The festival celebrated its 20th edition with a rich film programme and a resourceful AnimatekaPRO platform.

AWARDS OF THE 20TH ANIMATEKA:

Main Competition Programme:

Jury Grand Prix:
Misaligned (Poland, Latvia)
Directed by Marta Magnuska

VR@Animateka Programme:

VR@Animateka Award:
Flow (the Netherlands, France)
Directed by Adriaan Lokman

Young Talent Student Jury Award (awarded for films in the European Young Talents Competition):

Main Award:
It's Just a Whole (Germany)
Directed by Bianca Scali

Special Mention:
The Eastern Rain (Estonia)
Directed by Milly Jencken

The Elephant Children Jury Award (awarded for films in the Elephant Competition):

Main Award:
Head in the Clouds (France)
Directed by Rémi Durin

The Elephant Audience Award:
Muri the Cat: The Dance (Slovenia)
Directed by Jernej Žmitek

;DSAF Audience Award (awarded for films in the Main Competition):
Hardly Working (Austria)
Directed by Total Refusal

Special Mentions of the Members of the Grand Jury:

Special Mention Dahee Jeong:
Hardly Working (Austria)
Directed by Total Refusal

Special Mention Mihai Mitrică:
Sweet Dreams (Italy)
Directed by Maria Zilli, Sara Priorelli

Special Mention Naomi van Niekerk:
Eeva (Croatia, Estonia)
Directed by Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak

Special Mention Alexandra Ramires:
Aleph (Croatia)
Directed by Slobodan Tomić

Special Mention Nikki Schuster:
Depersonalization (Bulgaria)
Directed by Spartak Jordanov

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