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About Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival

Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival was founded in 2017 and is taking place every September in the city of Chania in Crete. The main categories of the festival are the art of animation and comics. In the animation field, there are several projections of short and feature animation films from all over the world, competition sections and several special tributes. In the comic section, there is every year a big exhibition with many interactive elements, from more than 50 artists. Also, there is a 3-day artist alley, with more than 60 guest artists visiting Chania and exhibiting their art. In 2020 game design become a new field of the festival, as it is an art that combines illustration and animation, with the interactivity aspect. During the festival, there are many parallel activities, like workshops, a small conference, technology areas, projection mappings, music concerts and others. Chaniartoon is close to technology, as it was the first festival that in 2019 produced and presented an interactive Augmented Reality Application and in 2020 the first greek music Virtual Reality Animation. From 2020, it has a VR-animation section, where the audience can experience the films with Head Mount Displays. Until 2021, it has produced many applications, such as AR/VR interactive applications, 3d Desktop applications, and even experimental ones like VR with haptics and scent devices. Depart from the workshops during the festival, in 2021 Chaniartoon started a large educational program, called "Creative Hub", which is taking place all over the year and educate students and adults in art & technology projects (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Projection Mapping, 3D printing, Laser cutting etc.). In 2020 Chaniartoon founded the Chaniartoon Comic Library.