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Animafest Scanner symposium ended with a reception hosted by the Austrian Cultural Forum at Velvet café. The day was filled with friendly but intense discussions about puppet film and the directions animated film is taking. In addition to professionals, numerous Animafest visitors and audience also enjoyed the presentations of the greatest minds with a scientific interest in this art. Paul Wells, and Giannalberto Bendazzi attracted most attention with their speeches on Mackinnon & Saunders studio and the historiography of animation, but Midhat Ajanović Ajan, Barbara Laborde, Fatemeh Hosseini-Shakib, Madi Piller, Anna Ida Orosz and Tomislav Mikulić also intrigued the listeners. Animafest Scanner in its premiere edition fulfilled the set goal of connecting animation theory and practice in a pleasant festival atmosphere, offering new views of the audience’s favourite works.
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