[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-selection-2939-2024-online":3},{"festival":4,"years":21,"year":25,"programmes":40,"sections":41,"onlineFilmIds":47,"films":48,"news":57},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":11,"logoAppearance":12,"logoOg":18,"about":19,"isManaged":20},2939,"cinanima-international-animated-film-festival-of-espinho-portugal","open","Cinanima – International Animated Film Festival of Espinho","Cinanima – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação de Espinho",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Fcinanima-international-animated-film-festival-of-espinho-por-a232tdtm.webp?v=b6ffc68b",{"mode":13,"edge":14,"edgeLight":15,"plateLight":16,"plateDark":16,"crop":17,"og":17},"mono-light","#ffffff",true,"none",null,"\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F16912.jpg?v=b6ffc68b","Cinanima’s international competitions range from animated shorts and features to student films and All Aboard, a section for works that challenge narrative, visual or technical conventions. The Young Dolphin selection addresses younger audiences, while the national competition includes films made by children and young Portuguese directors. Exhibitions, workshops, masterclasses, pitching opportunities and a year-round schools programme extend its focus beyond screenings. Based in Espinho, Portugal, Cinanima is co-organised by the cultural cooperative Nascente and Espinho City Hall, with origins in a local animation and comics initiative in 1976. It is recognised by ASIFA, and its short-film Grand Prize is an Academy Award qualifying award. 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