The festival has three categories: Ιnternational Competition, Children’s Competition and the National Competition. The international sections include films from across the CEE region, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia and Slovenia.
The International Competition section will be judged by NFB Animation Studio producer Jelena Popovic, award-winning animated filmmaker Joni Mannisto and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Koji Yamamura. The Children’s Competition will be judged by animators Andreas Procopiou and Katerina Pantela, as well as 3D artist and painter Andreas Rossides.
During the festival, which is supported by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture, a number of parallel events, including workshops and masterclasses, will also take place.
The complete list of films in competition follows:
International Short Film Competition:
Estate (France, Belgium)
Directed by Ronny Trocker
La Grande Histoire D’Un Petit Trait (France)
Directed by Antoine Robert
Wednesday With Goddard (UK)
Directed by Nicolas Menard
Empty Space (Estonia)
Directed by Ulo Pikkov
My Father’s Room (Korea)
Directed by Jang Nari
Nighthawk (Slovenia, Croatia)
Directed by Spela Cadez
Blind Vaysha (Canada)
Directed by Theodore Ushev
Ariadne’s Thread (Switzerland)
Directed by Claude Luyet
Nothing Happens (Denmark)
Directed by Michelle and Uri Kranot
Our Wonderful Nature – The Common Chameleon (Germany)
Directed by Tomer Eshed
Antarctica (Belgium)
Directed by Jeroen Ceulebrouck
Shuma (Estonia)
Directed by Lucija Mrzljak
Au Revoir Balthazar (Switzerland)
Directed by Rafael Sommerhalder
Sore Eyes for Infinity (Finland)
Directed by Elli Vuorinen
Garden Party (France)
Directed by Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon and Lucas Navarro
The Day After the Party (UK)
Directed by Diyala Muir
Artists and Hooligans (Russia)
Directed by Ivan Maximov and Anna Romanova
Strange Fish (USA)
Directed by Steven Subotnick
Fortgang / Progress (Switzerland)
Directed by Otto Alder
Scratch (Triptyque-3) (Canada)
Directed by Pierre Hebert
Train to Peace (Germany)
Directed by Jakob Weyde and Jost Althoff
Contact (Spain)
Directed by Alessandro Novelli
Journal Anime (France)
Directed by Donato Sansone
Corner (Estonia)
Directed by Lucija Mrzljak
Eclipse (Russia)
Directed by Anna Shepilova
A Festive Wind (Switzerland, France)
Directed by Marjolaine Perreten
Traveling Country (Bulgaria, Croatia)
Directed by Vessela Dantcheva and Ivan Bogdanov
Pica Pica (Switzerland)
Directed by Mojgan Ghanaatgar
Casino (Canada)
Directed by Steven Woloshen
When the Days Were Endless (Brazil)
Directed by Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos
Children International Short Film Competition
Jubile (France)
Directed by Coralie Soudet, Charlotte Piogé, Marion Duvert, Marie El Kadiri and Agathe Marmion
Frozen Fun (Germany)
Directed by Verena Fels
Piccolo Concerto (Germany)
Directed by Ceylan Beyoglu
Goats (Russia)
Directed by Ekaterina Filippova
In a Cage (France)
Directed by Loic Bruyere
Aport (Russia)
Directed by Denis Voronin
Two Trams (Russia)
Directed by Svetlana Andrianova
Mole and the Earthworm (Germany)
Directed by Johannes Schiehsl
The Kid and the Hedgehog (Spain)
Directed by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas
The Pocket Man (France, Switzerland, Georgia)
Directed by Ana Chubinidze
Flip-Books (France)
Directed by Marie Paccou
Catherine (Belgium)
Directed by Britt Raes
Koyaa – Naughty Toy Car (Slovenia)
Directed by Kolja Saksida
Poles Apart (UK)
Directed by Paloma Baeza
Bat Time (Germany)
Directed by Elena Walf
The Sled (Russia)
Directed by Olesya Shchukina
Crocodile (Germany)
Directed by Julia Ocker
Spring Jam (New Zealand)
Directed by Ned Wenlock
Manolo (Belgium, France)
Directed by Abel Ringot
Hamlet Comedy (Russia)
Directed by Eugeniy Fadeyev
National Competition
Lethe
Directed by Kat Michaelides
Belong
Directed by Michalis Kalopedis
Birthday
Directed by Amalia Iisa Michael
La Soupe (national and international competitions)
Directed by Νikos Synnos
Without Visitors
Project coordinated by Antigoni Sofokleous
Animators Maria Moutafidou, Maria Xatzoulli, Maria Christodoulou and Eleni Fanari
Dahlia
Directed by Anna Mouyis
Home
Directed by Stefanie Chrysostomou
The Dreamer
Directed by Ilias Neofitou
Small Lives
Directed by Christina Konstantinou (Out of Competition competition)
The Present
Directed by Constantinos Sophocleous
Vastness
Directed by Maria Mitsi
