The festival is also organising a competition for films for children and youth (with 34 films selected for four age groups), as well as a short film competition (45 films selected), which is one of the three most prestigious artistic animation competitions in the world.

The sidebar programme includes a World Panorama and Time for the Masters, while the selection committee of the Student Film Competition of the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb has decided to give the 2024 Best Animation School Award to La Poudrière from France.

Irish-English animator Phil Mulloy will be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Established in 1972, Animafest Zagreb is the second oldest festival in the world completely dedicated to animated films.

GRAND COMPETITION – FEATURE FILM:

Chicken for Linda (France, Italy)
Directed by Sebastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta

Pelikan Blue (Hungary)
Directed by László Csáki
Produced by Umbrella
Coproduced by Cinemon Entertainment
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)

Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower (Japan)
Directed by Shojiro Nishimi

Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (France, Belgium)
Directed by Benoît Chieux

Sultana’s Dream (Spain, Germany)
Directed by Isabel Herguera

When Adam Changes (Canada)
Directed by Joël Vaudreuil