This omnibus animated work is based on the comics series by Yuewei Wang, including four episodes of Pearl, The Goldfish, Ocean, and Hole. We are, after all, aliens to anyone not ourselves.
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The Emiles – European Animation Awards Ceremony 2026 was held on Wednesday, 28 October 2026 in Małopolska Garden of Arts (Małopolski Ogród Sztuki), Krakow, Poland, hosted by the 33rd International Film Festival ETIUDA&ANIMA. 28 October marked a very significant day – the annual International Animation Day (IAD) proclaimed in 2002 by ASIFA – International Animated […]
A conversation with László István Tóth, the new head of Kecskemétfilm For more than five decades, Kecskemétfilm has played a unique role in Hungarian animation, creating films and series that have become part of the country’s cultural memory. Perhaps none has had a greater impact than Hungarian Folk Tales (Magyar népmesék), which began in 1977 […]
by Daniel Sterlin-Altman
Mum’s calling, and Lisa isn’t pleased. “Hi, It’s Your Mother” is a shocking tragi-comedic stop motion short about family and blood(y) ties.
2016 Adults 4 min
The Animation and Film Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (better known as UMPRUM) is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. It is the oldest school of its kind in the Czech Republic. Graduates of the Studio often go on to become award-winning creators in the audiovisual industry, while others […]
you don’t need to do everything on your own Whilst animation can be a solitary pursuit, it is certainly a field where collaboration is key, says Michaela Režová, co-head of…
8 films Curated by Ema Nemčovičová
Authors: Eliška Bozemanová, Mariia Klimt, Esther Man, Amalie Kotradyová, Michaela Režová, Emma Bielokostolská, Laura Hédervári, Kateřina Kozáková, Natália Peterková, Jakub Rozehnal, Šimon Schnierer, Mikuláš Suchý, Jáchym Štulíř, Thanh Mai Tranová, Patrik Trska, Filip Tatýrek, Marie Urbánková, Alexandra Volfová, Anna Wysocká, Barbora Zadražilová, Tereza Burianová, Julie Černá, Lene Lekše
2022 Adults 5 min
by Pang Wen
This omnibus animated work is based on the comics series by Yuewei Wang, including four episodes of Pearl, The Goldfish, Ocean, and Hole. We are, after all, aliens to anyone not ourselves.
2018 16+ 14 min
by Lia Bertels
In the middle of winter, in the country of the Yeti, a bear does not manage to fall asleep. He thinks too much and is in the doldrums. A white monkey suggests him going to eat some honey at his aunt to change his minds.
2017 16+ 9 min
by Louise Bagnall
Late Afternoon, written and directed by Louise Bagnall, follows an elderly woman as she drifts back through her memories, existing between two states — the past and the present.
2023 16+ 6 min
by Emily Hanning
Summer is a time of endless potential, but when a rabbit’s fears start getting in the way of having fun with his friends, Beanboy pops in and does his thing.
2025 Adults 11 min
by Nata Metlukh
A data engineer rushes through life, believing multitasking saves time—but it only creates chaos. Despite his strict control over time, nothing gets done: his home is a mess, work overflows, and breakfast is always burnt. He discovers joy in life only when time breaks apart.
2017 16+ 7 min
by Jorn Leeuwerink
A case of mistaken identity has seriously unpleasant consequences in this unsettling arboreal tale that might or might not be a parable of our times. When a special flower unaccountably goes missing, an ever-growing group of animals sets off in pursuit of the purloined bloom, but, as is often the case, the best intentions lead only to unforeseen catastrophe.
2017 Middle Childhood (6-9 yrs) 7 min
by Mária Horváth
When the good Lord finishes creating the sky, the earth, and the water, he feels content. However, he soon grows lonely. After a moment of quiet thought, he begins to knead a piece of clay, opens the oven, and bakes the very first man
2017 Middle Childhood (6-9 yrs) 7 min
by László Balajthy
The story follows a young boy named Aluno who grows up guided by the teachings of his grandfather. His journey introduces him to the world and traditions of the Romani people as he searches for true, unconditional love. This search unfolds through trials set by his closest family members.
2015 Middle Childhood (6-9 yrs) 7 min
by Mária Horváth
Doja, the beautiful Gypsy fairy, gracefully strolls down a rainbow to be among her people and help them. Clinging to her long, sable hair, they fly with her to a wondrous island, where they can build their own fiefdom and live happily, in peace. But then, one day, a terrible thing happens…
2011 Preschoolers (3-6 yrs) 8 min
by Mária Horváth
The Man With A Heart Of Stone: Three poor lads take off to find a wife. During their journey a strange old man gives them shelter. The series of complications starts when they don't keep their promise made to the stone-hearted old man.
2011 Preschoolers (3-6 yrs) 7 min
by Lajos Nagy
King Matthias and the Lamb with the Golden Fleece: The Prussian King was jealous of the lamb with a golden fleece of King Matthias and decided to obtain it by any means.
2011 Preschoolers (3-6 yrs) 8 min
by Lajos Nagy, Mária Horváth
The Hungarian Folk Tales stem from original folktale collections, every episode has its special authentic ornamentation. The trio of folk art, folk music and folk tales are masterfully combined in the episodes. The king brings presents for his daughters, but he cannot fulfil his youngest’s wish because he is unable to find talking grapes, smiling apples and ringing apricots anywhere. On his way home he gets into trouble and only a white swine is able to help him. In return for his assistance the king promises his daughter’s hand to the swine. So, the swine comes for the king's daughter, takes her with him on his cart to the pigsty. But then, lo and behold.
2023 13+ 4 min
by Eliška Bozemanová, Mariia Klimt, Esther Man & others
The site-specific experimental music video explores liminal spaces that arise within abandoned gaming servers. Semester assignment where students of the animation studio at UMPRUM had to form teams, start a music band, release a single and make a video for it, along with creating a visual identity for the band.
2023 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 11 min
by Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte
In an underprivileged suburb, Zoé and Théo are left to fend for themselves. On the cusp of adolescence, Zoé is a bundle of raw, volatile anger, haunted by a private terror. Théo, still childlike, escapes reality into a world of fantasy.
2018 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 1 min
by Dávid Lipkovič
Theme – 1918–2018: 100 years of Czechoslovakia.
2020 All audiences 2 min
by Emma Bielokostolská, Laura Hédervári, Kateřina Kozáková & others
The short animated film by a collective of authors from the Animation and Film Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.
2009 All audiences 4 min
by Barbora Zadražilová
Animated short film by Barbora Zadražilová.
2017 All audiences 3 min
by Marie Urbánková
A grumpy cashier sternly warns visitors that locker keys must absolutely be returned, while a timid swimmer dreams of a spectacular swimming feat. A puppet film about fear.
2023 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 2 min
by Darek Šušor, Irina Babanina, Jakub Rozehnal & others
Outside, a storm rages. In a room filled with objects, a girl. Everything begins to crumble into dust, the girl loses control, and everything falls into oblivion.
2025 All audiences 2 min
by Alice Bisová, Amálie Němečková, Ismini Vafiadu
The short film, with its vibrant artistic style, tells the story of a girl who tries to win back her lost love through singing.
2023 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 2 min
by Tuan Trieu, Jonáš Urbánek, Jakub Hronský
Scientists have discovered a planet that contains interesting type of flora that must be brought back home for further examination. They will find out that the planet is already occupied by someone else.
2023 All audiences 4 min
by Tereza Burianová
Through a repetitive nightmare, memories and old family videos, the space of the apartment and housing estate where the author spent her childhood is rebuilt right before the viewer's eyes.
2020 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 2 min
by Vojta Kočí
This very short animated sketch presents the viewer—within the span of about ninety seconds—with the dead end of interplanetary diplomacy. The human race discovers a planet suitable for life, only to be promptly informed that they are not, and never will be, welcome there.
2020 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 4 min
by Jáchym Štulíř, Jakub Rozehnal
An adrenaline-fueled story about friends reuniting in a world where things just happen. It all culminates in a shocking twist and a satisfying ending.
2026 All audiences 101 min
by Martina Peštaj, Lucia Dubravay Trautenberger
Animation is often labelled “for children” without asking which children. This session introduces the Young Audience Rating System, a practical tool that connects the developmental characteristics of each age group, from toddlers to late adolescents, with the elements that shape an animated film: story, characters, emotions, visual language and humour. Media psychologist Martina Peštaj explains how attention, emotional understanding, moral reasoning and the sense of humour change with age, and what this means in practice. Aimed at creators, producers, distributors, broadcasters and festival programmers working with young viewers. The Young Audience Rating System was developed within the project Animation HUB. Speakers: Martina Peštaj (media psychologist), Lucia Dubravay Trautenberger (Animation HUB) Martina Peštaj (media psychologist) Martina Peštaj is a Slovenian media psychologist and film currator specialising in children’s and youth media. She works at RTV Slovenija, where she is an editor in the Children’s and Youth Programme and has extensive experience as a creator, scriptwriter, and editor of television content for young audiences. She also selects international animated and live-action series and oversees their adaptation for Slovenian audiences. Lucia Dubravay Trautenberger (Animation HUB) Project Manager of Animation HUB, a CEE Animation initiative dedicated to improving the visibility, accessibility, and circulation of European animated works and connecting audiences, filmmakers, festivals, educators, and industry professionals. In 2024, she co-founded Bear With Me Distribution, a company specialising in festival distribution, sales, and international promotion of animated films. Alongside her work with Animation HUB, she continues to work in international distribution and supports animated projects in reaching festivals, markets, professional networks, and audiences worldwide.
2015 Adults 3 min
by Kosuke Sugimoto
A surreal animated music video for the Slovak band Saténové ruky, following a wild night in a bar where a chance encounter unfolds into an increasingly strange and chaotic experience.
2018 Adults 4 min
by Alice Saey
First World War. 19 years-old Maï, sailor and deserter, crosses paths with Anna, 16 years old, young widow who just lost her husband to the trenches. Their horizon seems obstructed… but little by little, Maï and Anna revive eachother’s flame and desire from freedom.
2020 Adults 3 min
by Alice Saey
A constantly transforming hand-drawn world of seductive figures, heroic Amazons and surreal landscapes visualizes the singer's fascination with a mysterious young woman.
2014 Adults 3 min
by Helene Ducrocq
A mysterious sand-animated journey unfolds through shifting landscapes and human figures, evoking themes of love, loss and the passage of time.
2014 Adults 3 min
by Tomek Ducki
Music video by the young Hungarian artist Tomek Ducki. Once again, he works with vivid colours and elaborates the story of the original sin of Adam and Eve. In his version, the woman is a very important character and his method reminds of watercolour paintings.
2026 All audiences 86 min
by Robert Jaszczurowski, Grzegorz Skorupski, Karolina Rudnicka
Join us for a webinar under the CEE Animation Experience, where four leading Polish animation studios will showcase the current animation scene. They will share insights into their recent successes and reveal their upcoming projects, offering a glimpse into the future of Polish animation. If you're interested in co-producing with Poland, this is a must-attend event to explore new opportunities and collaborations. The webinar is co-organized with Polish Animation and SPPA – Polish Animation Producers Association. Robert Jaszczurowski (GS Animation / SPPA) A director, producer, scriptwriter and co-founder of GS Animation. From 2009 acts as a creative producer and delegate producer ("Mami Fatale", "Basia"). A president of a Polish Animation Producers Association (SPPA) and a participant of the most important coproduction markets, festivals and animation related events in Europe (Cartoon Forum, Cartoon Movie, MiPJunior, Cinekid, Annecy). Currently working on "Lucy and the Silver Spies" as a producer and "Kayko and Kokosh" TV series as a director. Grzegorz Skorupski (Animoon) Production company Animoon, involved in projects like Zoyka and the Bird. (Person page: minimal bio) Karolina Rudnicka (Person page exists with limited content) More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2026 All audiences 91 min
by Lenka Hámošová
Generative AI is no longer just a futuristic tool but a part of contemporary visual culture. However, how should animators use it without losing their authorship, style, and intent? Lenka Hámošová shares a roadmap for maintaining creative agency in an age of automated art – covering workflow thinking with ComfyUI, case studies in real-time collaboration, and the importance of identifying your "Unique Toolkit" to protect the human element. Lenka Hámošová Artist, designer, and educator working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, creativity, and human agency. With over 15 years of experience in visual communication, new media, and education, she founded the first creative AI studio in Prague. Known for her work with ComfyUI and real-time AI-driven performance. More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2017 Adults 4 min
by Kosuke Sugimoto
This visually inventive music video for a song by a popular Czech singer skilfully combines computer animation with real footage and plays with various scales and photographs. The music video was made in the Czech Republic, but its director belongs to a new wave of young Japanese authors specializing in synchronizing animation and music.
2023 Adults 2 min
by Barbora Halířová
Czech music video Cimpoiasca boasts superb animation and plays with folklore elements and many visual ideas. Made by a FAMU graduate, the music video plunges into a nightmare and tells the story of a female friendship that is pungently delicious, just like homemade plum brandy.
2020 Adults 3 min
by Aliona Baranová
The second music video for singer Pavel Čadek works with the motif of dance, which is very rewarding for animation. The video’s sketched heroes or their silhouettes dance in various surroundings or transform into abstract shapes.
2018 Adults 2 min
by Vojtěch Kočí, Mikuláš Suchý
Gorgeous Sleeper Cell is a fan music video for Seattle-based abstract rap duo Shabazz Palaces. It narrates an abstract story based on the duo’s poetic, almost symbolistic lyrics. We watch some sort of a genie who got into our reality from his animated world.
2013 16+ 9 min
by Natko Stipaničev
Two people living alone on an isolated island. He does fishing and brings the catch to the house, and She does household chores. Finili su Mare bali illustrates mechanical and rooted reactions to life events – everyday and miraculous.
2005 Adults 7 min
by Noam Abta, Yuval Markovich
Yuval goes to his friends’ house, where creepy things start happening. He begins to suspect that someone is out to get him when the signs keep appearing.
2023 Adults 3 min
by Raman Djafari
Ashnikko in a monstertruck and a squad of develish beasts ride towards the sunset to battle the angelic overlord robots.
2013 All audiences 2 min
by Láng Orsolya
The Primanima International First-Film Animation Festival returns, marking its 10th edition in Budaörs this year. This year, the animated short films arrive earlier than usual—running from October 5 to 8—at the Jókai Mór Cultural Center and BABtér, with Saturday events also taking place at the Municipal Youth Club. In addition to screenings for adults, teens, and children, the festival will once again feature workshops, discussions, and, of course, parties. Professional programs are taking on a new format, and Primanima Jumpstart—a hybrid talent development program—is launching as well.
2010 16+ 13 min
by Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero
A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki’s life forever. Now Dinki’s fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the Dead Forest lost in his fantasies…
2012 Adults 9 min
by Anna Humphries
A zombie movie with more heart than brains.
2023 All audiences 4 min
by Tereza Burianová
Through a repetitive nightmare, memories and old family videos, the space of the apartment and housing estate where the author spent her childhood is rebuilt right before the viewer's eyes.
2004 Adults 10 min
by Robert Seidel
_grau is a personal reflection on memories coming up during a car accident, where past events emerge, fuse, erode and finally vanish ethereally …
2024 All audiences 85 min
by Mascha Halberstad, Lea Pagáčová
Dutch director Mascha Halberstad will take us behind the scenes of her stop-motion work for children. She will focus primarily on her feature-length animated films – Oink (2022) and Fox and Hare Save the Forest (2024), which premiered at this year's Berlinale in the Berlinale Generation competition section. Mascha Halberstad Dutch animation director. Studied at ArtEZ Art Academy in Arnhem. Created the 3-part series "Picknick with Cake" (awarded Cinekid Kinderkast 2013). Her film "Munya in Me" won Grand Jury Prize at BANFF. Directed "Fox & Hare" series (Cinekid Audience Award). Feature debut "Oink" (2022) premiered at Berlinale Generation, won three Golden Calves at Dutch Film Festival 2024. "Fox and Hare Save the Forest" premiered at Berlinale 2024. Lea Pagáčová (National Film Center of the Slovak Film Institute) Graduated from Audiovisual Studies at the Faculty of Film and TV, the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Writes and edits texts about films. Participates in distribution and film education projects. Coordinator for CEE Animation Forum. Works at the National Film Center of the Slovak Film Institute, focusing on presentation of Slovak cinema locally and globally. More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2014 All audiences 9 min
by Violaine Pasquet
Louis is a 10 years old boy. He became deaf as a toddler. he likes to play with his favorite pets: snails. But he still has to face the challenge of school.
2018 13+ 5 min
by Lesego Vorster, Pierre-Yves Vauzelle, Diego Torres & others
Pride causes a rift in the relationship between two young brothers. They will both have to learn to respect each other.
2016 16+ 9 min
by Adrienne Nowak
Adrienne goes back to Poland, where she was born, to see her grandmother and ask her family about communism. In her aunt and uncle’s cosy kitchen she will learn that communist spirits aren’t the only ones to haunt the Polish imagination, and that there are many unexpected and old means to face them.
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2012 All audiences 7 min
by Ivan Bogdanov
"Ivan Bogdanov (1973) was born in Sofia and holds a BFA degree in Media & Animation from the Willem de Kooning Academy of Art and Design, Rotterdam (2002). Since then he has been working as a freelance animation director, illustrator and comics artist. He is a co-founder of FinFilm animation studio and Compote Collective. During the last years he has created several award-winning animation films.
2021 All audiences 3 min
by Moohyun Jang
Keep your Dream ON, it will make a happier tomorrow
2019 4+ 2 min
by Illogic
Deep into a forest, a gathering of wild animals start a nocturnal opera, conducted by a squirrel.
2019 All audiences 86 min
by Ralf Kukula, Matthias Bruhn
Based on Hanna Schott’s children’s book this animation feature tells the story of fourth grader Fritzi in the East German city of Leipzig during the summer of 1989. She is supposed to watch her best friend Sophie’s dog for her over the summer – but she finds out that Sophie and her family have fled to the West via Hungary. Fritzi does everything she can to be reunited with her friend. With a subtle sense for pedagogy and many moving moments this film will introduce a young generation to the complex political and historical events that led to the German reunification.
2021 All audiences 27 min
by Blanca Rego
Experimental filmmaker and animator Blanca Rego (1974, Ferrol·Spain) discussed her creative process and introduced us to some of her abstract films.
2022 All audiences 99 min
by Nicolai Troshinsky
Animation filmmaker, illustrator and game designer Nicolai Troshinsky will share the work process behind his videogame Card Shark, discussing ideas, philosophies, methods and, most importantly, many tricks and cheats. He will reveal his own conceptual and technical tricks that have helped him achieve unique visual styles and find innovative ideas, as well as how he managed to stay focused, creative and motivated while working on big projects over long periods of time. Nicolai Troshinsky Animation filmmaker, illustrator and game designer (Russia). Creator of the video game "Card Shark" (2022), which features real card manipulation techniques sourced from the works of John Nevil Maskelyne, S.W. Erdnase and others. Known for unique visual styles and innovative game design. (Person page: minimal info) More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2021 All audiences 8 min
by Margrethe Danielsen
Three couples are facing different challenges: a hedgehog falls in love with a balloon, but finds it difficult to maintain his grooming routine. A couple of arctic/antarctic lovers are experiencing a coldness between them, and two naive oysters are impatiently waiting to be on the same schedule.
2023 All audiences 8 min
by Alicia Massez, Agathe Sénéchal
Centers on the creation of the world in seven days, and how in one day, that balance can be lost.
2015 4+ 6 min
by Örs Bárczy
Each night there is a mysterious earthquake in the deer’s neighbourhood.
2007 All audiences 8 min
by Egmont Mayer
The man lives alone in a small apartment. The little contact he had with other people has dropped to zero since the rabbit appeared. Every attempt to get the rabbit out of his apartment has failed and since he is not sure whether or not pets are allowed in the building, he does not let anybody enter his apartment.
2013 All audiences 7 min
by Martin Máj
Short 2D animation grotesque about travelling to the different countries. This film was made at Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, department of animation.
1981 All audiences 3 min
by Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
You’re watching the official music video remastered in 4K for Tom Tom Club – “Genius Of Love” from their 1981 self-titled debut album. “Genius Of Love” is sampled by Mariah Carey in “Fantasy”.
2022 16+ 3 min
by Eliška Oz, Lee Oz
Official video for small pockets song “heads or tales” released March 25th, 2022.
2022 Adults 3 min
by Jamie Hewlett & Fx Goby
by Takashi Murakami
Listen to “you should see me in a crown” from the debut album “WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?”, out now.
2020 16+ 3 min
by Tulipomania, Cheryl Gelover, Tom Murray
When money talks, who is listening? A torrent of tattered animated objects and shredded collage excavates the headlines as the death knell sounds for the status quo in this mournful dirge. The animation was created frame by frame and includes stop-motion objects as well as collages on thousands of individual sheets of black paper.
2017 All audiences 3 min
by Marie Urbánková
A grumpy cashier sternly warns visitors that locker keys must absolutely be returned, while a timid swimmer dreams of a spectacular swimming feat. A puppet film about fear.
2020 16+ 4 min
by Jamie Wolfe
A music video for Local Natives – Statues in the Garden.
2022 16+ 1 min
by Andreas Dahn, Franco Dupuy
Acid Town is an advertisement for TALCID, a stomach medication from Bayer that is used for relieving acidity and heartburn.
2016 All audiences 3 min
by Hoji Tsuchiya
An old man says goodbye to this world on a sunny day in the springtime.
2022 16+ 1 min
by Raman Djafari
The Brain Friends are an imaginary group of characters that live inside Yellow Guy’s brain.
2015 16+ 5 min
by Finger and Toe, Su Sheng Yang.
This song from Amit “放了那個作品” is about knowing when to abandon something in order to discover a new perspective of it. Featuring a visual narrative inspired by the life of Frida Kahlo.
2016 Adults 6 min
by Danny Madden
The official music video for ‘In Any Tongue’.
2021 13+ 3 min
by Sacha Beeley
Animation for the song A Whale Song by the Japanese group Brother Sun Sister Moon.
2021 All audiences 87 min
by Júlia Farkas
Júlia Farkas is the first Hungarian artist who made a short for Adult Swim Smalls. She tells about how to create an auteur animation even as commissioned work. Júlia Farkas Budapest-based animation director, character designer, GIF and AR filter maker. MOME graduate. First Hungarian artist to make a short for Adult Swim Smalls. Her popular gifs reached 2+ billion views on Giphy. Films: "Mini thriller" (2008), "The Muscular Princesses" (2009), "Sunday Hangover" (2011), "No End" (2018), "Big Crunch" (2021). More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2022 All audiences 5 min
Go behind-the-scenes of Turning Red in our interview with the production designer, Rona Liu.
2019 All audiences 20 min
The cast of of the Toy Story 4 providing insights and offering samples of recording in the vocal booth.
2023 All audiences 86 min
by Sepideh Farsi, Tomas Danay, Juraj Krasnohorsky
Masterclass will focus on the production of the film THE SIREN and a description of using the Motion Capture Technology. The focus of this masterclass will be on the feature-length animated film THE SIREN, on which a large part of the animation of the 3D characters was realised using Motion Capture technology through the Slovak company Artichoke and the animation studio Blue Faces. This is the first ever project of this size to be realised using this technology in Slovakia. Sepideh Farsi Born in Tehran, later moved to Paris where she studied mathematics but soon began filmmaking. After several short films, directed documentary "Homi D. Sethna, Filmmaker" which won several awards. Documentaries "Harat" and "Tehran Without Permission" premiered in Locarno. Feature films "Dreams of Dust" and "The Gaze" screened at Rotterdam. "The House Under the Water" won NETPAC Award. Latest film "The Siren" had world premiere at Berlinale. Tomas Danay (Blue Faces) Graduated in animation at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMU). Main animator at Blue Faces studio. Worked on many foreign films (Green Hornet, Xibalba, Asura) and games (NBA 2k16, Shadows: Awakening), as well as commercials and music videos (Lil Dicky – Pillow Talking). Teaches computer animation at VŠMU, programme director of Festival BAB (Bratislava Animation Biennial). Juraj Krasnohorsky (Artichoke) Producer based in Bratislava. With Henrieta Tsvangová founded Artichoke (2010), producing fiction and animated films. Co-produced short "Superbia" (2016) which premiered at Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. Co-producing "White Plastic Sky" and stop-motion feature "Of Unwanted Things and People". EAVE graduate, member of Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers, board member of VAF, initiator/co-organizer of CEE Animation Workshop. Head of studies for CEE Animation Workshop. More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2018 All audiences 6 min
You came for the zombies, but you stayed for the characters. ParaNorman, the second film from LAIKA Studios, is full of lovably unique characters whose distinctive stop-motion puppets were built by hand with belly-movers, metal armatures, guitar-tuning devices, and more.
2025 All audiences 18 min
Q&A with Gints Zilbalodis, director of FLOW, at Toronto International Film Festival.
2018 16+ 3 min
by Brynne McGregor
Seven people living with aphasia through hand-drawn rotoscope and digital animation.
2025 All audiences 60 min
by Daniel Beňovič
This workshop covers the rigging process of mechanical prop in Autodesk Maya, from start to finish, showing how AI can handle repetitive tasks. Daniel Beňovič demonstrates rigging a compound bow and crossbow for 'Way of the Hunter', using Python scripting, AI-assisted research, and procedural layered rigging techniques. Daniel Beňovič (Nine Rocks Games) 3D Animator & Technical Artist based in Slovakia, with background in motion graphics and animation, having created ads for major brands and television. Specializes in mechanical rigging in Maya for games. More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2019 All audiences 5 min
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.
2016 All audiences 6 min
by Lei Lei, Thomas Sauvin
Over the years French collector Thomas Sauvin built an archive of more than half a million 35mm negatives, depicting the capital and the life of her inhabitants over the last thirty years. From 2011 to 2012 Lei Lei selected over 3000 photos to create the animation, a epic portrait of anonymous humanity.
2025 All audiences 8 min
The interview with Yonak Kibreab, the voice of Elio in Pixar’s summer film.
2024 All audiences 70 min
In this talk, Paul Prudence talked about his performance work, which focuses on ways in which sound and generative video can be cross-wired to create live visual-music experiences. He unravelled his process looking at the use of generative graphics combined with sound collage and field recordings to create narrative fictions from the materials of pure abstraction. He touched on his use of expanded projections systems, such as planetarium domes and large screen configurations, to create hypnotic and immersive live experiences.
2016 16+ 3 min
by Marcin Giżycki
A secret life of monumental sculptures from The Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland.
2025 All audiences 2 min
The beloved Coraline – fearless, independent, curious – had nine different outfits, all of which gave animators unique opportunities to bring her to life. Explore Coraline’s closet in this behind-the-scenes featurette for LAIKA’s Oscar-nominated stop-motion classic.
2020 All audiences 74 min
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.
2022 All audiences 89 min
Priit talks on the creation of his film HOTEL E (1992). How he got the idea, the structure of the film, filling the basic structure with events, solutions for style of animation and visual design as well as describe the work process. The master class is moderated by Ukrainian animation director Mykyta Lyskov.
2018 13+ 4 min
by Bettina Boros, Brigitta Boros
The experiences and thoughts of puppeteers and two animation students about how the dead material comes alive.
2025 All audiences 7 min
by Sander Joon
2021 All audiences 81 min
by Martin Jůza
You are starting an animation studio. You have Netflix ambitions but no one knows you. Producer Martin Jůza from Krutart tells the story of the animated series Kosmix. Martin Jůza (Krutart) Co-founded animation studio and film production company Krutart. Focus on 2D illustrated animation, TV series, documentaries. Debuted with documentary "The Russian Job" which premiered at IDFA 2017 and broadcast internationally. More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2020 Adults 71 min
Join LALIFF and LatinX in Animation as we host LatinX short animation filmmakers from LALIFF Connect 2020. Moderated by Simón Wilches-Castro (Creative Director, Titmouse) and José Iñesta (CEO, Pixelatl), we will discuss the inspiration and structure behind the experimental animated shorts and explore the themes touched upon these shorts.
2025 All audiences 56 min
by Aneta Ozorek, Anastasiya Verlinska
How can we make festivals truly festive—for everyone? Join us for an essential CEE Animation Experience webinar dedicated to Keep Festive, a new international initiative committed to creating safer, more inclusive environments at animation industry events. Guest speakers will present core values, practical tools, and real-world protocols developed to prevent sexual harassment and unsafe situations, from establishing a Code of Conduct to training staff and managing sensitive cases. Aneta Ozorek (Kaboom Animation Festival) Artistic Director of the Kaboom Animation Festival (Netherlands), film curator and education expert. Extensive industry experience in organization of film events, educational workshops, exhibitions and festivals. Board member of REX Animation Festival (Sweden) and Short Film Conference. Member of European Children Film Association. Illustrated six books for children. Anastasiya Verlinska (LINOLEUM Festival) Director of LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival (Ukraine) since 2016. Previously project manager at FILM.UA Group. Organizes screenings of Ukrainian and international animation as well as educational projects for the local animation industry. More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2018 All audiences 3 min
Marika Makaroff, creative director and executive producer at Gutsy Media on building a new animated world based on Tove Jansson’s original stories.
2014 All audiences 8 min
Interview with Suzie Templeton – Academy Award winner for Peter and the Wolf(2006).
2012 All audiences 8 min
A making of the 2011 BAFTA award winning short film from Mikey Please.
2021 All audiences 47 min
The interview with the directors Ala Nunu Leszynska & Nadja Andrasev.
2026 All audiences 78 min
by Michal Křeček
The keynote presents the complete process of creating visual effects that include animated CG elements, from pre-production to finalizing the shot. Covers roles of VFX supervisor and producer, working on breakdown, storyboard, previs, postvis, integration of animation into visual effects, project management, approval processes, and current possibilities and limitations of AI in VFX. Michal Křeček (Magic Lab) Experienced VFX supervisor, producer, and founder of the post-production studio Magic Lab, which he established in 2009. With over two decades in the film industry, he has worked on numerous Czech and international productions. More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
2024 All audiences 28 min
ROBOT DREAMS director/screenwriter/producer Pablo Berger discusses the film at the AMC Century City 15 in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Video shot live on location, organized, assembled, written (via editing), & edited by TheMovieReport.com
2019 All audiences 4 min
2022 All audiences 2 min
Film Sierra premiered at Clermont-Ferrand. Here’s a little compilation of what was going on.
2022 All audiences 66 min
by Martina Peštaj, Jure Vizjak, Clémence Bragard
Join us for a panel discussion on the topic of TV Specials for children. We will explore an overview of the content, formats and financing and have a comparative discussion on the situation in France and Slovenia. With our guest experts we will discuss the role and expectations of broadcasters, the opportunities and struggles for producers and creatives and try to draw some conclusions about the emerging popularity of the TV Specials format. Martina Peštaj (RTV Slovenija) Head of Children's and Youth Programme at RTV Slovenija. Selector for foreign animation and live-action series for children and youth. Media Psychologist, gives lectures, publishes articles, participates in research projects. Works as selector with Animateka Ljubljana and Animafest Zagreb. Jure Vizjak (Invida Studio) Co-founder of studio Invida (Slovenia, 2004). Vast experience in production of all types of media content: short films, TV series, feature film, motion graphics, TV ads. Invida is one of the leading animation production studios in Slovenia. Clémence Bragard (AFCA / ASIFA-France) Artistic director of the French Animation Film Festival on behalf of AFCA (Association Française du Cinéma d'Animation). Moderator and programmer for Annecy Festival. Works in programming at AFCA. More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
1945 Middle Childhood (6-9 yrs) 8 min
by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
The bulldog wants to take a nap. Tom wants to chase Jerry around the house. Naps and noise don't mix, and so the bulldog threatens Tom to keep quiet or else.
2022 All audiences 1 min
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.
2012 Adults 2 min
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.
1978 7+ 6 min
by Gerry Chiniquy
Pink gets a pet rock.
2021 1+ 1 min
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!
1955 Middle Childhood (6-9 yrs) 63 min
by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
An hour of classic Tom and Jerry moments with hilarious pals like Spike, Quackers, and more!
2020 4+ 12 min
by Zsolt Pálfi
Based on Veronika Marék’s famous book. Tommy is frightened of the dark. When he sees a dog he just runs away. How can such a timid little boy ever become a pilot? Only the lion can help Tommy to conquer his fears. But then the lion disappears.
1996 Adults 11 min
by Candy Guard
Dolly and mum Ivy go off to buy an outfit. Will it be fun and gossip or heated fashion disputes in the communal changing rooms.
2024 Adults 3 min
by Géza M.Tóth
The protagonist of the series is a single piece of curious, playful matchstick. Each episode starts the same way: the main character, the blue headed matchstick matchstick pops out of the box. At the end of each story, he jumps back into the empty box. The series is aimed primarily at the teenage age group. Young people’s curiosity, courage and openness are reflected in the way the protagonist steps out of his safety and explores the world around him. The humour of the episodes is not only in the unexpected twists and turns in the stories, but also in the fact that each episode is like a puzzle game. The audience is constantly having to guess what situation the matches represent.
2021 1+ 1 min
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!
1996 Adults 3 min
by Candy Guard
A few hilarious scenes with Dolly for your viewing pleasure.
1955 Middle Childhood (6-9 yrs) 55 min
by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Classic collection of Tom and Jerry full episodes from Golden Era directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna.
2020 Adults 60 min
by Gabriel Verdugo Soto
With the loss of his mother in mind, a scientist/painter returns to his childhood home. While he tries to find peace, a caterpillar and his fellas with superpowers are in the house on a quest of their own. They’ll eventually meet and, after a battle, the multiple links between them will be revealed.
2016 Adults 76 min
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.
1973 All audiences 8 min
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.
1987 All audiences 40 min
by Viktor Kubal
Hansel and Gretel meet the witch from the gingerbread house.
2018 Adults 41 min
by Meriem Bennani
Meriem Bennani conjures an immersive augmented-reality world in the first two parts of a trilogy that issues a wild, up-to-the-minute commentary on diasporic cultures and the West’s dystopian immigration policies. A talking crocodile named Fiona acts as our guide though the CAPS, an island refugee camp in a future where teleportation has replaced airplanes.
2021 85 min
by Michaela Pavlátová
When Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan man, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor about the family she is about to join.
2021 Adults 72 min
by Félix Dufour-Laperrière
A true animated film about invented islands. About a physical, imaginary, linguistic, political territory. About a real or dreamed country, or something in between. Archipelago is a feature film made of drawings and speeches, that tells and dreams a place and its inhabitants, to tell and dream a little of our world and times.
2020 7+ 82 min
by Rémi Chayé
1863, a convoy in the American West, Martha Jane needs to learn how to take care of horses to drive the family wagon. Except she ends up wearing pants and cutting her hair. The scandal that its stark character provokes will force to face all the dangers in a gigantic and wild world where everything is possible.
1973 All audiences 70 min
by René Laloux
On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.
2019 Adults 88 min
by Mariusz Wilczyński
Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
2022 Adults 99 min
by Ari Folman
In her diary, Anne Frank addressed her imaginary friend Kitty. In his new animated film Where Is Anne Frank, Israeli director Ari Folman brings Kitty to life for the first time, telling her own story. In search of her best friend Anne Frank, Kitty becomes a witness to the Frank family’s last months in the Holocaust, and to Europe after the Second World War.
2015 Adults 90 min
by Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson
Michael Stone, a man living a dull life, is tired of his monotonous routine. However, things change when he meets a stranger on a business trip.
