New edition of the International Animated Short Film Festival “Cartón”
Between 6 and the 12 The eleventh edition of the International Animated Short Film Festival “Cartón” will take place in November, which will be presented in person and virtually.
First, the main venue will be at La Tribu Mostra Bar in Almagro and will add the possibility of watching its programming online through the October TV platform for the entire country. further, will have two other locations: the Cultural Center of Science, in Palermo, and the Municipal Institute of Cinematographic Art (IDAC), in Avellaneda.
As reported by the organization, The call for this edition was extended to 108 countries and as a consequence it will be possible to appreciate 190 short films, 132 of which are organized into six competitions: Narrative, Microcortos, Experimental, Videoclips, Series, Film/Animation students.
This Cartón edition seeks to promote the exhibition of Argentine cinema, for which it has 117 national origin productions.
The opening function will be 6 November at the Cultural Center of Science and will include the screening of the recovered short film “Between whistles and flutes” (1941), de Quirino Cristiani, presented by Raul Manrupe, Hector Christiani, John Paul Zaramella, Laura Gomez Gauna and Alejandra Portela.
Through this projection, Cartón seeks to make contemporary animation cinema dialogue with the cinema of the pioneers. further, That same night, the winning Argentine short films of the edition will also be screened. 2021: "I miss you" (Geraldine Ratcliffe, 2’); “Mr. Fear” (Paul Roldan, 4’); "Thawing" (Lucia Lopez, Florence Usuki, 3’); "The vulture" (Santiago Colombo Migliorero, 3’); "I stay at home" (Marcela Ruidiaz, Stephen Caggino, 1’); and “After the Eclipse” (Bea Blankenhorst, 12’).
On Wednesday 9 of November, accompanying the Argentine Animation Day, All the activities of “Carton” will be transferred to the IDAC headquarters. In the animation school there will be, from 17 hours, projections, talks and the presentation of a video game.