2005

The following year Videotivoli summed up the experience and knowledge gained in workshops, seminar and festival the previous year. And the sum was large. The only big change made was the rise of filmmakers’ age limit from 13 to 16. Like the first year, a lot of films were received and screened: more than 400 hundred films were submitted to festival from different 37 countries. The nine festival screenings featured 159 films from Finland, Australia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Palestine, Croatia and Serbia.

In addition to the screenings addressed primarily to local kindergartens and schools, there were also three special screenings. Videotivoli Screening 1 focused on fiction films dealing with growing up issues. Screening 2 was a dedicated to social commentary and Screening 3 presented animations with different techniques and stories. The weekend screenings featured award-winning films made by children from all over the world, as well as other funny films made by preschool pupils.

The second Animasters seminar (the fist took place in Norway in 2003) was also held during the festival week. Animasters brought animation professionals from all over the Nordic and Baltic countries and Western Russia together to share their skills and know ledge on animation.