Retrospective and current panorama of the Animation Festivals in Spain

Festivals are events that generate community, and therefore, are relevant to society as well as to the artists who represent that artistic discipline, because they unite important cultural, social and political agents for the continuity of that art in the public sphere. In this case, we are going to analyze the animation film festivals that have existed and exist in Spain, in order to better understand its history and future trends in this audiovisual discipline. In this country, as in others, animation is a marginal discipline with respect to the history of cinema but basic for the constitution of the seventh art. Likewise, the genesis of animation festivals comes in a very particular context and with the intention of establishing little by little in the collective memory of lovers of this art. This retrospective review aims to provide an overview of the current situation, analyze future trends and formats sector. This communication, based on the realization of an intensive search of existing relationships, allows an approach to the different festivals of animation from its creation and its trajectory. Using a descriptive research methodology of the historical trajectory of past and present festivals, we will be able to assess the different artist manifestations and cultural processes that lead to the creation and continuity of festivals over time. This panorama aims to open the vision of the multiple possibilities of the formats that exist and that build the identity of the current Spanish animation.