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World Festival of Animated Film /
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World Festival of Animated Film / 1972.
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Programme Committee: Dušan Vukotić, president
Borivoj Dovniković, Boris Kolar, Želimir Matko, Milivoj Pogrmilović, Aleksandar Marks, Pavao Štalter
 

Festival Director: Želimir Matko

Films entered for competition 308
Participating countries 24
Films in competition 84
Films out of competition 44

International Selection Committee
Gianni Rondolino - Italy
Daniel Szczechura - Poland
Pavao Štalter - Yugoslavia

International Jury
Dušan Vukotić - Yugoslavia
Jiri Brdečka - Czechoslovakia
John Halas - Great Britain
Fjodor Khitruk - USSR
David Hilberman - USA
Marcell Jankovics - Hungary
Manuel Otero - France


Official Awards

Grand Prix
Seča pri Keržence The Battle at Kherzhence by Ivan Ivanov Vano, Yuri Norstein, USSR

Awards in categories

Films shorter than 3 min
First award: Tub Film, Mary Beams, USA
Second award: Pop, Kazue Sasaki, Japan

Films longer than 3 min
First award: Operation X-70, Raoul Servais, Belgium
Second award: A Christmas Carol, Richard Williams, USA

Films for children, not part of a series
First award: Joshua and the Blob, John C. Lange, USA
Second award: Kamenac Bill a chromni moschyti Bill and Giant Mosquitoes, Vacslav Bedrich, Czechoslovakia

Educational films
First award: Hot Stuff, Zlatko Grgić, Canada
Second award: Bathtub, Bob Kurz, USA

Films for children that are part of TV series
First award: Number Twelve Rocks,Jim Henson, USA
Second award: Bird and Car, Howard Basis, USA

Commercials
Vivante, Lemmikki Nenonen, Finland

Special award for graphics
Die Nägel The Nails, Kurt Äschbacher, Switzerland

Special award for the story
Modern edzesmodszerek Modern Sports Coaching, Bela Ternovszky, Hungary

Special award for music
Keep Cool, Barrie Nelson, USA

Special award for sound effects
Living on the Boughs, Yoji Kuri, Japan

Special awards at jury's discretion
Narcissus and the Echo, Peter Foldes, France / USA
Concrete Pylons, Krzysztof Kowak, Zbigniew Kaminski, Poland

Retrospectives
Films by Jiri Trnka
Films by Gyula Macskassy
Popular cartoon heroes from America

Poster by: Zlatko Bourek