Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival Baden

In 1995, the organisation team of Fantoche started out with the vision to enrich the Swiss culture with a biennial event for animation of international reputation. Each year, the festival screens more than 500 films and hosts thousands of festival visitors. Fantoche especially cares for the many artistic forms of expression that animation can create. The “International Competition” focuses on films that explore and demonstrate the aesthetic possibilities of the medium and which have an innovative approach to it. A variety of relevant works from the current season (“World Wide Hits” and “Focus Switzerland”) as well as a series of selected feature films, school presentations, exhibitions, lectures, discussions and the children‘s cinemaform the core of the festival. With its thematic and historical sections, Fantoche illustrates the depiction of cultural identities and shows how animation helps to create a global visual language.