The 8th international Chaniartoon festival returns to Chania with a rich program, about the art of comics and animation. Chaniartoon opens the…

The 8th Chaniartoon International Festival returns to Chania with a rich program, about the art of comics and animation.

Chaniartoon opens its doors on September 13-15, in a three-day screening of animation films at the Municipal Summer Cinema “Kipos”.

There, on Saturday, September 14, the best films of this year’s event will be screened, and the audience will have the opportunity to vote live from their mobile phones, for the audience award.

From 20 to 29 the festival moves to the Mikis Theodorakis Theatre. At the theatre the public will have the opportunity to visit a series of very important exhibitions, including a tribute to Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt, a tribute to the great Italian Disney designer Massimo de Vita (who will be visiting the festival in person), an anniversary tribute to Popeye, a horror themed exhibition with many works many of which have been exclusively created for Chaniartoon, a tribute to the great Greek artist Ilan Manouach, as well as a tribute to 10 years of the “editors’ newspaper” frame-by-frame insert. At the same time, the public will be able to watch a series of interesting talks about the applied arts, but also take part in many workshops and masterclasses.

The festival culminates September 27-29, with the artist alley, which will gather more than 60 artists from all over Greece and from abroad in Katehaki Square. There the public will be able to see the works of the artists, buy the comics, posters and everything else they have created and also interact with them.

Important concerts will close these three nights.

Entry to all events is free for the public.

The full program will be announced soon at www.chaniartoofest.gr

Source :  www.chania-culture.gr