Animafest Zagreb

We talked with Swiss animation director Nina Winiger and her animation short film in our new series of Swiss Animation Portraits 2021. The film screens at Animafest Zagreb 2021.

Animafest Zagreb 2021 has selected 42 films from 22 countries for its Films for Children Competition.

The World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb 2021 selection committee has decided to present the Best Animation School Award to Lucerne School of Art and Design in Switzerland.

World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb presents the official selection results for the Grand Competition - Short Film, Croatian Film Competition and Student Film Competition.

Ralph Bakshi (1938), animator, director and producer, is the winner of the 31st World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb Lifetime Achievement Award.

World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb Festival Council decided to present the 2021 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies to culture and film scholar and animation critic and historian, Xavier Kawa-Topor.

Vassilis Kroustallis writes about the ever-growing demand for a celebratory attitude of animation festivals- which relegates their animation film content to the background.

The 30th World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb 2020 closed with an award ceremony at SC cinema.

Animafest Zagreb's Student Film Competition is traditionally deemed one of the most playful and free programme segments of this prestigious festival.