss films: "Tôt ou tard" by Jadwiga Kowalska (winner of the Swiss Film Award for Best Animated Short Film 2009) and Georges Schwizgebel with "Retouches". Awards are up for grabs in a total of seven categories.
This year's jury is composed of internationally renowned animators, artists and producers: Abi Feijó (Portugal), Lauri Faggioni and Caroline Leaf (USA), Thomas Ott (Switzerland) and Tatia Rosenthal (Israel). Fantoche will take place in Baden from September 8 to 13, 2009.

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