Admission $4.00
(For The Best of the Toronto International Animation Festival, see November 18.)
Each year the Cinematheque Quebecoise and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, select noteworthy films from international animation festivals with the goal of increasing their exposure and presenting recent accomplishments in international animation to audiences in Canada and the U.S. This year, programs are being presented at the Cinematheque Quebecoise; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley; and the Northwest Film Study Center, Portland. The selection was made from two festivals, Zagreb (held June 11 to 15) and Toronto (held August 13 to 18, and formerly held at Ottawa). Of the 125 and 101 films presented at the two festivals respectively, 44 films from 14 countries have been selected.
“As always, we recognize the collaboration of the animators, producers and distributors, without whose cooperation these programs would not be possible. We would particularly like to thank Kelly O'Brien, Frederik Manter, Gerard Paquette (Toronto); Charles Samu, Maja Zaninovic (Zagreb); Adrienne Mancia (New York); Huguette Parent and Helene Tanguay (ONF, Montreal).” Louise Beaudet, Cinematheque Quebecoise
Awards given at the Sixth World Festival of Animated Films, Zagreb '84 included Special Awards at the discretion of the jury to: David Anderson's Dreamland Express, for its inventive use of various techniques; and Hu Jinquing's Snipe-Clam Grapple, for special sensibility, charm and atmosphere. Special Award for Sound Effects and Music: Phyllis Bulkin's Quazar, for the perfect blending of music, image and text. Special Award for Animation to Pavao Stalter's House No. 42, for successfully integrating techniques of animation with oil painting in order to achieve a harmonious and unified image. Special Award for Graphic Art to Flip Johnson's The Roar from Within, for its powerful graphic expression.
Awards given in other categories were: for First Film, Zvonko Coh's Kiss Me, Gentle Rubber; for Films for Children, Eduard Nazarov's The Adventures of an Ant; for Educational Films, Csaba Varga's Augusta Makes Herself Beautiful; for films of 12 to 30 minutes, S. Sokolov's Black and White Movie; for films from 5 to 12 minutes, A. Tatarskij's Dark Side of the Moon; for films shorter than 5 minutes, Pierre Veilleux's Mushrooms. Grand Prize was awarded to Osamu Tezuka's Jumping.
