the festival has been designed for participants of all ages, with pop-up shows, performances, workshops, circuses, dances and visual art, springing up all over the city, some offered without charging, for children - during two full weeks of programming, the festival will present over twenty events, in separate spaces across rio.

as an imaginative dedication to the world of animation, anima mundi festival stands as the largest animation festival in brazil, and the second largest in the world - started in 1993, in săo paulo, the project became an immediate success, and has since spread to rio de janeiro, where it attracts renowned animators from brazil, and the rest of the world.

the event hosts a number of exhibitions, showcasing domestic and foreign animations, as well as lectures, workshops and competitions for the public - the anima mundi festival, has been partially responsible for the emergence of brazilian animation artists, and continues to do so supporting a fertile ground of creativity.