Within the competition part, the audience will be able to see 12 films of 60 minutes or longer, all genres.
Seven films will be shown in special programmes of this festival which will end on Sunday with the award giving ceremony.
This year, the lifetime achievement award was bestowed on Jeffrey Katzenberg, one of founders of the Dreamworks company from. The jury unanimously decided to present him with this award as "as his work and efforts, as reflected in a fascinating number of fantastic animated films, have not only restored faith in this kind of cinematic communication, but have also encouraged numerous artists and revitalized the history of animated feature film several times over", according to a statement released on the Animafest web site.