The fifth annual Anima Mundi festival has had its run July 9-18 in Rio deJaneiro, Brazil. At this festival the audience is the jury, and they havechosen:
Best Brazilian Film - DE JANELA PARA O CINEMA (RAINBOW'S END) by QuiáRodrigues.
Best Film of the Official Selection - GOGWANA by Deiniol Morris, UK.
Second Best Film of the Official Selection - AU BOUT DU MONDE (AT THE ENDSOF THE EARTH) by Konstantin Bronzit, France.
Third Best Film of the Official Selection - RECI, RECI, RECI (WORDS, WORDS,WORDS) by Michaela Pavlátová, Czech Republic.
Best Film for Children - THE BEAR by Hilary Audus, UK.
Best Brazilian Video - A PREGUIÇA E O COCO (THE SLOTH AND THE COCONUT) bySergio Pranzi.
Best Computer Animation - THE ART OF SURVIVAL by Cassidy Curtis, USA.
Best Brazilian Computer Animation - HOT HEAD by Ricardo Piologo.
Best Short in Video - VIGYAZZ, ROVID! (ATTENTION!) by Lazlo Csiszar, Hungary.
Best Portfolio - Mackinnon & Saunders, UK.
The festival will continue in Sao Paulo, Brazil where another audience willselect their favorites.
