[Aniwow! 2009] 4th China (Beijing) International Student Animation Festival theme released

Recently, the committee gives out the theme of the Animation Festival, "Be Together", driving at the braw desirability that friends throughout the whole world can enjoy a happy get-together in virtue of the festival in Beijing, share the newest achievements and experiences in animation during this year. Meanwhile, it builds an omnidirectional associating with the top animation festival exhibitions in the world, improving the share of source and information.

[Aniwow! 2009] provides a platform, in which the International animation resources group together. Our Animation Festival consists of three parts: Out of Competition, Master class and Summit Forum. Out of Competition shows off the exquisite works home and broad. Master class invites famous masters in the industry to introduce the academic frontiers and achievement. Summit Forum follows the latest tendency of animation industry and encourages Chinese original animation to enter in the international market. Our festival will join hands with other prestigious International animation festivals to build up global animation festival union in order to enhance the interaction among them and begin to develop the academic activities co- hosted by these International animation festivals. All the programmers and ideas will make great contribution to inheritance of civilization through animation and making progress together with people from different countries and improving the sustained and sound development of global animation industry and animation education.

Translation/Chen Ling & Hu Xingnan