Viborg Animation Festival

Are you passionate about animation and drawing? If so, Viborg has a lot to offer in 2012, where the very first Viborg Animation Festival takes place.

This year´s largest cultural event in Viborg starts gearing up during the summer, when the town is invaded by movie presentations, illustrations and live animations made by animators, artists and event planners from all over the world. The centre of Viborg becomes a large playground when the animation Workshop takes you and your smartphone on a digital treasure hunt. Find out which cartoon characters are waiting around the next corner?

Viborg animation Festival takes place from October 28th to november 4th and offers you theatrical performances, exhibitions, cartoon competitions and the opportunity to meet others from the trade. The festival opens the door to another world of animation, larger and wider than “cars” and “Shrek” while the town teems with paintings, cartoons, street art and other events. For further information, visit www.animwork.dk to get an update on animation events during Viborg animation Festival.

A five-legged festival
VAF consists of five different events, each targeting their own audience. Here are the five legs, that VAF stands on:

  • The film festival, where new and classical animation features and shorts are screened in local cinemas
  • Animating Viborg: Animation-related street art and happenings in and around Viborg
  • A large-scale conference on using animation and other visual aids in teaching
  • The games fair, where educators and the public can tackle the newest learning games for themselves
  • The school film festival - from which VAF sprang

Much more info about VAF to follow as the schedule crystallizes!