The International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR in Poznan is the largest animated film festival in Poland. The first edition took place in 2008 and was the culmination of the 60th anniversary of Polish Animation celebrations. During each edition of the Festival, over 300 films from around the world are presented, including retrospectives, reviews, premieres or rarely shown works of animation pioneers. In 2017 ANIMATOR received the status of an Oscar® qualifying festival.
The invariable aim of ANIMATOR is to popularize knowledge, heritage, new trends and innovations in the field of artistic animated cinematography and to present an interdisciplinary, ambitious program combining animated film with other fields of art and science.