13 May 2011
DEADLINE EXTENDED!

We have received several messages, from directors, schools and workshops, who asked us to accept their films even though they arrive with a few days (or even a few weeks) after the deadline. Probably, those who have emailed us are not the only ones who are in difficulties, so we have decided to extend the deadline for the Awards: not May 15th anymore, but May 26th. So come on, you have 10 more days!
For any question or curiosity (or if you think this new deadline is not enough), please email us at info@cartoonclub.it. Thank you!

11 May 2011
THE OFFICIAL POSTER OF CARTOON CLUB 2011...

...is ready for your eyes!
Art by Leo Ortolani, colors by Lorenzo Ortolani. With a tribute to the principal characters of the 2011 Riminicomix edition: Zagor, Sergio Bonelli and Hugo Pratt.
Click on the image to download a higher quality version (PDF format, 2 mb circa).

5 May 2011
AT CARTOON CLUB, THE CARTOON D'OR 2010 FINALISTS

Following a tradition of several years, we have renovated the cooperation between Cartoon Club and Cartoon d'Or, the European Awards of animation cinema. The 5 short animation films, finalists in 2010, will be screened during the main nights of Cartoon Club. The 2011 Cartoon d'Or Award will be given next September, thanks to the doings of the Belgian association Cartoon, that works in the animation cinema field with many international events.

10 April 2011
CALL FOR ENTRIES!

On the Download page, you can find the regulations and entry form for the Awards promoted by Cartoon Club. The deadline is May 15th. There are no entry fees: everything you have to do is to send us your short films, obviously following the rules that you will find in the entry form itself.
For any question or curiosity, please email us at info@cartoonclub.it. Thank you!

29 March 2011
"CUORE" IN COMICS

For the celebrations of the 150 years of the Italian Unification, the town of Sant'Agata Feltria has chosen an exhibion of comics, in order to speak to youngest generations, "using" two stories from the book Heart (Cuore) by Edmondo De Amicis, in a fascinating path on the first floor of Rocca Fregoso. "Heart in Comics. Resurgence Between De Amicis and History" opened on Sunday, March 27th, and it is not just an exhibition, but a journey.
First, the stories: two professional comics artists, Roberto Battestini and Francesca Da Sacco, followed by the staff of the Cartoon Club festival, made the comics panels, that have been printed as large paintings (70x100 cm). Visitors can also watch a 30 minutes video about Cuore, his young characters and his connection with the Italian Unification, and about comics techniques and the steps of this art form. Very soon, this will also become a comics issue, published by Cartoon Club Editore, plus a new video, made by Alberto Guidolin, with images and interviews.

27 January 2011
SHOAH IN COMICS: AN EXHIBITION IN NOVAFELTRIA

For many survivors to the Shoah, it is impossibile to tell about that horrible event. It is even more impossibile to tell about it through comics... «This theme is too serious, a comic-book cannot tell about it», tells Ezra Cohn, 64 years old, from the Jewish community in Dusseldorf. But, since we must not forget and must not repeat old mistakes, we are obliged to explain what happened with all the media we can count on. Comics included. For this reason, even this year Cartoon Club has prepared the exhibition Tears, wolves and tragical mice. How comic-books have told about the Shoah, edited by the comics experts Davide Barzi and Paolo Guiducci: it is an accurate overview on the comic books that, all over the world, have told about Auschwitz. The exhibition can be visited up to 1 February, at the Social Theatre in Novafeltria.
Infos and bookings: (+39) 0541 922256.

24 January 2011
THE NEW COURSE OF THE COMICS SCHOOL!

Cartoon Club, together with the comics magazine Fumo di China, organizes the 14th edition of the course Comics School, starting Friday 4 February at the Cartoon Club headquarters (via Circonvallazione Occidentale 58, Rimini). Two different courses will take place: one for beginners and one for experts. All the teachers are professionals in the world of comic-books: Stefano Babini, Alessandro Poli, Mauro Masi, Riccardo Crosa. More info on this leaflet (Italian only)!

18 January 2011
THE PIANO IN THE WOOD

Tomorrow, Wednesday January 19th, at 9.000 pm at the Novelli Theatre in Rimini, the show The piano in the Wood will take place. It is a show with music, acting and animation, created by Christine Joan Johnson, actress and musician. Pino Insegno gives the voice to the Narrator, Yutaka Nishimura plays the piano, Massimo Modula and Riccardo Maneglia create live animation sequences. The show tells a fairytale for adults and children. Its main character is the piano, who is involved in a particular and curious event, and therefore will start a long journey inside himself, together with fantastic beings and animals, as it happens in classic fairytales.