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Anima Mundi is a competitive Brazilian video and film festival devoted exclusively to animation,...

Anima Mundi is a competitive Brazilian video and film festival devoted exclusively to animation, held every July in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. It started in 1993 as an initiative of four Brazilian animators (Aida Queiroz, Cesar Coelho, Lea Zagury and Marcos Magalhaes) and they are still in charge of the festival. Initially it received a lot of attention from the general public, since it had special sessions devoted to computer animations which was a new field. Initially the festival was held only at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) in Rio de Janeiro, but as it grew it is now divided between São Paulo (in the Latin American Memorial) and Rio de Janeiro in the CCBB, Casa França Brasil, Cine ODEON and other venues around the city. Since its beginning, the festival has been judged by the public, each patron that watches a competitive session receives a ballot with a grading system from 1 to 5. Now there are also professional judges that grade several aspects of the animations, and must watch a large number of the movies. The main competition is for the popular vote. This is appreciated by independent producers, since their films often have little