The Seventh Istanbul Animation Festival is an event eagerly awaited by animation buffs, consisting of the best short and feature-length animated films of the past two years. This year, the festival will run at the Pera Museum between the 22nd and 27th of November. Among the feature-length films in the festival that have garnered critical attention are the Korean animated film Green Days; the film Sky Song by Estonian Mati Kütt; and this year’s Polish film George the Hedgehog.

The festival’s program also contains 28 short animated films which will be competing for the prize of “Best Animated Short Turkish Film.” The films are in the following categories: Seas and Sailors, Insatiable Humanity, Adaptations, Animal Kingdom, Everything Changes, Dark Tales, We don’t Like War, Stop Motion Beauties, Those Animator Turks, On the Roads, Like a Painting, For Kids, 3rd Dimension’s Trophies, Abstract, Documentaries, Man of Science, Was That Dream?, Black White, Alone’s Club, Through the Eyes of Children, Cheerful Drawings, Ordinary Lives, and About Food. 

Parents should note that although all the films in the festival are animated, not all are intended for children; the category entitled “For Kids” consists of short films for preteen audiences.

Tickets can be purchased at the Pera Museum. There will also be a series of free workshops on animated filmmaking: check back on the Istanbul Animation Festival’s website for more information.

Where: Pera Museum; Meşrutiyet Caddesi No. 141; P: (0212) 334 99 00

When: November 22 – 27, 11:00 AM

How much: 10 TL (Feature-length films); 5 TL (Discount); 5 TL (Short films); Free (Workshops)

Language: Various languages with TR and ENG subtitles