The 28th edition of the festival, which runs 4-9 June, also has a short film competition, a competition of Croatian films, a student film competition and a competition of children’s films consisting of 44 films divided into four age sections. Another 30 films from 22 countries will screen in the World Panorama section.

The festival will have a special retrospective of films from CalArts, which receives the festival’s 2018 Best Animation School award.

The festival, founded in 1972, is the second oldest film festival worldwide dedicated to animation films. 

The Grand Competition films are:

A Dog’s Life (Taiwan, China)
Directed by Yi Chang

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (Estonia, Ireland, Belgium, UK)
Directed by Kaspar Jancis, Henry Nicholson, Riho Unt
Produced by Telegael, Calon, Grid Animation, Nukufilm
Supported by the Estonian Film Institute and Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

Cinderella the Cat (Italy)
Directed by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone

Isle of Dogs (USA, Germany)
Directed by Wes Anderson

The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (France)
Directed by Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert

The Man-Woman Case (France)
Directed by Anais Caura

The Shower (South Korea)
Directed by Jae-huum Ahn

The Magnificent Cake! (Belgium, France, Netherlands)
Directed by Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels