Animation Nation is the long-running animation film festival in Singapore which was started in 2004 by the Singapore Film Society. It is currently the largest animation festival in the country. 

Over several editions throughout the years, it has shown several diverse award-winning animated films including Aardman Animation, Satoshi Kon, Pixar and Bill Plympton. Recent festival guests have been Oscar-winner Domee Shi, Vice-President, Creative of Pixar Animation Studios and Oscar-winner Adam Elliot, director of ‘Mary and Max’ and ‘Harvey Krumpet’. 

It has been supported by the U.S. Embassy, High Commission of Canada, Embassy of Italy, Embassy of Brazil and other consulates in Singapore. Various programme partners have also included The Walt Disney Company, The Projector, ArtScience Museum, and *SCAPE alongside leading industry players and school communities.

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• Promoting animation to the wider community
• Highlighting that animation is not just meant for children
• Broadening the exposure of less mainstream animations

We will work closely with the animation industry in Singapore by promoting new local talents and encouraging Singapore audiences to come view the breadth and diversity of animation titles Singapore has to offer.

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Festival Director - Michael Lim

Michael is the Festival Director of Animation Nation, organised by the Singapore Film Society since 2016. He is also the founder of the Singapore Visual Effects and Animation group which has over 4000 members online. Recently, he was a pre-selection jury member of Siggraph Asia 2023. Also, he was appointed a judge for the World Trailer Awards in 2022 and 2023 and is a qualified film archivist from the George Eastman Museum.

He has worked tirelessly in the Film and TV industry since 1999 for a variety of companies, film festivals and media projects including Oscar-nominated best picture 'Moulin Rouge' and also 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'. He was previously a board member of the Singapore International Film Festival and played a key role in its relaunch in 2014 where he still remains as a company member.

As a Film Director he has worked with international superstar Jackie Chan for a global Unicef PSA on Avian Flu. He is the co-founder of the first Australian chapter of ACM Siggraph in Sydney and has worked at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Asia as the Assistant Director for its Animation and Digital Arts MFA program in Singapore.

Animation Nation 2022 Highlights And Trailers

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