The World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb 2021 closed on 13th June with the award ceremony at SC cinema, with over 350 animation films screened in the six days of the festival.
The Winners
The Grand Competition Short Film
Grand Prix
(Award for best short film of the festival)
Night Bus
(Taiwan)
Director: Joe Hsieh
Golden Zagreb
(Award for creativity and innovative artistic achievement)
Maalbeek
(France)
Director: Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Zlatko Grgić
(Award for best first film production apart from educational institutions)
The Fourth Wall
(Iran)
Director: Mahboobeh Kalaee
Mr. M
(Audience Award)
The Stork
(Estonia)
Directors: Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov
Juries’ Special Mentions
- Easter Eggs (Belgium, France and Netherlands) directed by Nicolas Keppens
- Monachopsis (Belgium) directed by Liesbet van Loon
- Hide (Hungary, France and Canada) directed by Daniel Gray
- In My Chest of Fire There Is Still Place to Temple Your Dagger (Spain) directed by Pablo Ballarín
- Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic (Denmark and UK) directed by Paul Bush
Student Film Competition
Dušan Vukotić
(Award for best student film)
I’m Here
(Poland)
Director: Julia Orlik
Juries’ Special Mentions
- Ant Hill (Czech Republic) directed by Marek Náprstek
- Room With a Sea View (Estonia) directed by Leonid Shmelkov
Croatian Film Competition
Best Croatian Film
Can You See Them?
(Croatia)
Director: Bruno Razum
Juries’ Special mention
- The Stork (Estonia) directed by Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov
Films for Children Competition
Best film for Children
Reflection
(Spain)
Director: Juan Carlos Mostaza
Juries’ Special mention
- BusLine35A (Denmark) directed by Elena Felici
The Grand Competition Feature Film
Grand Prix
(Award for best short film of the festival)
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks
(Russia)
Director: Andrei Khrzhanovsky
Mr. M
(Audience Award)
Wolfwalkers
(Ireland, UK, Luxembourg and France)
Directors: Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Juries’ Special Mentions
- Kill It and Leave This Town (Poland) directed by Mariusz Wilczyński
VR Animation Award
Otawamure
(Japan)
Director: Yoriko Mizushiri
Juries’ Special Mentions
- Replacements (Japan, Germany and Indonesia) directed by Jonathan Hagard
