Six titles were selected for the Long Animated Film Competition of the 31st World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb. Last year's Animafest was one of the very few Croatian festivals that managed to host a live audience in the Cinema SC.
Initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) in 1972, Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in the world, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival established in 1960. It is also Croatia’s only A list international film festival.
The 32nd World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb will be held from 6 to 11 June 2022.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Long Animated Film Competition:
Grand Jury Prize:
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks (Russia)
Directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky
Special Mention:
Kill It and Leave This Town (Poland)
Directed by Mariusz Wilczyński
Produced by Bombonierka
Coproduced by Extreme Emotions, Filmoteka Narodowa - Instytut Audiowizualny, Instytut im. Adama Mickiewicza, EC1 Lódz - Miasto Kultury, Letko, Nolabel, DI Factory, Gigant Films
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Grand Competition Short Film:
Grand Prix:
Night Bus (Taiwan)
Directed by Joe Hsieh
Golden Zagreb Award for Creativity and Innovative Achievement:
Maalbeek (France)
Directed by Ismael Joffroy
Zlatko Grgic Award for Best Film Made Outside an Educational Institution:
The Fourth Wall (Iran)
Directed by Mahboobeh Kalee
Special Mentions:
Easter Eggs (Belgium, France, the Netherlands)
Directed by Nicolas Keppens
Monachopsis (Belgium)
Directed by Liesbet van Loon
Hide (Hungary, France, Canada)
Directed by Daniel Gray
In My Chest of Fire There Is Still Place to Temple Your Dagger (Spain)
Directed by Pablo Ballarin
Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic (Denmark, UK)
Directed by Paul Bush
Student Film Competition:
Dusan Vukotic Award for Best Student Film:
I’m Here (Poland)
Directed by Julia Orlik
Special Mention:
Ant Hill (Czech Republic)
Directed by Marek Naprstek
Croatian Film Competition:
Winner:
Can You See Them?
Directed by Bruno Razum
VR Animation Competition:
Winner:
Otawamure (Japan)
Directed by Yoriko Mizushiri
Special Mention:
Replacement (Japan, Germany, Indonesia)
Directed by Jonathan Hagard
Films for Children Competition:
Main Prize:
Reflection (Spain)
Directed by Juan Carlos Mostaza
Special Mention:
BusLine35A (Denmark)
Directed by Elena Felici
Audience Award for Long Animated Film:
Wolfwalkers (Ireland, UK, Luxembourg, France)
Directed by Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Audience Award for Short Film:
The Stork (Estonia)
Directed by Lucia Mrzljak, Morten Tsinakov
