We've always been fascinated by the moving image –characters that walk, talk and act like we do.

Animation technicians have the godlike power to create characters and worlds that make us laugh and cry in equal measure.

Pixar's latest blockbuster, <<Inside Out>>, which was created by Pete Docter, was given rave reviews by the festival's famously picky critics.

Pete’s movies always have the power to entertain and leave viewers with a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.

He indicates that the secret sauce to animation is truth. That’s why people see something of themselves on the screen. People are able to project personality onto anything. So, animation takes advantage of that, grabs onto it and runs with it.

It wasn't until "Steamboat Willie" -- when Walt Disney added sound to moving cartoons -- that animation really took off.

And then 60 years later, John Lasseter combined technology and art and usher in a new golden era for the genre.

Animation can capture the feeling of a time of day or a place better than a photograph does.

And it can take us to places and characters that we may have only dreamed about.

But in the end, the things people are always interested in is observation --the power of an artist to see beyond the sort of ordinary.