Events

11th - 15th of September 2024
Festival and congress center Varna

The first animation film festival took place in 1979, and was organised annually until 1989.
After a break the festival was revived in Varna in 2011.

Programme:

• 11th of September (Wednesday)

7:00 p.m. - Official opening - 1st competition programme student animation 

12th of September (Thursday)
11:00 a.m. - 1st competition programme children's films 
12:30 p.m. - Jury programme - Boris Labbe masterclass
2:30 p.m. - Lecture Georges Sifianos
4:00 p.m. - competition programme Bulgarian films
5:30 p.m. - 1st competition programme student animation 
7:00 p.m. - 2nd competition programme short films 
8:30 p.m. - 1st competition programme feature film

• 13th of September (Friday)

11:00 a.m. - 2nd competition programme children's films 
12:30 p.m. - Jury programme - Masterclass Priit Pärn
3:00 p.m. - Abstract art in motion - the best of Punto y Raya Festival 2023 
4:15 p.m. - Jury programme - masterclass Yoana Atanasova
5:30 p.m. - 2nd competition programme student animation 
7:00 p.m. - 3rd competition programme short films 
8:30 p.m. - 2nd competition programme feature film
10:00 p.m. - competition programme horror films

14th of September (Saturday)
11:00 a.m. - 3rd competition programme feature film
12:30 p.m. - Jury programme - masterclass Lea Vidakovic
3:00 p.m. - Studio M.I.R. - children’s films
4:15 p.m. - Jury programme - masterclass Paul Mas
5:30 p.m. - 3rd competition programme student animation 
7:00 p.m. - 4th competition programme short films 
8:30 p.m. - 4th competition programme feature film

• 15th of September (Sunday)

11:00 a.m. - "Giants of La Mancha" - 5th competition programme feature film
3:00 p.m. - "The Characters" by Theophrastus, NBU program
4:15 p.m. - Bulgarian films premiere
7:00 p.m. - Official closing 

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Venue: Festival and congress center Varna
Organiser: Association "International animation film festival"
Contact person: Anri Kulev - tel.: +359 888 614884 ; e-mail:k@mail.orbitel.bg ; www.varnafest.org