The BITBANG Festival brings together animation and digital art

The BITBANG Festival brings together animation, digital art, and video games, with international guests.
From October 28th to November 1st, the city of Buenos Aires will be the epicenter of premieres, talks, workshops, and parties, with figures such as Jocelyn Charles and Michael Frei.
The distinction of being the first Argentine festival with Oscar pre-qualifying status marks a milestone for the BITBANG International Animation, Digital Art, and Video Game Festival, which will hold its eleventh edition in Buenos Aires from October 28th to November 1st.
This recognition means that the winning short films in the Best International Short Film and Best Latin American Short Film categories of the Official Competition will automatically be eligible to compete in the Oscar short film category, consolidating BITBANG as a leading platform for animation in the region.

This year's program includes a diverse offering, including short films, premieres, retrospectives, workshops, talks, master classes, a graphic arts fair, games, art installations, and parties. Activities will take place at seven venues across the city: Gaumont Cinema, Borges Cultural Center, Da Vinci School, Club Lucero, La Paz Arriba, Pavilion 4, and Can Can Club. Most of the program will be free, with the exception of the workshops and parties.
The festival, declared of Cultural Interest by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires and of Municipal Interest by the City Council of La Plata, has established itself as a meeting point for art enthusiasts, emerging and established artists, and a space for the dissemination of creative and experimental projects aimed primarily at an adult audience.

Confirmed international and national guests for this edition include Jocelyn Charles (France, music video director for The Weeknd and L’Impératrice, currently at Remembers), Michael Frei (Switzerland, animation director and video game designer, creator of Plug & Play and Kids), Simón Wilches Castro (Colombia/USA, creative director at Titmouse, with experience on Marvel’s Fantastic Four and WandaVision, Dua Lipa’s Hallucinate, and Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things), Silvia Prietov (Colombia, director and founder of Lucy Animation Studio), Jésica Bianchi (Argentina, visual artist and director specializing in digital illustration and 2D animation), Paula Boffo (Argentina, renowned art director and illustrator of comics and contemporary animation), Gabriel Fermanelli (Argentina, director and animator specializing in motion graphics and advertising), Solène Crépin, and Nicolás Couvin, among others. The full lineup of activities, as well as the selection of films that will be included in the Official Competition and non-competitive sections, will be announced soon on the festival's official website and social media. Each year, the International and Latin American Animation Competition receives more than 2,000 films from over 100 countries, demonstrating the global reach of the competition.

In collaboration with Can Can Club, a special call has been launched. The winning project will receive funding to develop a short film, a month of study with equipment at the club, and guidance throughout the creative process. In addition, this year, 11 scholarships will be awarded to pursue a distance learning Animation Film program at the Da Vinci School, open to participants from all over Latin America.

BITBANG's focus on collective creation and training is reflected in the variety of cultural, artistic, and educational offerings it offers, allowing the public to experience and actively participate in the world of animation and digital art.

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