Dragon High School And Tales of Wizard Go To AniFest ROZAFA
- 22·09·2014
The short films Dragon High School, directed by Lola Parra, and Tales of Wizard (Cousas de meigas), directed by Iván Fernández and produced by Firmist Animación, is competing at the latest edition of the AniFest ROZAFA (Albania) since yesterday, Sunday 21st September.
The 5th International Festival of Animated Film by Children, for Children and Youngsters AniFest ROZAFA 2014 of Shkodra (Albania) began its activities yesterday, Sunday 21st September. Among the shorts that have been selected for the current 2014 edition of the AniFest ROZAFA, we must be borne in mind the Spanish shorts Dragon High School, the musical directed by Lola Parra, and Tales of Wizard (Cousas de meigas), the animation directed by Iván Fernández and produced by Firmist Animación.
Both shorts, Dragon High School and Tales of Wizard, are contending in the short films for teenagers category of the Official Competition of the current fifth instalment of the AniFest ROZAFA.
There are 25 shorts in total competing since yesterday in this short films para adolescents category.
| Dragon High School by Lola Parra | Tales of Wizard by Iván Fernández |
The shorts selected in this section are: Humanexus by Ying-Fang Shen (USA / Taiwan), In The Coat's Pocket by Marco Di Gerlando (Italy), Cartoon Away by Augusto Bicalho Roque (Brazil), Angélique’s Day for Night by Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet & Joris Clerté (France), The Boy Who Rocked The World by Paul Gan (Malaysia), Snakes & Ladders by Sasha Balson (Israel), The Woman Of The Twelve Nights by Giovanni Aloisio (Italy), Air Brush , Rang Paash by Mohsen Shiri (Iran), The Story of The boys Who Walked at Night by Flavio Barone (Brazil), Sundays by Tondowski Ira (Germany), Sophia by Kennel Rógis Paulino (Brazil), Strings by Crystal Us (USA), Tales of Wizard by Iván Fernández (Spain), My Circumcision by Arne Ahrens (Germany), The Kitten by Shiva Sadegh Asadi (Iran), Si Lunchai by Hannes Rall (Germany), Dragon High School by Lola Parra (Spain), Sr. Barrientos – Fuera de juego by Kike Florido (Spain), Star Wars: The Holo Xperience by Miguel Ángel Sánchez Cogolludo & Santiago Hernández (Spain), Zugzwang by Yolanda Centeno (Spain), Shades of Gray by Alexandra Averyanova (Russia), Sein Kampf by Jakob Zapf (Germany), Hiki by Réda Sabile (Morocco), Heavy Heart by Natasha Rugier (France), and Auschwitz On My Mind by Assaf Machnes (Israel / Poland / United Kingdom).
The short films for teenagers section has 14 fiction shorts (like Dragon High School by Lola Parra) and 11 animation shorts (like Tales of Wizard by Iván Fernández). The country with most shorts selected in this category is Spain with 5 films. Spain is followed by Germany (4), Brazil (3), France (2), Iran (2), Italy (2), USA (2, including one co-production), Israel (2, including one co-production), Malaysia (2), Morocco (1), Russia (1), Taiwan (1 co-production), Poland (1 co-production), and United Kingdom (1 co-production).
As for screenings, Tales of Wizard, the animation directed by Iván Fernández and produced by Firmist Animación, is going to be shown tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd September, from 11:45 hours at the Summer Cinema.
For its part, the musical Dragon High School by Lola Parra is going to be screened on Friday 26th September from 10:00 hours at the Milenium Cinema.
This year's festival has selected over 125 films divided in different categories.
The AniFest ROZAFA 2014 is going to be closed on Sunday 28th September after eight days of festival focused on films for children and adolescents.