All audiences

by Shelley Hoffman

With over 4 decades of experience, Gemini Award–winning writer, Shelley Hoffman, brings a wide-ranging perspective to every project. In addition to developing and showrunning the international hit series Kid vs. Kat and Camp Lakebottom, she collaborates with broadcasters and production teams from across the globe to create high-quality storytelling, characters, action and humour. At her keyonte she will share her perspectives on the current market’s demands: from character-driven stories to meeting the needs of co-productions to creating IP’s with the power to cross platform.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Marie Urbánková

The Concrete Jungle is a short animated film inspired by the limitless imagination of children. When a neighbour drills into a wall, who knows what a child thinks of a sound he doesn’t know and can’t identify. Maybe a herd of bisons is trampling through the neighbour‘s flat, or a savage cannibalistic tribe lives there. Thrilling tales of a small boy in a housing estate where even the most exciting adventures in the world can take place.

by Jan Bohuslav

About justice and human shadow.

by Frédéric Schuld

A British chimney sweeper describes his everyday routine of forcing young kids to become workers. While we observe a kid cleaning a chimney, the master’s statement gets more personal with every sentence until we understand, that he is speaking about his own past. Being locked in a vicious circle, there seems to be no exit.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Tragedy
• Experimental
• Making of

by Ira Karapetyan

Animated poem Bleeding sea from Kanayan Deniz

• Experimental

The Poliektova sisters will speak about transforming the initial idea of a story into a film, about the process of initial artwork, visuals and storyboarding. What are the important questions in the story and how can we create the main character?

• Making of

by Richard Starzak

What do starfish think of noise pollution? Can an octopus eat ice creams in a strong wind? Do sea anemones enjoy sharing their pool with strangers, and why do sea lions prefer Whitby to Scarborough? Pull up a deckchair, don the kiss me quick, and let our coastal creatures soothe away the winter blues.

• Comedy

This clip is taken from a 1938 short called “How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made”.

• Documentary
• Making of

by Mathieu Georis

During a scouting hike, children pee along a river. The presence of the group bothers one of them, nothing comes out. Folded up behind a tree, he sees a slug on the bark of the trunk. Out of sight of the others, he takes advantage of this moment to play one-two-three piano with the slug.

by Matthias Daenschel

The bull is wild. The man wants to subdue him. Tame him. Eat him. And this since the dawn of time. TAURO – a short film about the second-oldest relationship in human history.

• Experimental
• Non-narrative
• Making of

by László Ujváry

EPISODES: The Candid Shepherd / There was only one Dog Fair in Buda/ Joke by Queen Beatrice/ The Cantor of Cinkota / The Kolozsvár Judge / King Matthias in Gömör / Three Billy Goats / Servants of Matthias / Strange Visitors / Matthias Blacksmith / The pumpkin and the four Fools / Birthday Prophesy / Village Judge

by Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissié, Nadine De Boer & others

Living in the forest, little spider Temi dreams of catching the Moon. For that, she will do anything.

• Drama
• Family

by Alexandra Hetmerová

Night lovestory of two outsiders, who meet in closed swimming pool in the middle of big city.

by Alexis Beaumont, Rémi Godin

Official music video for the song Let’s Go from the French indie band Stuck In the Sound .

• Music video

Director Don Hertzfeldt joins moderator Miguel Penabella (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of his films ME and It’s Such a Beautiful Day. They discuss his time as a UCSB student and his early interest in animation, as well as the development of his new film. Hertzfeldt also shares insights into his influences from silent cinema, and his thematic interests in deep time and memory across his work.

• 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 Case Jernigan

Inspired by Desert Island Comics, the iconic Brooklyn shop now indefinitely closed, this cut paper animation speaks to the connective power of comic books.

• Documentary
• Experimental
• Making of

by Wiliam Snekspeare

This is an animated story about the time Steve, my pet ferret, had to get a splenectomy. I hope that by the end of this video you will love him as much as I do.

• Family

AnimatekaPRO is the Animateka festival platform for animation professionals and students. It was conceived as a place where one can learn about the latest trends, be updated on the latest developments, and meet exciting film professionals while exploring the fantastic world of animated film. As a part of AnimatekaPRO, for the fourth consecutive year, the AnimatekaPRO Pitch competition for projects in development will give an insight into the state of animation in ex-Yugoslav countries.

• Making of

by Paul Fierlinger

From his dark days in Communist Czechoslovakia through brighter times in the United States, animator Paul Fierlinger has navigated through life with dogs as his co-pilot.