About Festival

Dear friends,

Regretfully we inform you, that in connection with festival re-structuring, the festival BIMINI will not take place in 2009. Please look the information, the following festival will take place in 2010. In addition we will inform you about festival of 2010.

Throughout 5 years 2003-2007 in Latvia there took place the International festival of animation films BIMINI and one year 2008 the festival has taken place in Georgia (look archive).

In festival took part, as in jury, and it is simple as visitors, such known people as: director and art director of Russian animation studio "Pilot" - Alexander Tatarsky (Russia), the guru of the American independent animation Bill Plimpton (USA), father of the Estonian animation Rein Raamat, famous master of sand animations Ferenc Cako(Hungary), known Lithuanian animator-classic Antanas Janauskas, Hungarian master animations Zoltans Zilagi Varga, producer Eberhard Junkersdorf (Germany), whose feature film "Tin drum" has won "Oscar" as the best foreign film of 1979, producer and director of Open Russian festival of animation films in Suzdal - Alexander Gerasimov(Russia), famous director from animation studio Dauka – Roze Stiebra(Latvia), journalist and author of documentary films about history of animation Natalia Lukinykh (Russia), journalist Heikki Jokinen (Finland), and also organizers of festivals, directors, producers and animators from Estonia, Russia, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, the Great Britain, Southern Africa, Georgia, Ukraine, Singapore, Japan and other countries of the world.

Festival BIMINI presents world’s best works of arts, many of which were recipients’ of various awards on numerous international animation and cinematography festivals.

Festival BIMINI was unique festival animation films in Latvia, and also the biggest festival of this genre in the Baltic countries. Guests visited festival BIMINI went home happy, carefully prepared and rich art programs.

Every year more and more films are sent on selection, and the festival has accepted powerful enough international value.

Festival BIMINI is independent festival and can be transformed to the best for it forms.

We will try to create festival BIMINI in 2010 in a new format.

We hope, that you with understanding will concern to that the festival is postponed.

Thanks all for your participation at festival BIMINI and for films which you create!

See you later!