by Lee Oz, Eliška Habartová

After two years in a long-distance relationship, Elishka moves to Israel to be with Lee to support him while his father is dying. At the airport, she is banned from entering the country and deported. The story unfolds through the couple’s online chats and through family conversations, using objects that were witnesses to the story. A bittersweet docu-animation.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Hardi Volmer, Urmas Jõemees

Poetical portrayal of evolution and devolution, ageing and yet also constant regeneration of an anonymous city sphere. It gives life to static matter by the means of hyperlapse.

by Justine King

This film “The Pretty Duckling” is inspired by the Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen “The Ugly Duckling” and is based on Danny Kaye’s song “The Ugly Duckling.”

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Musical
• Experimental

by Kinga Rofall, Kiana Naghshineh

Three perceptions of one truth – hers, his and ours.

• Drama
• Experimental

by Trinidad Plass Caussade, Titouan Tillier, Isaac Wenzek

Andy, followed by a friend filming the scene, goes to his recycling appointment. Wanda, the secretary of the company, welcomes him. We follow Andy through the whole process, until his last seconds of life.

• Comedy
• Tragicomedy

by Boris Labbé

Interview with Boris Labbé.

• Film about animation

by Réka Bucsi

Based on unconventional narrative, the film presents a subjective world through 47 scenes. The small events, interlaced by associations, express the irrational coherence of our surroundings. The surreal situations are based on the interactions of humans and nature. The film premiered in the competition program of Berlinale in 2014, and was shortlisted for the 2015 Oscars.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by David Feliu, Varun Nair, Juliana de Lucca & others

In a near future, a lonely man is addicted to a product called ‘’Best Friend” which offers him perfect virtual friends.

• Drama
• Sci-Fi
• Tragicomedy

by Harriet Mishoulam

A lovesick teenage cyclope Pineapple feels sadness.

• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Jakub Kouřil

“An elderly lady is feeling alone when her husband has passed away. She’s now looking for a new one, and what isn’t better than a robot IKEA style?”

• Drama
• Comedy
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental

by Candy Guard

Dolly bites off more than she can chew in this episode. She begins to watch a show called “pet savers, ” and ends up buying a horrific vampire hamster!

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age

by Alice Guimarães, Mónica Santos

In a surreal world where hearts can be deposited in banks so people can avoid falling in love, Natalia sets out on adventure with a man to help him find his stolen heart.

by Patricie Švadlenková

Would it have occurred to you that an invitation to a beer could be related to philosophy? Get to know the method of the veil of ignorance of the American philosopher John Rawls and see how the problem of fair distribution of resources can be matured. The concise animated series connects the ordinary human world with philosophical ideas and philosophy.

Interview with the director Anu-Laura Tuttelberg, interviewer Johanna Kristina Artjušin.

• Making of

by Éva Darabos, Darabos Éva

This bunny is so messy that he cannot find anything!

• Musical
• Comedy
• Family

by Nick Park

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Wallace & Gromit we asked members of their official website to submit their questions to Nick Park. 20 of the best were selected and put to Nick in a special video interview shot in the brand new Aardman cinema!

by Marat Narimanov

The history of humanity and of our planet in four minutes. An eco-friendly statement developed in a single shot that has it all: humor, action and tragedy.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Ivan Tankushev

When a dragon comes to an quiet rural village and steals 1 apple from a tree the village people get into quite a bustle.

• Drama

by Gottfried Mentor

The lamb’s parents are shocked, because their little lamb doesn’t sound like the other sheep: It’s making „moo” instead of „baa”.

• Comedy
• Family

by Mária Horváth, Tamás Gyapai, Marianna Hajdu & others

EPISODES: The Hare and the Hedgehog / The Shepherd and the Snake / The Seven Kids / The Pink Pig / The Goat Soldiers / The Foolish Man / The Frog, the Mouse and the Sausage / The Bear and the Cat / The Poor Man’s Nine Hens and One Cockerel / The Pelican Bird / The Rich Man’s Three Sons / The Bladder, the Straw and the Hot Coal / The King’s Bread

by Roos Mattaar

Story of the relations between the bird and its creator and the bird’s desire to explore the world outside.

• Drama
• Fantasy
• Experimental

by Daniel Bird

Our children face ever greater threats as the climate crisis accelerates. It’s their future, so why aren’t we talking to them about it?

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Family

by Norbert Neugebauer

The short animated film The False Canary.

• Comedy
• Romance
• Musical

How can we adapt an animated film project for the game industry? Roman Vizvary presents the work principles of the company Butterfly Effect, which is involved in the field of developing games and applications on assigned topics. The writers of the successful TV series and TV special “MIMI AND LISA” compare the approaches used for animated works and for games.

• Making of

Single: Make Luv.

• Music video

by Gabriela Sibilska

music video for London-based singer-songwriter Akweya

by Raman Djafari

Five friends, growing up in Berlin Spandau, experience the surreality of adolesence, with all its magic, emotion and adventure.

• Music Videos
• Experimental
• Fantasy

by Drue Langlois

Music video from Winnipeg based band French Class.

• Music video

by Jamie Hewlett

Feat. D.R.A.M.

• Music video

by Caleb Wood

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Martin Kukal

The second official video clip of the Zlín-based band ZÁŘÍ to the song Tajný vzkaz.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Fantasy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Yoann Stehr

An official music video for Carnivors by CORPS.

by 2-Hermanas, Deby Cywiner, Jennifer Cywiner

Stop Motion Video Clip to the musician Kutiman

• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Jamie Hewlett, Steve Gallagher

• Music video

by Bang Jae-yeob

Stray Kids(스트레이 키즈) “특(S-Class) (SKZOO ver.)

• Music video

by Silvia Prietov

An official music video for Lao Ra – Suena Taz.

• Music Videos
• Fantasy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Iris Hobson-Mazur

Music video

• Experimental
• Abstract
• Music Videos
• Making of

Behind the scenes of Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. A behind-the-scenes look at how the animators at Aardman created the latest Wallace & Gromit adventure.

• Comedy
• Making of
• Family

Craig Kausen, grandson of the legendary animation filmmaker, Chuck Jones, spoke in a special guest speaker event for NYFA students and faculty. Kausen discussed the work and career of Chuck Jones, whose name is synonymous with characters from Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Merrie Melodies. Event was moderated by Paul Laverack.

• Making of

by Kayu Leung

The history of the Cultural Revolution in the 60s in China…from the perspective of a mango…from a factory.

• Documentary
• Tragedy
• Bio-pic
• Making of

An insight into the question: “What Do Cinematographers Do On Animated Movies?”.

• Making of

Interview with Petra Zlonoga at Animateka Festival.

• Making of

The new Netflix film, “Robin Robin, ” pushes the envelope of what’s possible with stop-motion animation. The film’s directors, Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, sit down with WIRED to go over the some of the techniques that went into the making of “Robin Robin.”

• Making of

by Harriet Lenneman

Through a collage of old family photos, buttons and string, I give texture to Mom’s memories of making clothes on Grandma’s Singer sewing machine.

• Experimental
• Documentary
• Making of

Actionlessness, wordlessness, slowness, alienation, transcendental cinema in the short animation format? Faiyaz Jafri talks about the importance of procrastination in the creative process and the deconstruction of linearity. Art is suffering, and that’s okay. This is a cinematic masterclass on making boring long films in short film format.

• Making of

Director interview with Ignas Meilunas at Animatricks 2021.

• Documentary
• Making of

In this touching presentation, Pedersen describes the creative and visual processes behind three of his films produced by Mikrofilm: The folkloric anxiety of The Boyg (2016), The looping limbo of Zolle: Resign (2021) and the nuclear petri dish of Little Boy (2018).

• Documentary
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Making of
• Non-narrative

Candaş Şişman, an artist who manipulates human perceptions using different disciplines, talks about his multi-sensory installations that appeal to different senses at the same time, and the production processes of his experience-centered projects.

• Documentary
• Making of
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Lei Lei

he cut-out patterns are from my father’s book Book cover collection in the West, which was published in 1988, when China’s leaders launched their great reform and opening up to embrace the world. Many leading concepts of book cover design were introduced in the book and this book had an eye-opening influence on the younger generation of Chinese designers since then.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative
• Making of

Rosamund Pike, the voice for Moominmamma, and Taron Egerton, the voice for Moomintroll, tell Moomin.com what it’s like to give a voice to a character with such a strong, loving fanbase, and why they think so many people love the Moomin stories and the philosophy behind them.

• Fantasy
• Family
• Making of

Interview with Andrej Goričar at Animateka 2011.

• Making of

Making of video the stop motion movie The Family Portrait directed by Lea Vidakovic.

• Making of

Interview with Tomek Popakul who took both the Grand Prix and the ;DSAF Audience Award with Acid Rain at 16th Animateka.

• Making of
• Experimental
• Drama
• Music Videos

The fourth installment in the beloved “Toy Story” franchise achieves a level of detail and realism unseen in any Disney/Pixar project yet. See how it all came to life at the legendary Pixar studios, step by step: beginning with the story and artwork stage, onto 3D computer modeling, shading and surfacing, layout, voice acting, character animation, simulation, lighting, effects, scoring, sound mixing, and the final render.

• Documentary
• Family
• Making of
• Adventure

by Stevie Borrello, Marcie LaCerte, Meghan McDonough

A batch of mushy sourdough. Two radioactive lizards. Three cans of Campbell’s tomato soup. When COVID-19 lockdowns began in 2020, people around the world began reporting more vivid dreams.

• Documentary
• Drama
• Experimental
• Making of

MASTERCLASS – ARCHITECTURAL FRACTALS by JULIUS HORSTHUIS (NL). “I’ll take the audience through some of the fractal landscapes. We will look at some of the characteristic features of those fractals, almost like we’re watching architectural facets. What creates those features? What is it about fractal math that makes it so engaging? What else is there to explore?” – Julius Horsthuis

• Making of

Marika Makaroff, creative director and executive producer at Gutsy Media on building a new animated world based on Tove Jansson’s original stories.

• Drama
• Adventure
• Family
• Making of

Director interview with Michaela Mihalyi & Carolina Sandvik.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Marcin Giżycki

A secret life of monumental sculptures from The Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland.

• Documentary
• Making of
• Experimental

This lecture will take us in space and time through the main contemporary art forum, the Venice Biennale. Every two years guest curators treat the international audiences to their own “cross-section of the world.” On the example of prominent projects starting from 2011 and up to now, we will explore the human image and its current ranking in the work of curators and in the imagination of artists. We will also try to establish why it is worth setting your “outlook clock” against the major arts exhibitions.

• Making of

by Alissa Aubenque, Adrien Roche

The Green Animation Guide was released at this year’s MIFA and is the first international reference guide for sustainable practices in animation. It provides peer-driven actionable recommendations tailored to the specific needs of studios, producers and artists, enabling them to implement meaningful changes adapted to their realities. The guide is a collaborative effort led by Ecoprod, Green Film and Cine Regio with the support of several regional film funds.

• Documentary
• Making of

Interview with Anu-Laura Tuttelberg at Animateka 2012.

• Making of

It is believed that art can touch upon things that are invisible or unspoken, engage a wide range of people in dialogue by analysing different experiences. One of such perspectives is represented by the artists with Down Syndrome, such as the Atelier Normalno community members. For some of them, video became a tool of emancipation. They use the aesthetics of advertising, television and cinema to create moving images art that is a sharp reaction to everyday topics. During the discussion, artist and co-curator of the Atelier Normalno Stanislav Turina and cinema historian and director Stanislav Menzelevskyi will reflect on how artists with disabilities convey modernity, what characters and issues they choose to convey their feelings, how inclusion can be present in culture and the role that video as an artistic instrument plays in it.

• Making of

by Géraldine Charpentier

Lou tells their story, the way they feel about gender. Girl or boy, he/she chose not to choose, for now.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Coming-of-Age
• Experimental
• Making of

Oscars Animation Directors Roundtable: Don Hall of Big Hero 6; Chris Miller of The Lego Movie; Jorge Gutierrez of Book of Life; Graham Annable of Boxtrolls; and Dean DeBlois of How to Train a Dragon. They offer an insider’s look into the world of animation, including what it’s like to pitch their stories, to overcome challenges and to collaborate with actors in the booth.

• Making of

An interview with artist-in-residence Gianluigi Toccafondo, who we were extremely happy to host in Ljubljana for the 20th edition of Animateka, since he was the winner of the 1st Grand Prix of Animateka back in 2004.

• Making of

by Tomáš Rosputinský, Peter Budinský

A web miniseries about a single finger, by Tomáš Rosputinský and Peter Budinský.

• Comedy
• Family

by Brad Case

Pink tries to make breakfast.

• Comedy

by Peter Budinský

A web miniseries about a single finger, by Tomáš Rosputinský and Peter Budinský.

• Comedy

by David Lynch

A doctor arrives after Randy shocks himself while trying to fix a broken lamp.

• Comedy

by Sid Marcus

A cat keeps Pink awake.

• Comedy

by Ron Brewer, Lionel U. Ordaz, Robert Sledge

In a uniquely animated short, Pink Panther and Big Nose star in a concert playing various instruments utilizing varieties of music from all around the world. After failing to catch ant for the last time, Aardvark quits chasing him and tries out various hobbies. Space villain Big Nose shrinks several planets in the galaxy in order to make a personal marble collection

• Comedy
• Pre-school

by Lena Greene, Lorraine Nicholson

If you HAD to kill your ex, how would you do it? “R.I.P.”, a digital show created and directed by Lena Greene and Lorraine Nicholson, asks real humans that question and they elicit some pretty creative responses. The interviews are then brought to life by Nicholson and Greene, who creatively illustrate the narration in any way they see fit.

• Drama

by Jaromír Plachý

Our piglet is still experiencing some adventure. Discover the magic of vacuum cleaners, wires or the fact that things sometimes buzz. Rediscover the world! According to the books of the same name, there is now an animated miniseries for the youngest and even those who have already learned to walk and talk. Our piggy is yours too!

by Thomas Szabo

A curious little caterpillar dreams of exploring beyond its familiar garden home to see the vast, mysterious ocean. Leaving the safety of the leaves, it embarks on a tiny yet epic adventure through the miniature world of insects. Along the way, the caterpillar encounters quirky bugs, unexpected obstacles, and the unpredictable beauty of nature.

• Pre-school
• Comedy

by Jaromír Plachý

Our piglet is still experiencing some adventure. Discover the magic of vacuum cleaners, wires or the fact that things sometimes buzz. Rediscover the world! According to the books of the same name, there is now an animated miniseries for the youngest and even those who have already learned to walk and talk. Our piggy is yours too!

by Pavel Koutský

A satirical series about Czech history as a grotesque confrontation of important historical moments, rulers or presidents, which is embellished with all possible – and impossible – animation gags.

• Comedy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Pavel Koutský

A satirical series about Czech history as a grotesque confrontation of important historical moments, rulers or presidents, which is embellished with all possible – and impossible – animation gags.

• Comedy
• Experimental

by Sylvain Chomet

This animated film follows elderly Frenchwoman Madame Souza as she becomes involved in international intrigue when her grandson, Champion, a professional cyclist, is kidnapped and taken abroad. Joined by her faithful dog, Bruno, Souza embarks on a journey to find Champion, and stumbles across unlikely allies in the form of three sisters who are veterans of the vaudeville stage. Tracking down Champion’s criminal captors, the quartet of old women use their wits to try and win the day.

by Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados; festival title: Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children) is a 2015 Spanish animated drama-horror coming-of-age film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic Psiconautas by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair’s short film Birdboy, following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a 14 year old mouse runaway fleeing her desolate island home.

by Tomm Moore

Song of the Sea tells the story of Ben and his little sister Saoirse – the last Seal-child – who embark on a fantastic journey across a fading world of ancient legend and magic in an attempt to return to their home by the sea. The film takes inspiration from the mythological Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land.

by Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci

It’s 1941 but France is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

by John Hubley, Faith Hubley

Faith and John Hubley visualize the spirit of childhood imagination in this slice-of-life short set to recordings of their daughters Emily and Georgia at play.

• Family

by Mamoru Hosoda

Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.

by David Lynch

This experimental short film presents a sick woman's nightmare involving living representations of the alphabet.

• Horror
• Experimental

by Gints Zilbalodis

The film follows a boy who parachutes onto land, where he finds a motorbike and an injured bird. With these, he sets off to reach an initially unknown goal, pursued by a shadowy giant monster, which drains life from every living being that crosses its path.

by Áron Gauder

he vulgar, adults-only satire peppered with social critiques and references to prevailing politics, made in the same outspoken, provocative tone as South Park and Beavis and Butt-Head, is a humorous and authentic report card of the backward, post-millennium political and social apparatus of Eastern Europe as seen from the point of view of straight-talking children, that is, from the grassroots.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental
• Crimi

by Michel Gondry

A father and daughter maintain their bond despite living in different countries through an imaginative nightly ritual where she suggests a title and he creates short animated films starring her as the hero.

• Family

by Alberto Vázquez

For ages, teddy bears have been locked in a war against their sworn enemy, the unicorns, with the promise that victory will usher in a new era. A beautifully animated journey from the humiliations of teddy bear bootcamp to the psychedelic horrors of the Magic Forest.

by René Laloux

FANTASTIC PLANET was not the first collaboration between writer-director René Laloux and illustrator Roland Topor. Presented here is a short film they made together in the mid-1960s: LES ESCARGOTS.

• Drama
• Comedy