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Location | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Founded | 1972 |
Language | International |
Website | http://www.animafest.hr/ |
World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb (Croatian : Svjetski festival animiranog filma), best known as Animafest Zagreb, is a film festival entirely dedicated to animated film held annually in Zagreb, Croatia. [1] Initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA), the event was established in 1972. [2] Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in the World, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival (established in 1960). [3]
The idea to create the event came about because of the worldwide acclaim of animated shorts produced by authors belonging to the Zagreb School of Animated Films in the 1950s and 1960s. Zagreb's candidacy for holding a permanent animated film festival was accepted at the 1969 ASIFA meeting in London.
Festival awards include prizes given in the Short film Competition, Feature film Competition, Student Film Competition, Children Films, Site-specific competition and Croatian competition. Its Prize for "Best First Production Apart from Educational Institutions" is named in honour of Zlatko Grgić. The Lifetime Achievement Award, which is unique for animation film festivals, was established in 1986. An award for outstanding contribution to the theory of animation was added in 2002. [3]
From 1972 to 2004 Animafest was a biennial event focused on animated short films, held every even year with the exception of 1976. Between 2005 and 2015 a feature film festival edition was introduced and held every odd year in between the short film editions. In 2015 the shorts and feature selections were merged into one event, scheduled to be held every year.
Year | English title | Director(s) | Country |
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2005 | Terkel in Trouble | Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Stefan Fjeldmark | ![]() |
2007 | Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest | Michel Ocelot | ![]() |
2009 | Waltz with Bashir ≠ | Ari Folman | ![]() |
2011 | My Dog Tulip | Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger | ![]() |
2013 | Approved for Adoption | Laurent Boileau and Jung | ![]() ![]() |
2015 | Boy and the World ≠ | Alê Abreu | ![]() |
2016 | The Magic Mountain | Anca Damian | ![]() |
2017 | The Red Turtle ≠ | Michael Dudok De Wit | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2018 | This Magnificent Cake! | Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2019 | Ruben Brandt, Collector | Milorad Krstić | ![]() |
2020 | Feature Film Competition not held. [C] | ||
2021 | The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks | Andrey Khrzhanovsky | ![]() |
2022 | My Sunny Maad [6] | Michaela Pavlátová [7] | ![]() |
2023 | My Love Affair with Marriage | Signe Baumane | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Year | Director | Country |
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1986 | Norman McLaren | Canada |
1988 | Chuck Jones | U.S.A. |
1990 | John Halas | United Kingdom |
1992 | Bob Godfrey | United Kingdom |
1994 | Dušan Vukotić | Croatia |
1996 | Caroline Leaf | Canada |
1998 | Bruno Bozzetto | Italy |
2000 | Jan Švankmajer | Czech Republic |
2002 | Paul Driessen | Netherlands/Canada |
2004 | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
2006 | Fyodor Khitruk | Russia |
2008 | Priit Pärn | Estonia |
2010 | Frederic Back | Canada |
2012 | Yoji Kuri | Japan |
2014 | Yuri Norstein | Russia |
2015 | Michel Ocelot | France |
2016 | Raoul Servais | Belgium |
2017 | Borivoj Dovniković | Croatia |
2018 | Paul Fierlinger | U.S.A./Czech Republic |
2019 | Suzan Pitt | U.S.A. |
2020 | Georges Schwizgebel | Switzerland |
2021 | Ralph Bakshi | Haifa/U.S.A |
2022 | Nedeljko Dragić [11] | Croatia |
2023 | William Kentridge | South Africa |
Year | Winner | Country |
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2002 | Giannalberto Bendazzi | Italy |
2004 | Donald Crafton | U.S.A. |
2006 | John Canemaker | U.S.A. |
2008 | Clare Kitson | United Kingdom |
2010 | Midhat Ajanović ("Ajan") | Sweden/Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2012 | Olivier Cotte | France |
2014 | Marcel Jean | Canada |
2016 | Marcin Gizycki | Poland |
2017 | Maureen Furniss | U.S.A. |
2018 | Paul Wells | United Kingdom |
2019 | Jayne Pilling | United Kingdom |
2020 | Chris Robinson | Canada |
2021 | Xavier Kawa-Topor | France |
2022 | Rolf Giesen | Germany |
2023 | Suzanne Buchan | United Kingdom |
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