CEE Animated Films for Annecy Festival 2026
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2026 again features a strong presence of Central and Eastern European titles to its Official Selection. Among this year’s exciting highlights is the inclusion of the short film Cosmonauts – developed within CEE’s Rise&Shine programme and also pitched at the CEE Animation Forum 2024 or the participant of the CEE Animation Workshop Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe!. Both short films premiered at Berlinale 2026.
Below is the Official Selection 2026 of CEE animated films and projects selected for Annecy 2026.
Short Films – Official selection
WHEN THE SEA WAS CALM – Mamuka Tkeshelashvili
WINTER IN MARCH – Natalia Mirzoyan
Off Limits
FROM APPLE TO EGG – Nadiia Pliamko
Young Audiences
EENY, MEENY, MINY, MOE! – Andrea Szelesová
Graduation Films
FALSE DOOR – Oktawia Derybowska
FROM NARVA WITH LOVE – Paulina Belik
TAMING PHENOMENA – Shunuyan Yao
TV Films
CHRISTMAS IN THE BOONIES – Mikk Mägi
DOGGIE AND PUSSYCAT – Barbora Dlouhá
Commissioned Films
DESIGN AND ANIMATION SCHOOL (DAS) – Natia Nikolashvili
FRISS KAKAS ANIMATION FILM DAYS SPOT – Máté Horesnyi
OBERKA “WILDBAIT” – Lee Oz , Eliška Oz
WTF?! – 16TH ANIBAR INTERNATIONAL FILM DAYS TRAILER – Joni Männistö
Annecy Presents
BORN IN THE JUNGLE – Edmunds Jansons
THE LAST WHALE SINGER – Reza Memari
CEE Animation Mifa Pitches
A LOYAL FRIEND – Luka Rukavina
BUGS – Veronika Trokšiarová, Zlata Golecová
IN A FARAWAY FOREST – Timon Leder
RAGGIE – FRIENDSHIP FOREVER – Meelis Arulepp
ROSIE AND SAPPHIRE – Anna Katalin Lovrity
SUNSHINE FOR EVERYONE – Anete Melece
TOLO & BOLO – Michal Sledzinski, Aleksander Matuszewski
Mifa Pitches – Immersive Experiences
MYSTYS – Tatiana Collet Apraxine
Mifa Pitches – Short Films
THE LAST BOOKSTORE IN THE WORLD – Sanja Maljković
Work in Progress – Feature Film
