The awards winners of the The World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb 2026
The Grand Competition Short Film
Grand Prix
(Award for best short film of the festival)
Golden Zagreb
(Award for creativity and innovative artistic achievement)
Winter in March
(Armenia and Estonia)
Director: Natalia Mirzoyan
A Pint of Bitter
(Ireland)
Director: Conor Kehelly
Zlatko Grgić
(Award for the best first film made outside an educational institution)
Mr. M
(Audience Award)
God is Shy
(France)
Director: Jocelyn Charles
Please
(Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Norway, and Finland)
Director: Anna Mantzaris
The Grand Competition Feature Film
Grand Prix
(Award for best short film of the festival)
Mr. M
(Audience Award)
Death Does Not Exist
(Canada, France)
Director: Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Samurai Ballerina -L’étoile de Paris en fleur
(Japan)
Director: Goro Taniguchi
Student Film Competition
Dušan Vukotić Award
(Best student film)
Croatian Film Competition
Best Croatian Film
So He Grabbed the Knife
(Japan)
Director: Sam Kuwa
School Show
(Croatia)
Director: Ana Horvat
Films for Children and Youth Competition
Best Film for Children and Youth
On the Other Side…
(Japan)
Director: Mingyu Wang
