Anibar International Animation Festival is the only festival of its kind in Kosovo, and one of the greatest events in the country. Since its beginnings, the festival has been organized and held in various venues in the city of Peja.
In three cinemas, two of them set outdoors, Anibar screens animated films coming from different places around the world. Except for screenings, workshops, lectures, debates and additional daily activities (concerts and camping) are organized during the festival.
With the film screenings and other events, Anibar has also socially influenced the youth community in Peja, and further. Before, during and after the festival, a wide group of youngsters are engaged in helping and working with the idea and preparations of the festival, while also gaining precious experience. The festival has also been acknowledged by vast support coming from various local and national institutions (private and public).
The current situation in the animation scene in Kosovo is atrocious, but in the past years there has been some development in the field. Since there is no animation schools, most of Kosovo's animators are self-taught and learning how to make animation from the internet.
In Albania the production of animated films is more extensive, but there is a lack of international promotion for the films. Animated films in Albania started to be produced in 1975, with the realization of the first film at the ”Kinostudio Shqipëria e Re” Studio (New Albanian Kinostudio), today known as Albafilm Animation, the only governmental institution with annual financing that produces fictional and documentary films. One of Anibar's mission is to promote regional films and for this reason we decided to screen this unknown world at Animateka.
We hope you enjoy it!
Mask of fame
A well-known judge from a small town receives unfortunate news from the master of all doctors that he is going to die very soon. Despite his good reputation among the elite, the Master makes a medical error while examining the judge. After finding the mistake of the Master, the family doctor tries to cover it up.
Nerdbot
A scientist tries to build a robot with artificial intelligence.
The Promise of Constantine
Constantine has a sister who married far away, but he makes a promise to his mother that he would bring her daughter back from the distant lands. Based on an Albanian ballad.
Tsunami
A panorama of modern life, which is oriented only on money, gets washed away by a tsunami.
The red apple 3
A worm is curios to explore the world where he lives, coming across various difficulties and unexpected things. Most of the time he tries to avoid the barriers. When he thinks he has been saved, a wave of water swallows him and at this moment he wakes up. The surrounding atmosphere is the same as the dreaming atmosphere.
The Truck
The story takes place between the present and the past of a passionate man. It is his memories, keeping his dreams, desires, and passions alive, that will chase him beyond reality.
The Meaning of Life
Man’s continuous search for the meaning of life is transferred to an ostensibly inanimate object, a key. Light, as the touch of a divine power, wakes him up, and in that moment he experiences loneliness for the first time. He becomes obsessed with the keyhole as his other half. After many adventures he finds his own keyhole but upon opening it he achieves nothing more than the multiplication of his quest.