The script for the film was written in 1983 and production started in 1988, but it took almost 25 years to complete The Tragedy of Man. Based on a classic 19th century play, each scene is made in a different animation style. Some of these scenes have been shown separately at festivals and on television, but the complete, 160-minute film will have its premiere at Anilogue.
Anilogue, a celebration of animated film, will start at Budapest?s Urania National Film Palace on November 23. The festival runs until November 30.
In addition to the Urania, screenings will take place at the Toldi and Szimplakert cinemas in the capital as well as at Topkino in Vienna.
Thirty shorts and nine feature-length animated films are in the competition.
George The Hedgehog, a film about an ?inveterate womanizer? by the Polish director Tomasz Lesniak, is on the programme, as are a collection of the latest work of Cartoon d?Or nominee Ducki Tomek.
The Rabbi?s Cat, directed by Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar, is about a cat who starts to talk and an incredible quest for a mythical tribe in Africa. It features a cameo by Tintin.
A hallucinating train dispatcher is at the centre of Alois Nebel, from the Czech Republic.
Makoto Shinkai?s Children Who Chase Voices From Deep Below is among the Japanese films on the programme.
The Oscar nominated French film director Bastien Dubois is heading the jury at this year?s festival.
