The annual Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF) opens on July 18, 2012 in several locations in Seoul. For this year’s competition section, a total of 1,362 films were submitted from 45 countries. Among them, 154 films have been selected including five feature-length competition productions.

Tomáš Luňák´s Alois Nebel, a black-and-white art animation, which was previously selected for such festivals as Venice and Toronto, is to be competing with local sensational debut The King of Pigs by Yeun Sang-ho, which was invited to Cannes film festival and three other feature films. Other Czech film selected for SICAF´s line-up is Fimfárum Third Time Lucky, a feature film by three directors Vlasta Pospíšilová, Kristina Dufková and David Súkup.

SICAF is to be held at CGV Myeongdong and AniCinema¨from July 18 to 22, 2012. Tickets range from 4,000 won to 5,000 won for film screenings.

For more information and the full line-up of the films, visit www.sicaf.org.