When i started in animation. All we do is get jobs from Fil-cartoon and PASI. In an old studio i worked with we used very expensive computers to run photoshop 3 and Director 1.5. no Flash or Aftereffect, Premiere. You need a film camera to do handpainted cel animation, which is beyond the means of the common artist.
With new technology today. one can do feature film quality animation right at your own home with only a reasonable budget.
What I'm trying to say is that, just a couple years ago we don't even had a fraction or the diversity of entries that was shown at the festival.
So i must say the medium here right now is going through leap