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The ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival (Polish: Międzynarodowy Festiwal ‎Filmów Animowanych ANIMATOR), organized in Poznań under the patronage of the city of ‎Poznań since 2008, is the most important international animated film festival in Poland. During every edition of this event ‎more than 500 films from all over the world, including retrospectives, thematic reviews, ‎premieres and screenings with live music and rarely shown works of animation ‎pioneers are presented.‎

The festival reviews are accompanied by the International Short and Full-length Animated Film ‎Competition, judged by an international jury, for which films from more than fifty countries are entered. The grand prize awarded at this competition is the Golden Pegasus (Polish: "Złoty Pegaz").

The activities of the Animator Festival include meetings ‎with artists, exhibitions, performances, concerts, workshops and lectures. A distinguishing feature ‎of the ANIMATOR Festival is its focusing on the interrelations between animation and music. ‎Many screenings are accompanied by live music, performed by a jazz trio, rock band, DJ ‎collective or symphonic orchestra.‎

The programme of every edition of the festival is characterized by a broad thematic, cultural and historical diversity. Along with the most recent works representing various techniques and modern ‎trends in animation cinema, the rich history and prehistory of the world cinema is presented at the festival.‎

The festival’s artistic director is Marcin Giżycki.‎

Editions of the festival

 * 1st International Animated Film Festival: ‎07-12 July 2008 http://www.animator-festival.com/2008/index.php?lang=EN
 * 2nd International Animated Film Festival: ‎06-11 July 2009 http://www.animator-festival.com/2009/index.php?lang=EN
 * 3rd International Animated Film Festival: ‎12-17 July 2010 http://www.animator-festival.com/2010/index.php?lang=EN
 * 4th International Animated Film Festival: ‎15-21 July 2011 http://www.animator-festival.com/2011/index.php?lang=EN
 * 5th International Animated Film Festival: ‎13-19 July 2012 http://www.animator-festival.com/2012/index.php?lang=EN
 * 6th International Animated Film Festival: planned for 13-19 July 2013‎