The second ReAnimania Animation Film Festival will be held in Yerevan on September 9-13. Over 263 films from 35 countries, including Japan, Russia, Georgia, Croatia, U.S. and Germany will be screened. The festival includes four competition programs: feature film, short film, TV and graduation films. The animation “Barking Island” by French-Armenian director Serge Avedikian will be presented as well. This year the film won the Best Short Film prize at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.

Festival Director Vrej Kassouny told the journalists that two additional prizes will be given in “Best animation music” and “Good citizen” categories.

About 23 guests will arrive in Armenia to participate in the festival. Although it is a small number for an international festival, but the guests are people whose contribution to animation is great, Kassouny said, adding that Max Howard, the director of one of Walt Dinsey studio departments is expected to attend the festival.