World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb (), best known as Animafest Zagreb, is a film festival entirely dedicated to animated film held annually in Zagreb, Croatia.Animafest Zagreb Presents 29th Edition Program|Animation Magazine Initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA), the event was established in 1972. Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in the World, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival (established in 1960).The Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films @ filmfestivalworld.com
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.
Grand Prize winners From 1972 to 2004 Animafest was a biennial event focused on animated short films, held in even years, with the sole exception of 1976, when it was cancelled. From 2005 to 2015 the festival became an annual event, with feature film editions introduced and held in odd years, in between the short film editions. In 2015 the shorts and features were merged into one annual event. Short films YearEnglish titleDirector(s)Country1972 The Battle of Kerzhenets Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Yuriy Norshteyn 1974 The DiaryZ is for Zagreb: The Animafest Zagreb Exhibition 1972-2022|Animation World Network Nedeljko Dragić 1976 Festival not held.1978 Satiemania Zdenko Gašparović 1980 Tale of Tales Yuriy Norshteyn 1982 Grand Prize was not awarded.1984 Jumping Osamu Tezuka 1986 Grand Prize was not awarded.1988 Breakfast on the Grass Priit Pärn 1990The Brooch Pin And The Sinful Clasp JoWonder 1992Franz Kafka Piotr Dumała 1994The Wrong Trousers× Nick Park 19961895 Priit Pärn and Janno Põldma 1998Rusalka Aleksandr Petrov 2000When the Day Breaks≠ Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis 2002Father and Daughter× Michaël Dudok de Wit 2004Mt. Head≠ Kōji Yamamura 2006Dreams and Desires - Family Ties Joanna Quinn 2008The Pearce Sisters Luis Cook 2010Divers in the Rain Olga Pärn and Priit Pärn 2012Oh Willy... Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels 2014Love Games Yumi Joung 2015We Can't Live Without Cosmos≠ Konstantin Bronzit 2016Endgame Phil Mulloy 2017Nighthawk Špela Čadež 2018La Chute Boris Labbé 2019Acid Rain Tomek Popakul 2020Just A Guy Shoko Hara 2021Night Bus Joe Hsieh 2022The Garbage ManPortuguese Short ‘The Garbage Man’ Wins Top Prize At Zagreb Animafest|Cartoon Brew Laura Gonçalves 2023Oneluv Varya Yakovleva 2024The Miracle Nienke Deutz 2025Dull Spots Of Greenish Colours Sasha Svirsky
Notes × Oscar winner ≠ Oscar nominee
Feature films YearEnglish titleDirector(s)Country2005Terkel in Trouble Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Stefan Fjeldmark 2007Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest Michel Ocelot 2009Waltz with Bashir≠ Ari Folman 2011My Dog Tulip Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger 2013Approved for Adoption Laurent Boileau and Jung 2015Boy and the World≠ Alê Abreu 2016The Magic Mountain Anca Damian 2017The Red Turtle≠ Michael Dudok De Wit 2018This Magnificent Cake! Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels 2019Ruben Brandt, Collector Milorad Krstić 2020 Feature Film Competition not held. 2021The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks Andrey Khrzhanovsky 2022My Sunny Maad‘My Sunny Maad,’ ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’ Score French Academy César Awards|Cartoon Brew Michaela PavlátováAnimafest Zagreb Announces Seven Features in Competition|Animation Magazine 2023My Love Affair with Marriage Signe Baumane 2024Sultana's Dream Isabel Herguera 2025Memoir of a Snail≠ Adam Elliot
Notes × Oscar winner ≠ Oscar nominee
Footnotes
A. In 1976 the festival was cancelled because of the earlier agreement that the three main ASIFA-sponsored festivals (at Annecy, Zagreb and Mamaia, Romania) would be held in three-year cycles, with Mamaia scheduled to take place in 1976. However, Romanian organizers cancelled the event at the last minute. In 1977 the regular festival at Annecy was held and the usual biennial cycle resumed, with Zagreb and Annecy taking turns. B. Although Animafest was held in 1982 and 1986, no Grand Prizes were awarded in these two editions. C. Animafest 2020 edition was held live in Zagreb, but due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, it was decided for an edition without a Feature Film Competition.
Lifetime Achievement Award laureates Year Director Country 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 DragićCELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ANIMATED HISTORY: ANIMAFEST ZAGREB: 6-11 June 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia|Animation World Network Croatia 2023 William Kentridge South Africa 2024 Phil Mulloy United Kingdom 2025 Michaela Pavlátová Czech Republic
Award for outstanding contribution to animation studies laureates YearWinnerCountry 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 2024 Ingo Petzke Germany 2025 Georges Sifianos Greece
See also
List of animation awards Other ASIFA-sponsored animated film festivals: Annecy International Animated Film Festival (est. 1960) Ottawa International Animation Festival (est. 1976) Hiroshima International Animation Festival (est. 1985)
References
External links Official website Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films at the Internet Movie Database