Animates Festival × Forum reaches its third edition, with animation documentaries, networking for students, discussions and screenings. Friday, 25 September: between 10:00 and 12:00, a programme for children with a drawing exhibition and a screening of "Best of Primanima 2025", hosted by Kamilla Buzási (pre-registration at animatesfesztival@gmail.com); from 14:00, registration and coffee; between 16:00 and 17:45, the opening event with presentations by animation schools; from 18:00, the AlterEGO section with the films entered in the Animates Online Contest.
Saturday, 26 September: from 10:00, coffee; between 11:00 and 13:00, "Voices of the City", works by the students taking part in the Erasmus BIP, and a discussion on the animated documentary with mentors Csaba Bollók, Alex Böjthe, Gyopár-Orsolya Buzási and Tibor Tóth, hosted by Hajnal Király; then a lunch break; between 15:00 and 17:30, a selection of animated documentary short films curated by Réka Kassay, followed by a Q&A with directors Gyopár-Orsolya Buzási, Zsombor Csont, Zsuzsa Sándor and Ágnes Szucher, moderated by Melinda Blos-Jáni; from 18:00, the closing event with a screening of "Aurora's Sunrise" (directed by Inna Sahakyan, 2022, Armenia, 1h 36min).
The event takes place at Calea Turzii no. 4, Cluj-Napoca.
