The World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb 2020 closed on 3rd October with the award ceremony at SC cinema, with over 300 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)
Just a Guy
(Germany)
Director: Shoko Hara
Golden Zagreb
(Award for creativity and innovative artistic achievement)
Freeze Frame
(Belgium, Germany)
Director: Soetkin Verstegen
Zlatko Grgić
(Award for best first film production apart from educational institutions)
Symbiosis
(France, Hungary)
Director: Nadja Andrasev
Mr. M
(Audience Award)
The Physics of Sorrow
(Canada)
Director: Theodore Ushev
Juries’ Special Mentions
- How to Disappear (Austria) directed by Robin Klengel and Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf
- My Exercise (Japan) directed by Atsushi Wada
- The Physics of Sorrow (Canada) directed by Theodore Ushev
- Pulsión (Argentina, France) directed by Pedro Casavecchia
- Betty (United Kingdom) directed by Will Anderson
Student Film Competition
Dušan Vukotić
(Award for best student film)
Naked
(Russia)
Director: Kirill Khachaturov
Juries’ Special Mentions
- Pearl Diver (Norway) directed by Margrethe Danielsen
- Airhead! (Belgium) directed by Gaspar Chabaud
- Survival HK (Hong Kong, USA) directed by Louise Pau
Croatian Film Competition
Best Croatian Film
Arka
Director: Natko Stipaničev
Juries’ Special mention
- All Those Sensations in my Belly directed by Marko Dješka
Films for Children Competition
Best film for Children
Daughter
(Czech Republic)
Director: Daria Kashcheeva
Juries’ Special mention
- Mare Monstrum (Spain) directed by Àngel Estois, Lucia Hernandez and Mercè Sendino
