anim’est - the Bucharest International Animation Film Festival is an international competition festival, the only one in Romania organized by ESTENEST a non-profit cultural association submitted to the Romanian law and seeks to promote cartoons and animated films from all over the world, especially Europe and Romania. Films can be entered for anim’est if they correspond to the definition of animation formulated by the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA: ”the art of animation is the creation of moving images through the manipulation of all variety of techniques apart from live action methods”. Dates and deadlines anim’est 2007 will take place in Bucharest, Romania every year in the first week of October. There will also be some screenings in Cluj-Napoca. Entry form, previewing tape, dvd and documents: July 15th. Arrival of the prints: September 20th. Competition categories anim’est comprises five official categories and a mosaic category Official categories in competition: a) Short film – less than 50’ : short animated films made after January 1st 2005, which have not previously competed in any anim’est festival. b) Feature film – up to 50’: animated feature films made after January 1st2005, which have not previously competed in any anim’est festival. c) Video clip and advertising: short animated film made primarily together with existing music covering minimally 80% of the footage or a short commercial film made upon a request to support the sale of a product or service or to promote a brand, program or event. d) Student film: a short animated film made by a student or a film school after January 1st 2005, which has not previously competed in any anim’est festival. e) Romanian shorts: Romanian animated films completed after 2000. Mosaic, tributes and retrospective: animated films selected on account of their interest, regardless of length, production date or country of origin.