Competitions have accompanied the Festival since its inception. What began with the International Short Film Competition has evolved over the years into four competition categories, providing a great opportunity for viewers to get acquainted with the overview of the latest animation from around the world, and for creators – both debuting and already recognized – a chance to present themselves in front of the Festival audience.
A record 3,250 titles from over 100 countries were submitted for the 16th edition of the Festival!
Including titles from such far-off places as: Bahrain, Honduras and Sri Lanka. You can find the list of films which qualified to the official selection below, and read more about our International Jury HERE.
Find out more about our competions and awards!
COMPETITIONS
- “The Best Ham Sandwich According to a Fish” dir. Jessica Xu, USA 2022;
- “Glitter Electron” dir. Chihiro Sato, Takaaki Numa, E., Japan 2022;
- “Matapacos” dir. Karla Riebartsch, Lion Durst, Germany 2022;
- “Intro” dir. Anne Isensee, Germany 2022;
- “Movement” dir. Valentine Moser, Switzerland 2022;
- “Carlos Montaña” dir. Ita Romero, Argentina 2022;
- “Disc+Dog” dir. Tomek Ducki, Poland 2023;
- “Phonorama” dir. Alex Rey, Spain 2022;
- “Garrano” dir. Vasco Sá, David Doutel, Portugal 2022;
- “FLITE” dir. Tim Webber, United Kingdom 2023.
- “Dance my doll” dir. Jasmijn Kooijman, Sweden 2022;
- “PLSTC” dir. Laen Sanches, France 2022;
- “The Algonquin Bridge” dir. Txesco Montalt, Canada 2022;
- “The Little Violin” dir. Kaj Driessen, Netherlands 2022;
- “Mariupol. A Hundred Nights” dir. Sofiia Melnyk, Ukraine 2022;
- “Stages of Lost Freedom” dir. Kamran S. Rosen, USA 2022;
- “An End to War Enough” dir. Simone Massi, Italy 2022;
- “Whale’s song” dir. Adeline Faye, France 2022;
- “Holy Holocaust” dir. Osi Wald, Noa Berman-Herzberg, Israel 2021;
- “Drawn from Memory” dir. Pouria Kazemi, United Kingdom 2021.
- “Tongue” dir. Kaho Yoshida, Canada 2022;
- “#BinaryGenderNorm: Girls” dir. Bernardita Ojeda Salas, Cristián Freire Azzarelli, Chile 2021;
- “Inner Voices” dir. Koki Saito, Japan 2022;
- “In Harmony” dir. Markus Svendsen Øvre, United Kingdom 2022;
- “All Day Fukushima” dir. Marianne Maffray, France 2023;
- “Shuffle” dir. Quita Felix, Netherlands 2022;
- “it” dir. Fei Xia, China 2022
- “Safari Club” dir. Zuzanna Szyszak, Poland 2023;
- “My Dear Son” dir. Lilian Fu, Hong Kong 2022;
- “A lively discussion with the voice hearers” dir. Tristan Thil, France 2022;
- “Dog – Apartment” dir. Priit Tender, Estonia 2022.
- “Swallow Flying to the South” dir. Mochi Lin, USA 2022;
- “Unnamed Road” dir. Songkai Zhou, United Kingdom 2022;
- “The Egret River” dir. Wan-Ling Liu, Taiwan 2022;
- “Saline” dir. Anne-Marie Bouchard, Canada 2022;
- “LDN 51.5072N 0.1276W” dir. Wen Pey Lim, Malaysia 2022;
- “Small Hours” dir. Marta Sniezek, Christian Spurling, Ireland 2022;
- “Offerlamm” dir. Tova Persson, United Kingdom 2022;
- “Epicenter” dir. Hee-yoon Hahm, Korea 2022;
- “Summer” dir. Marie-Lucie Parisot, France 2022.
- “Under The Endless Sky” dir. Alexandra Dzhiganskaya, Ukraine 2022;
- “Now I’m in the Kitchen” dir. Yana Pan, USA 2022
- “Bruise” dir. Ping-An Huang, Taiwan 2021;
- “BRAK / LACK” dir. Paweł Prewencki, Poland 2023;
- “Pobre Antonio” dir. Mariana Guerreiro Ferreira, Eudald Rojas Lluís, Spain 2021;
- “Harvey” dir. Janice Nadeau, Canada 2023;
- “Boat People” dir. Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma, Canada 2022;
- “Ice Merchants” dir. João Gonzalez, Portugal 2022;
- “Amok” dir. Balázs Turai, Hungary 2022.
- “OUTSIDE” dir. Izabela Plucińska, Germany 2023;
- “Armat” dir. Elodie Dermange, Switzerland 2022;
- “Davey’s Lullaby” dir. Adam Deyoe, USA 2022;
- “Rosemary A.D. (After Dad)” dir. Ethan Barrett, USA 2022
- “Feed Me to the Squares” dir. Ngai Tsz Kwan Tracey, Hong Kong 2021;
- “On Film” dir. Emma Hough Hobbs, Australia 2022;
- “Coming Out Autistic” dir. Steven Fraser, United Kingdom 2022;
- “Dede is dead” dir. Philippe Kastner, Czech Republic 2023;
- “Curiosa” dir. Tessa Moult-Milewska, United Kingdom 2022;
- “One serving per can” dir. Miguel Otálora, Colombia 2022;
- “Talent Show” dir. Noah Mauchly, USA 2022,
- NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED / INTERDIT AUX CHIENS ET AUX ITALIENS, Alain Ughetto, France 2022, 70’
- PERLIMPS, Alê Abreu, Brazil 2022, 76’
- QUANTUM COWBOYS, Geoff Marslett, USA 2022, 99’
- FOUR SOULS OF COYOTE / KOJOT NÉGY LELKE, Aron Gauder, Hungary 2023, 106’
- “The Motorhomes” dir. Diego Lucero, Nicolás Couvin, Diego Cagide, Argentina 2022;
- “Rosie and Sapphire: The Pink Grass” dir. Kata Anna Lovrity, Hungary 2022;
- “ANIMANIMALS: T-Rex” dir. Julia Ocker, Germany 2022;
- “Wetsitales: The Hawk and the Hen” dir. Jade Dandan Evangelista, Phillipines 2022;
- “Ray and Manny “ dir. Paula de Abreu Resende, Brazil 2022;
- “Cracké Family Scramble” dir. Jonathan Simard, Canada 2023;
- “Edmond and Lucy – Goodbye Piney Pine Tree” dir. François Narboux, France 2022;
- “Gegone, inside the Museum – Kore” dir. Joan Zhonga, Greece 2022;
- “Bajka na końcu świata / Bayka at the End of the World“ dir. Kacper Zamarło, Poland 2022;
- “Bałagan / The Mess” dir. Aliaksandr “Sasha” Kanavalau, Poland 2022.
SET II: SERIALE DLA DOROSŁYCH I MŁODZIEŻY
- “Horologist” dir. Jared Lee, Malaysia 2023;
- “Fail in Love – A Chair for Two” dir. Cécile Rousset, Romain Blanc-Tailleur, France 2022;
- “Can I keep them? – Artur and Dropsik” dir. Maria Rosario Carlino, Matias Ferreyra, Argentina 2023;
- “DEATH BY…” dir. Rosanna Verdon-Roe, United Kingdom 2022;
- “Hideous Henk “ dir. Junaid Chundrigar, Netherlands 2022;
- “Pash Mesh – Vacuum Cleaner” dir. Azad Sadeghi, Iran 2020;
- “Night Drives – The Human Condition” dir. Jono Hunter, Canada 2022;
- “Manimorphs” dir. Georgia Kriss, Australia 2022;
- “Freaked Out: Train Brain – Incognito” dir. Theo Grosjean, France 2022;
- “Greek Week End, Cuckoo and Spring” dir. Eloïc Gimenez, France 2023;
- “Red Iron Road – In the Heat” dir. Sam Chou, Canada 2022;
- “Primal – Shadow of Fate” dir. Genndy Tartakovsky, USA 2022;
- “Smiling Friends – Charlie Dies and Doesn’t Come Back” dir. Michael Cusack, Zach Hadel, USA 2022.
- “BRAK / LACK” dir. Paweł Prewencki, Poland 2023;
- “In side” dir. Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi, Piotr Matysiak, Poland 2023
- “Czekaj na mnie we śnie / Wait for me in a dream” dir. Natalia Durszewicz, Poland 2023;
- “Własna prawda / Her own truth” dir. Agnieszka Kruczek, Poland 2023;
- “Half empty” dir. Katarzyna Orłowska, Poland 2022;
- “Rysa / Scratch” dir. Jakub Krzyszpin, Poland 2023;
- “Kompozycja z przeżyć istniejących / Composition of existing experiences” dir. Joanna Szlembarska, Poland 2023;
- “A żurawie wciąż tańczyły / And the cranes kept dancing” dir. Natasza Cetner, Poland 2023.
- “Airborne” dir. Andrzej Jobczyk, Poland 2021;
- “Disc+dog” dir. Tomek Ducki, Poland 2023;
- “Koniunkcja / Misaligned” dir. Marta Magnuska, Poland 2022;
- “Portet konia” dir. Witold Giersz, Poland 2023;
- “Elo złomy / The RatRodFormers” dir. Aliaksandr Sasha Kanavalau, Maciej Żuk, Poland 2022;
- “Telsche” dir. Sophie Colfer, Ala Nunu, Poland 2023;
- “Observatory” dir. Wiesława Ruta, Poland 2022;
- “Szczypigłówki / Headprickles” dir. Katarzyna Miechowicz, Poland 2022;
- “Horsetail” dir. Mateusz Jarmulski, Poland 2022;
- “Der Atem” dir. Florentyna Dobrochna Cieślak, Poland 2023;
- “Crush” dir. Michał i Jakub Socha, Poland 2022;
- “Iskra / The Spark” dir. Anna Tabi Jasińska, Poland 2023.
- “Puzzlowy tata / The Puzzle Dad” dir. Oktawian Jurczykowski, Poland 2022;
- “Bezsenność Jutki / The Sleeplessness of Jutka” dir. Maria Görlich-Opyd, Poland 2022;
- “W lesie są ludzie / There are people in the forest” dir. Szymon Ruczyński, Poland 2023;
- “Magda” dir. Adela Kaczmarek, Poland 2022;
- “Safari Club” dir. Zuzanna Szyszak, Poland 2023;
- “Everything’s gonna be alright” dir. Federico Turani, Poland 2023,
- “Scriptor” dir. Mikołaj Piotr Stachańczyk, Poland 2023;
- “Takie cuda się zdarzają / Such Miracles Do Happen” dir. Barbara Rupik, Poland 2023;
- “Smell of the ground” dir. Olivia Rosa, Poland 2023;
- “Happy Eggs” dir. Stanisław Maciejewski, Poland 2022.
You can read all about the International Jury of the 16th ANIMATOR Festival HERE.