In 2020, 141 films were submitted to the festival, of which 67 films have been selected for the competition programme and will be screened in Fredrikstad on 22- 25 October. For the first time, all Nordic-Baltic countries are represented in the competition programme, and more than 50% of the films in the categories for short and student films have female directors. x is the leading animation festival in the Nordic region, and has in 2020 been held in Fredrikstad for 20 years. One of the cornerstones of the festival is the Nordic-Baltic animated short film competition, with the awarding of the prize known as the Golden Gunnar. .

The Nordic-Baltic animation community is a vibrant industry characterized by both high artistic quality and professionalism. This year's program is strong and shows the diversity and quality of the Nordic-Baltic animation industry. With so many talented young filmmakers, we have a lot to look forward to in the years to come - Anders Narverud Moen, Fredrikstad Animation Festival director

The following films have been selected for this year's festival:

Competition programme Nordic-Baltic short film

• Cats vs. Progress (Jacob Stålhammar), Sweden
• Cosmonaut (Kaspar Jancis), Estonia
• Däncing düplös (Kristian Pedersen), Norway
• Elsa and the Night (Jöns Mellgren), Sweden
• Freeze frame (Soetkin Verstegen), Finland
• Grandma's pancakes (Dominyka Adomaitytė, Vykintas Labanauskas), Lithuania
• Let go) (Star Bazancir), Sweden
• Mermaid In A Jar (Tomi Malkki aka Malakias), Finland
• Mother didn't know (Anita Killi), Norway
• Something to Remember (Niki Lindroth von Bahr), Sweden
• Tales from the Multiverse (Magnus Igland Møller, Mette Tange, Peter Smith), Denmark
• The assembly – interviews from the middle of everything. Part 2: "Shame, Violence & a Medium-Sized Dick" (Malin Erixon), Sweden
• The Man and the Head (Nilas Røpke Driessen), Denmark
• The Tomten and the Fox (Yaprak Morali, Are Austnes), Norway
• The Wings (Riho Unt), Estonia
• Transformation-pro Ali on an adventure (Sofie Edvardsson), Sweden
• What Time Is? (Niina Suominen), Finland
• Winter in the Rainforest (Anu-Laura Tuttelberg), Estonia, Lithuania
• Yes-People (Gísli Darri Halldórsson), Iceland
• Zara and the others - Miss Miss (Bjørn Sortland, Nils Johan Lund), Norway

Competition programme Nordic-Baltic student film

• 100,000 Acres of Pine (Jennifer Alice Wright), Denmark
• Amends (Mikkel Battefeld), Denmark
• eh (Konrad Hjemli), Norway
• Hijack 139 (Joachim Berg, Sondre Johre), Norway
• Night Shift (Linda Stūre), Latvia
• Oh Say Can You See? (Noam Sussman), Estonia
• Pandiculation (Jakob Eiring, Konrad Hjemli), Norway
• Pearl Diver (Margrethe Danielsen), Norway
• Room with a Sea View (Leonid Shmelkov), Estonia
• Shergar (Cora Mckenna), Denmark
• Something Witchy (Arielle Demilecamps), Norway
• Sommerregen (Oscar Jacobson, Julia Skala), Germany
• Swarming Symphony (Elle Frankenberg, August Florén), Sweden
• Touché (Sofja Gorelova), Estonia

Competition programme Nordic-Baltic commissioned film

• Anis Don Demina - Naken (feat. Timbuktu) (Officiell Musikvideo) (William Eklöf Naderi), Sweden
• Avhengighet (Bjarne Anmarkrud), Norway
• Boy Pablo – Feeling Lonely (Julian Vargas), Norway
• Chocolate EU (Sverre Fredriksen), Netherlands
• DOA 2019 - (Departementets Omreisende Animasjonsfestival) (Ole Magnus Saxegård, John Christian Ferner Apalnes), Norway
• Ernæring og diabetes (Stian Sollid Sydsæter), Norway
• Extra – Døgnåen (Ole Magnus Saxegård), Norway
• FOR - Supporting Audiovisual Authors (Kim Holm), Norway
• Forbrukerland (Bjarne Anmarkrud), Norway
• Frames for future (Bjarne Drageset Anmarkrud), Norway
• Freia – Oppfinnerkontoret (Martin Engh), Norway
• Gardener & Bumblebee (Ignas Meilunas), Lithuania
• Gnist: en musikalsk anastrofe (Linda Fagerli Sæthren, Arne Berggren), Norway
• Grandiosa - Frossen Kjærlighet (Martin Engh), Norway
• Henther (Morten Marius Apenes), Norway
• Homecoming Queen (Jenny Jokela), United Kingdom
• Julen er magisk (Stian Johansen), Norway
• Mannen som falt (Kristian Pedersen), Norway
• Not Like The Others (Andreas Emil Lund), Norway
• OsloMet – Teams (Magne Hage), Norway
• Peili: Rauhanpiippu (Erkki Rämet), Finland
• Plask (Netron AS), Norway
• PWC - Se helheten i detaljene (Ole Magnus Saxegård), Norway
• Regnskogsfondet – Soyaproduksjon (Ole Magnus Saxegård), Norway
• Selvforstyrrelser (Julian Nazario Vargas), Norway
• Sparks - One for the Ages (Chintis Lundgren), Estonia
• Sterkere sammen (Endre Skandfer), Norway
• Stortinget – DEMO (Ronald Kabíček, Magne Hage), Norway
• TIFF 2020 (Torgeir Holm), Norway
• Tittei og 3d animasjon i Minibarna (Rune Røsting), Norway
• TONO(Morten Marius Apenes), Norway
• Ugly history: Japanese American incarceration camps (Lizete Upīte), Latvia
• Utøyastudien (Steph Hope,Trist og Traurig), Norway

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