In Beijing, the past week has seen a lineup of animated films come to the Feinaki Animation Week. The event, which just concluded its very first run on Sunday, gave the capital's animation lovers an array of animated films by global animators.

The animation week took its name from Phenakistoscope – a centuries-old moving media entertainment device that paved the way for the future motion picture and film industry.

The first edition introduced over 140 animated films created by people from around the world, including China, Russia, Canada and the UK. Besides screenings, the event also had forums and competitions. The organizers said they wanted to build a home for domestic audiences to appreciate the works of Chinese animators.

Talking about its mission, Zhu Yantong, artistic director of the event, said: "In the past decade, the works of Chinese animators have received many good reviews and awards overseas, but back home, we lack an international platform to show them to the public. The works demonstrate the animators' excellent creativity and their unique aesthetics, which are quite different from the animations we have seen on TV." 
 

The four-day event had also seen some impressive works from the world's leading art institutions, such as the UK's Royal College of Art.

Yu Youyang, a graduate of the Royal College of Art, introduced 13 short films by the college to a special screening program entitled the 1983-2015 Royal College of Art 30 Years Retrospective. "I picked all these because they have all different kinds of materials and trials. They all have certain depth in terms of artistic thinking and I think they really represented the diversity back to the art school. I feel like my Chinese identity that really plays the role since I studied abroad, and then when I came back to work I realize what I have seen can be shared to more people that they haven't been shared before. I think it is almost feel like my duty to do that," said Yu.