The Biennial of Animation Bratislava (BAB) is an international festival unparalleled worldwide as
it the only one focused solely on films designed for child viewers. Its mission is to enable
artists to
confront the animation production for children, monitor artistic qualities of their works, and
enable the
linkage to book illustration as well as to create conditions for the assessment and promoting of
this type
of film art. Representing an acknowledgement for lifetime work, the Prix
Klingsor award has been awarded
since 1991. It is intended to award the authors who combine high artistic and cinematographic
qualities in
their works and appeal to child viewers. Beginning in 1999, the outstanding personalities are
granted
Albin Brunovsky Medal of Honour for their remarkable contribution to field of
animation for children.
Moreover, an international jury grants the festival’s competition the grand prize – Viktor
Kubal Award
for the best film, in addition to UNICEF Award, CIFEJ Award,
and St Vojtech – Visegrad Award. Since 2008,
the Literary Fund Premium and the BAB Jury Special Mention are
granted as well. At the festival’s shows,
also child viewers are invited to vote and thereby award their Children’s Audience
Prize.
For more about the Biennial of Animation Bratislava, click here.