Out of 1,340 film submissions from 71 countries, 206 films were selected to participate in this year’s event; The Slovak Republic’s only multimedia festival focused on animation runs June 25-30.
The 17th edition of The Slovak Republic’s Fest Anča International Animation Festival has revealed its official selections for this year’s event, which runs June 25-30. The pre-selection committee chose 206 films to participate in the event, from the 1,340 film submissions received from 71 countries. The selected films feature progressive animation techniques and approach to narration in filmmaking.
“Pushing the usual boundaries is demonstrated by the films’ longer runtimes,” said program director and pre-selection committee member Jakub Spevák. “This trend makes us happy since it’s a sign of an ongoing emancipation of animated films.”
Here’s a rundown of official selections for competition:
Best Animated Short and Best Student Animated Short:
- I Smell a Mouse by Iiti Yli-Harja
- La Voix des Sirènes by Gianluigi Toccafondo
- La Perra by Carla Melo Gampert
- Martyr’s Guidebook by Maksymilian Rzontkowski
- fur (s) by Zhen Li
- Hello Summer by Martin Smatana and Veronika Zacharová
- Everythingness (s) by Julia Jesionek
- Noodles au Naturel (s) by Matteo Salanave Piazza
- The Family Portrait by Lea Vidakovic
- A Kind of Testament by Stephen Vuillemin
- Via Dolorosa by Rachel Gutgarts
- Kinderfilm by Michael Stumpf, Adrian Jonas Haim, and Robin Klengel
- Bergamot by Yanqi Liang
- Carcinization (s) by Denis Souza
- Furrie (s) - Lucie Grannec
- The Rubbings of TrajectoriesI by Cheng-Hsu Chung
- Pipes (s) by Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran
- Such Miracles Do Happen (s) by Barbara Rupik
- Maurice’s Bar by Tzor Edery and Tom Prezman
- Spring by Pernille Kjaer
- A Crab in the Pool by Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel
- 27 by Flóra Anna Buda
- Shape of the Elephant (s) by Sam Kuwa
- It’s Just a Whole (s) - Bianca Scali
- The Waves by Yumi Joung
- Vitanuova by Niles Atallah
- Zima by Tomek Popakul and Kasumi Ozeki
- Preoperational Model by Philip Ullman
- Nun or Never! by Heta Jäälinoja
- Sewing Love (s) by Xu Yuan
- Familes’ Albums by Moïa Jobin-Paré
- Tako Tsubo by Fanny Sorgo and Eva Pedroza
Best Animated Music Video
- DJ Piper – RIP TXL by Raman Djafari
- I Gotta Cry by Francesca Colombara
- Harajyuku Boy by Honami Yano
- Horizonte de sucesos by Pablo Ballarín
- Cassels – About Not Writing by Michal Mikuš
- Delingha by Lu Li
- Atómica by Facundo Quiroga, Sebastían García, and Juan Nodalino
- I’m Leaving by Michelle Brand
- Kind of Morning by Clara Franciosi, Valentine Vendroux, and Salomé Hammann
- Prezident Lourajder – Lunapark by Matej Mihályi
- Worm by Mattis Dovier and Yoann Dovier
- I Inside the Old I Dying by Joaquín Cociña and Cristobal León
- Cosmo Sheldrake – Stop the Music by Weronika Anna Marianna
- Ashnikko – Worms by Raman Djafari
- Boy Blue by Matteo Dang Minh and Francesca Colombara
- Give Me Rice by Jin Woo
- My Way by Jesica Bianchi
- Ankramu – Majstre / Maestro by Marián Vredík
- Oblivion – Mervyn by Imhoff Igor
- Transmogrified by Alexander Dupuis
- Météores by Agnès Patron and Morgane Le Péchon
- Kazue Kahoru Is a Social Detective by Julie Černá
- Juan Wauters – Milanesa al pan (Feat. Zoe Gotusso) by Dante Zaballa
- Hate Machine by Théo Tonatiu Lenoble
- Sunflowers – A Strange Feeling of Existential Angst by Carolina Bonzinho and Leander Meresaar
- D’un Feu Secret by Amanda Bonaiuto
Best Animated Short for Children
- Battery Mommy by Seungbae Jeon
- Writing Home by Eva Matejovičová
- Spin Cycle by Gurli Bachmann
- Butterfly by Suncana Brkulj
- Rainboy by Barbara Brunner
- Rally by Myojung Noh
- Pufferfish by Julia Ocker
Best Slovak Animated Short
- Wereawolf by Niko Mlynarčík
- Hello Summer by Martin Smatana and Veronika Zacharová
- Perplexity by Franz Milec
- Tapping Black Boots by Kaoru Furuko
- Bobo by Veronika Obertová
- Dream Rotation by Darya Sidorova, Viktória Zimmermannová, Rebeka Vakrčková, and Katarína Jelínková
- Of Stars and Fables by Alla Dmitrievna Prokopyshyna
- Silo by Imrich Kútik
In addition to competitive selections, Fest Anča includes special non-competition sections such as animated documentaries, contemporary abstract, non-narrative animation, and extremely short films, as well as the ever-popular Anča in Mordor and Anča in Wonderland.
Visit the Fest Anča website to learn more about this year’s selections.
Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2024 is financially supported by the Audiovisual Fund and by the LITA Fund.
Source: Fest Anča International Animation Festival
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
