by Alexandra Hetmerová

Creatures from Greek mythology live their lives and solve problems in the present world.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Romance
• Experimental

by Alexander Joon, Sander Joon

There are some things we understand just naturally, and again some that we can’t understand no matter how hard we try.

• Drama
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Ivan Li

An in-depth technical analysis on Fruit

by Eva Matejovičová

Even animals can have a handicap. But then what chance do they have to survive? In Eva Matějovičová’s animated film, an animal rescuer (with many allergies) tries to find the ideal owner for each orphaned animal. After all, each of them deserves a second chance.

by Helen Woolston

A bored cow tries to find some means of self-expression. Some visiting clowns offer a tempting glimpse of chaos.

by Kristina Dufková

About the hardships and joys of motherhood.

by Kate Jessop

A film about a boy’s feelings of love for his best friend, another boy.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Božidar Trkulja

A large threat is menacing the village. The mythical demon Garmah – part squid, part bird – has awoken and brings utmost darkness… The tribe shaman, disturbed by the vision of the mythical monster’s coming, chooses a young warrior who needs to go to the end of the world and find the White Girl, the only one who can help him conquer the demon and defeat eternal darkness. The journey is uncertain, time is scarce and the village shaman is talkative.

• Drama

by Tom Schroeder

Marcel survives the bird flu, alcohol, sleeping pills and his son Max. Though blinded in one eye, he remains the King of Tervuren. Greek tragedy as acted out by Belgian roosters.

• Drama
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental

by Božidar Trkulja

Five brave heroes. Three incentive dwarfs. One tempting prize. Greed, vanity and lust in the contest until the very end. Who is worthy of the prize?

• Fantasy
• Tragicomedy
• Adventure
• Experimental

by Varya Yakovleva

About abuse, cats and matchboxes.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Marc Riba & Anna Solanas

Ointments, elixirs and poultices. Enriqueta and Ramoneta will attend to your needs with discretion, reserve and pleasant manners at Sunset Street No. 17A, Barcelona. Not sold in drugstores or chemist’s shops.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Experimental

by Rustam Hasanov, David Toušek

Being an effective visual storyteller is more important than ever, whether for VR or animated film. This presentation focuses on using narrative elements from source material to create immersive storytelling. Rustam Hasanov Interdisciplinary artist working in Los Angeles. Lead artist and art-director for HBO, Disney, Dreamworks, Guillermo Del Toro, Jay Z. His aspiration is to mix ideas with experiences and turn them into iconic visual moments. David Toušek (ANOMALIA) ANOMALIA Story & Labs incubator (Czech Republic). Since 2015 helping directors and art teams bring concepts to launch. 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.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Sander Joon

• Making of

by Kristina Dufková

By coincidence a little girl named Miroslava falls asleep on a grave. When she wakes up she finds that she has appeared in the world of dead. How will she get back to her parents and the world of the living? Even if the story deals with the world of death this film written by a Mexican writer and made by Czech animator is very cute and everything turns out fine in the end.

by Nikita Diakur

Nikita Diakur got a special jury award for his film "UGLY" at Animafest 2017., and then a year later he came back with "FEST“ and won The Golden Zagreb Award for creativity and innovative artistic achievement: the jury praised his film for bringing fresh perspective, digital innovation and creative use of contemporary technology while referencing modern subcultures.​

• Film about animation

Visual Music is one of the most historically rich subgenres of abstract audiovisual art. From its beginnings, women have always been working in this field at the intersection of technology, sound, and film, yet most of them do not appear in history books. In this masterclass, we honoured some of these pioneers, all of whom were obsessed with seeing sound or hearing images.

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

by Lajos Nagy, Mária Horváth

EPISODES: The Fairy from the Oak Tree / Tiny Tom and the Lily Princess / The Water Fairy / Wooden Peter / How I Passed my Childhood / The Little Swineherd / The Lad Who Watched Over the Rabbits / Pepper Pot Peter / The Golden Calf /Martin and the Cursed Princess / The Cursed Castle

by Hawley Pratt

Pink changes the designs for a house to his own pinkprints and fights with the builder to make sure they are built.

• Comedy

by Kensuke Koike, Manabu Inada, Katarzyna Kijek & others

Katachi means shape. The video is made with approx. 2000 silhouettes extracted from PVC plates using computer-controlled cutter.

• Music Videos
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Žofie Zajíčková

Aren't we all a bit like rats in a maze?

by Priit and Olga Pärn

Meet Priit & Olga Pärn, directors of 'Life Without Gabriela Ferri' (2008), 'Divers in the Rain' (2009) and 'Pilots on the Way Home' (2014). Interview in English.

• Film about animation

by Angela Steffen

What´s happening on this blanket? Lots and lots of animals live here and everybody´s doing fine – but in this episode the chicken has a problem: The egg is stuck! Will the patchwork pals find a solution for this problem and help her?

• Pre-school
• Family

by Juan Pablo Zaramella

In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change the natural order of things.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Romance
• Experimental

by Łukasz Jedynasty, Zuzanna Staszewska

Don’t do your gig at some cheap joint!

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Jan Drozda

Song by Ohm Square from the album /0 (Divide by zero).

• Music Videos
• Tragedy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Thomas “TomSka” Ridgewell

The music video follows an anthropomorphic muffin character who energetically sings about “muffin time” with darkly humorous lyrics about wanting to die.

• Music video

by Emmanuelle Mohnblatt, Marie Deboissy, Sébastien Kirszenblat

Henry meanders through Wyrmlands, the remains of England consumed by the giant worm of capitalism. Amidst his despair, he recalls an act of kindness. As a child, innocent and loving, he saved an injured worm. Perhaps salvation is possible if he can reconnect with his inner child.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Tragedy
• Fantasy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Robert Seidel

The official music video by Robert Seidel is based on a live video performance, in which a modular video synthesizer generates mental spaces between floating and overwriting realities.

• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Miloslav Frič

Clip for the opening song of Lenka Dusilová’s latest album called “River”. The listener in “River” travels through time, space, bloodstream, structure, own history. The river cleans the ballast, eats the bottom so that everything can sink again and one can see things in new contexts. Water becomes the agent of all processes. It opens, cleans, until finally it shows everything.

• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Ross Butter

• Music Videos
• Comedy
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Andy Baker, Polly Nor

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Jonathan Hodgson

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Iris Hobson-Mazur, Michaela Matějková

In the music video we visit a bizarre shop in the middle of nowhere. Our guide is a shady man in a bowler hat, who may not be as friendly as he seems. The shop offers a variety of bizarre items including portals to other worlds.

• Comedy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Ben Clement

An unusual experience is provided by the video clip of the versatile artist Ben Clement for the group Camp Saint Helene. Their nostalgic sixties psychedelic rock sound matches Clement’s animation technique: cameraless direct animation, commonly used in experimental films.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Moth Studio

• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Éléonore Geissler

A zapping channel. A mix of interviews with philosophers, researchers, patients, lovers and ordinary citizens. Each in his or her own way, they evoke their perception of life.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy
• Non-narrative
• Making of

Masterclass by Vibeke Sørensen. Vibeke Sørensen is an artist and professor working in digital multimedia, animation, interactive architectural installation, physical computing, and networked visual music. Her creative work includes Illuminations (2013), a large scale illuminated folding screen, an interactive visual-music installation incorporating plant biofeedback, ubiquitous computing, and electro-acoustic music that she composed. Vishwaroop (2014) is a 4K generative dome animation with music by sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri, and Mood of the Planet (2015) is a kinetic light-sound sculpture incorporating global, real-time big data, Twitter, and music composed by Sørensen. Her work, Mayur (2015), with music by Kartik Seshadri, is a 4K animation inspired by Asian textiles, symbols, and cosmologies. She has produced wearable technologies incorporating biofeedback, abstract animation and music including Digital Amulet: Smart Necklace (2017), and her most recent installation Starlight (2021) is in collaboration with NTU physicists Prof Lock Yue Chew and Dr. Andri Pradana, as well as CSH Vienna / SFI Complexity Scientist Prof John Stephen Lansing. Starlight is an interactive installation that visualizes Quantum Entanglement using actual data from the Cosmic Bell Experiment. Her current research and creative work engages bio and eco-art/design, and at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University it includes explorations of musical and calendrical polyrhythms from Bali to Kauai, and on the emergence of Jungian archetypes from dream networks.

• Making of

Moanan: Behind the Scenes of the Animation

• Making of
• Family

by Amélie Harrault

‘Kiki de Montparnasse’ was the unwary muse of major avant-garde painters of the early twentieth century. Memorable witness of a flamboyant Montparnasse, she emancipated from her status as a simple model and became a Queen of the Night, a painter, a press cartoonist, a writer and a cabaret singer.

• Drama
• Bio-pic
• Tragicomedy
• Making of

Discover the making of the set of “Brunswick ST” from Adam Elliot’s heart-wrenching new film ‘Memoir of a Snail’.

• Making of

Director interview with Ignas Meilunas at Animatricks 2021.

• Documentary
• Making of

Festival Q&A with the Best Animated Film Award Nominee THE WINTER (Australia) at Arpa International Film Festival. Filmmaker: Xin Li (Film Director). Moderator: Hrag Meguerditchian (Festival Programmer).

• Making of

by Réka Temple, Maciej Jakubczyk, Zuzana Oharek Bahulova & others

Join our panel discussion on animation for young audiences. Talking about young audience cinema, it is often assumed that animation might be the only type of films that easily transcend the domestic market – "animation travels easily and sells easily". But is that really so? When producing animation for teenagers, what could it look like? Does the family audience really exist? All panelists have a background in young audience content, whether as filmmaker, producer or festival programmer. Together with the audience, they will search for an answer to one of the biggest clichés in the world of cinema: "Animation is only for children". Réka Temple (Cinemon Entertainment) Over 25 years of experience in the film and television industry and has contributed to over 300 half-hour episodes, 8 feature films and numerous specials, shorts and commercials, which have altogether earned over 100 awards and nominations worldwide. Prior to joining Cinemon Entertainment worked at Loonland Media AG (Germany). Secretary General of the Hungarian Producer's Association (2005-2009), headed the Animation Department at the Institute of Theatre and Film (2010-2014). Currently President of the Hungarian Animation Producers' Association and represents the country as Ambassador at the European Animation Awards. Maciej Jakubczyk (New Horizons Association) Board Member of New Horizons Association (Poland) in film festival, distribution, film education and production. Distributes about 12 family titles per year. Head of Kids Kino International Film Festival and Kids Kino Industry. Board member of European Children Film Association. Expert on films and series for young audiences for Polish Film Institute. Zuzana Oharek Bahulova (Zlín Film Festival) Czech animator and designer, PhD in animation. Studied at CalArts (USA). Programmer for short animations at Zlín Film Festival. Her projects won Red Dot (2x), German Innovation Awards, European Product Design Award. Clothes designed by her were worn by German and Jamaican Olympic teams. Linda Hambäck (LEE Film) Swedish film director, founder of LEE Film. In film/TV since 1998, mainly animated films for children. Feature "Gordon & Paddy" premiered at Berlinale 2018. Second feature "The Ape Star". Produced animated parts of Oscar-winning "Searching for Sugar Man". Attended EAVE program 2002. Co-wrote "Familjepack". Gert Hermans (JEF / ECFA) Works for JEF, the Belgian contact point for young audience cinema. Content & communication manager for ECFA (European Children's Film Association). Chief editor of the ECFA Journal. Involved in Europe's biggest children's film festivals. 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.

• Documentary
• Making of

Bringing a make-believe world to life through stop-frame animation takes a large and talented team! See how all the pieces come together to make a stop-frame animation scene.

• Documentary
• Making of
• Family

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

Interview with Marie Vieillevie at Animateka Festival.

• Making of

Pixar has been at the forefront of 3D animation innovations for nearly 30 years, developing new methods and technologies with nearly every new project. With their newest feature film “Elemental” hitting theaters, we take a look back at the ways Disney/Pixar has evolved over time. The studio has made advancements in how characters move, going from robotic motion in 1995’s “Toy Story” to characters who can intricately play music in “Coco” and “Soul.” In the early Pixar days, human characters were hidden in the shadows, but breakthroughs in movies like “The Incredibles” and “Brave” paved the way for more believable human characters. And clothes, which were once stiff, took center stage in “Onward” thanks to innovations from movies like “Monsters Inc.”

• Documentary
• Making of

by Réka Temple, Orsolya Sipos, Gábor Osváth

Discover what drives the recent success of Hungarian animated feature films in this webinar with producers Réka Temple (Four Souls of Coyote), Orsolya Sipos (White Plastic Sky), and Gábor Osváth (Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light). Learn about the creative and production processes behind this new wave of Hungarian talent and gain insights into the future of the country's animation industry. Réka Temple (Cinemon Entertainment) Over 25 years of experience in film and TV. Contributed to 300+ episodes, 8 features. President of Hungarian Animation Producers' Association. Orsolya Sipos (Studio Baestarts) Working in the animation film industry since 2003, at Varga Studios and later at Studio Baestarts. Worked as Head of Production of TV series and commercials. Producer of "White Plastic Sky". Gábor Osváth Born 1985, started studies at University of Theatre and Film Arts of Budapest in 2008. Producer whose first school project introduced him to director Balázs Turai. Producer of "Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light". 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.

• Documentary
• Making of

Interview with directors Ivana Bosnjak & Thomas Johnson.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Luiz Stockler

Luiz Stockler talks about in-between works and on how to not become stuck, sharing his approach to balancing commercial commissions with personal creative projects. Luiz Stockler Multi award winning Brazilian-born British Animation Director, Filmmaker and Illustrator working between London and Bucharest. Graduate of University of… (person page: extensive bio) 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.

• Documentary
• Making of

Interview with Elio’s directors, Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian as well as producer Mary Alice Drumm.

• Making of
• Family
• Adventure
• Sci-Fi

by Zoel Kastelic, Žoel Kastelic

This animation is dedicated to all the chocoholics that always ask themselves where their chocolate went…

• Comedy
• Making of

Moominvalley’ is a new adaptation of the beloved Moomin stories created by Tove Jansson. Edvin Endre, the voice for Snufkin, tells 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.

• Family
• Making of

by Sander Joon

• Making of

• Drama
• Family
• Making of

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

Bill Plympton at LINOLEUM 2014.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Éva Darabos

Éva Darabos discusses why block of flats areas are so important for her and offers a glimpse into where her inspiration came from to create award-winning short "Bye Little Block!" (Best Design Award at Ottawa International Animation Festival). Éva Darabos Born and grew up in Budapest, fell in love with drawing and filmmaking in late teens. Admitted to MOME animation department (2013), finished BA then MA. Erasmus semester in Turku, Finland. "Bye Little Block!" (2020) is her graduation film, winning Best Design Award at OIAF and awards in Poznań and Barcelona. Works as freelance animation artist and teacher at PreMOME. 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.

• Documentary
• Making of

The interview with Yonak Kibreab, the voice of Elio in Pixar’s summer film.

• Making of

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.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Marcin Giżycki

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

• Documentary
• Making of
• Experimental

by Olga Zhurzhenko

Rotoscopy is experiencing a renaissance, especially in adult animation and art-house projects. This session explores what rotoscopy truly is (and isn't), tracing its artistic roots and resurgence. Using insights from "The Peasants", "Rock Bottom", and "Children on Fire", the speaker shares when rotoscopy becomes the right artistic and production choice. Olga Zhurzhenko (BreakThru Films) Ukrainian producer, first feature THE TRUMPETER (2014). Cooperates with BreakThru Films on The Peasants, opened animation studio in Kyiv for them. Member of Producers Guild of America, European Film Academy and Ukrainian Film Academy. 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.

• Documentary
• Making of

Interview with Andrej Goričar at Animateka 2011.

• Making of

Caroline Leaf at Animateka 2012.

• Documentary
• Making of

Nikita Diakur on Ugly Aesthetics and Interactive Animation and his latest animated short Ugly.

• Making of

by Candy Guard

Dolly Pond’s relationships are like no other…

• Drama
• Comedy

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 Gerry Chiniquy

Pink tries to teach a baby bird to fly. The Pink Panther is the sly, lanky animated cat created by Friz Freleng and David DePatie. The iconic feline was first created in 1964.

• Comedy

by Peter Budinský

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

• Comedy
• Experimental

by Katarína Kerekesová

Mimi and Lisa are two extraordinary girls. One keeps her eyes always closed, the other wide open. They look at the world in two different ways and share what they see.

• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Family

by Božena Možíšová

The series follows a young girl named Dorotka and her loyal parrot, Koko, as they experience various cheerful, imaginative, and sometimes adventurous stories. In the episode “Dorotka a hvězda” (1977), the pair encounters a star.

• Comedy

by Candy Guard

Here’s my new mini film featuring Queenie and Dick, long term couple. She’s a drama queen and he’s easy going and monosyllabic! She’ll try anything to get a bit of drama going …

• Drama
• Comedy

by Marcell Jankovics, Elek Lisziák

EPISODES: King Kitty / The Salt Princess / A Fox Seek Shelter / The Little Pig and the Wolves / The Pork Pudding / Brother Fox / The Pussycat Princess / Only Donkeys Don’t Eat the Spoon / Green Peter / Bees on the Train / The Giant Beanstalk / The Little Walnut / The Poor Cobbler and the King of the Winds

• Fantasy
• Comedy
• Family

by Gerry Chiniquy

Pink meets a friendly fish at the beach. The Pink Panther is the sly, lanky animated cat created by Friz Freleng and David DePatie. The iconic feline was first created in 1964.

• Comedy

by Candy Guard

Dolly’s period is late and, despite months of celibacy, she eagerly prepares for motherhood. However, undesirable ex, Nobby, has ideas about his rights as the `father.’

• Comedy

by Hawley Pratt, Friz Freleng

Pink learns to play the violin, and interrupts a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with the Pink Panther theme played on various instruments.

• Comedy

by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera

A collection of classic Tom and Jerry animated shorts from the Golden Era, featuring the legendary rivalry between the clever mouse Jerry and the determined cat Tom.

• Comedy

by DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman

When Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village’s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community around her.

by Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León

This stop-motion feature tells the story of Maria, a young woman who takes refuge in a house in southern Chile after escaping from a German colony.

by Suzan Pitt

In a fantasy world, life-size cardboard animations interact with children clad in clown wigs, monkey masks, and princess costumes. Together, they host a carnival of surreal goings-on.

• Abstract
• Fantasy

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 Dalibor Barić

Martin tried to fight the system, and now he’s on the run. Sara is a conceptual artist. Together they join a revolutionary commune in the countryside, with the police on their trail. Inspector Ambroz knows the right questions are more important than the answers. Because maybe none of this is true.

by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

This tender interview between film director Jonas and his school friend Amin, years after they first met, blossoms into an extraordinary story of love, survival and resilience. Vibrant animation paints the story of Amin’s departure from what had been a happy childhood home in Afghanistan, subsequently fractured by war, to his current life as a successful academic in Denmark. As he prepares to take the next step in his commitment to long-term partner Kasper, Amin recalls his former fears of persecution and how there wasn’t a word for homosexuality in Afghanistan.

by Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch

Widely believed to be the very first animated feature film, Lotte Reiniger’s astonishing 1926 adaptation of tales from “One Thousand and One Nights” uses striking silhouette cutouts and gorgeous color tinting to bring to life the story of an Arabian prince who is whisked away on a flying horse to an enchanted land where he tangles with an evil sorcerer, rescues a princess, and joins forces with none other than Aladdin. Painstakingly composed frame by frame by Reiniger over the course of three years, this landmark work is both an enchanting storybook saga and a retina-delighting triumph of visual imagination.

• Drama

by Lotte Reiniger

The caliph of Baghdad is transformed into a stork by his wicked uncle in this adaptation of a tale by Wilhelm Hauff.

• Drama
• Fantasy

by Suzan Pitt

A melancholic physician in a Mexican hospital who prefers drinking to doctoring is transformed by the visit of a psychedelic saint. He begins to perform miracles on an odd assortment of hospital patients.

• Drama

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 Ann Marie Fleming

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming is a 2016 Canadian animated feature film written and directed by Ann Marie Fleming (sometimes stylized with the title in parentheses or written as Window Horses without a subtitle), and a graphic novel by Fleming, Window Horses: The Poetic Epiphany of Rosie Ming. Funding for the film was raised through an Indiegogo campaign, which amassed more than $80, 000 in 50 days, from 730 contributors in 28 countries. The film was co-produced by Fleming’s Stickgirl Productions, Sandra Oh and the National Film Board of Canada.

by Michaël Dudok de Wit

A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life.