How Kosovo's Anibar Animation Festival became cultural phenomenon
From humble beginnings, Anibar has become one of the largest cultural events in Kosovo, and of the largest animation festivals in the Balkans. “Anibar was started in 2010 by a young group of activists and teenagers — it was founded by 18-year-olds,” says Arba Hatashi, the festival director. “The reason they founded the festival was that in Kosovo we don’t have any education, schools, or institutions teaching animation.” She says that the landscape Anibar and its organisers found themselves in was one of indifference and even prejudice towards animation as an art form. “Everybody...
Source: emerging-europe.com