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Anifilm Festival i<\/a>s always the first stop in the Czech Republic (and internationally as well) to check for original, indie animation of all kinds and genres. Its 2025 edition (6-11 May 2025, Liberec) promises a diverse and rich programme centered on a theme that has always fascinated animation artists; sci-fi gives a way to go beyond the real and opens the eyes to imagination.<\/p>\n

The 6-day programme balances between competition, tribute events and the industry programme. Here are some essential highlights.<\/p>\n

Competition<\/span><\/h4>\n

10 feature animation films in two competition programmes (5 animation features for adults and 5 animation features for young audiences) are included in the Anifilm programme. The Oscar-winning ‘Flow’ by Gints Zilbalodis<\/strong>, and the Oscar-nominated ‘Memoir of a Snail’ (dir. Adam Elliot<\/strong>) are the prominent entries here; but also films like ‘The Most Precious of Cargoes’ by Michel Hazanavicius<\/strong> and the 90-minute ‘Flavours of Iraq’ by Feurat Alani <\/strong>and L\u00e9onard Cohen<\/strong> (telling the story of tweets published by Feurat Alani between 2011 and 2017, detailing the country’s history in a personal way).<\/p>\n

Brothers Quay<\/strong> are here with their new stop-motion feature ‘Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass’. Czech interest is secured by Kristina Dufkov\u00e1<\/strong>\u2019s puppet film Living Large;the Japanese ‘Ghost Cat Anzu’ (Yoko Kuno<\/strong> and Nobuhiro Yamashita<\/strong>) and the puppet film ‘Savages’ by Claude Barras<\/strong> are some other gems in the selection. (full lis<\/a>t).<\/p>\n

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Flavors of Iraq by Feurat Alani and L\u00e9onard Cohen
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34 animation shorts <\/strong>compete in the festival’s short competition category. Names like Florence Miailhe<\/strong> (‘Butterfly’), Sasha Svirsky <\/strong>(‘Dull Spots of Greenish Colors’), Edmunds Jansons <\/strong>(‘Freeride in C’), and Olga & Priit P\u00e4rn<\/strong> (‘Luna Rossa’) grace the selection. Its Czech component includes films like ‘Free the Chickens’ by Mat\u00fa\u0161 Viz\u00e1r<\/strong>, <\/strong>‘Hurik\u00e1n’ by
Jan Saska<\/strong> and the Czech co-produced, Ukrainian-themed film ‘I Died in Irpin’ by Anastasiia Falileieva.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I died in Irpin<\/em><\/p>\n

The International Competition of Student Films features 31 films<\/strong>, including five Czech films (You Are My Light, Stone of Fate, Weed, Beet, and Stray), a new Czech record in our international competition. 27 music videos are also included; some of the highlights are Michaela Mat\u011bjkov\u00e1 <\/strong>with ‘Ida the Young’, and ‘DVA: Woo by Czech Jarom\u00edr Plach\u00fd. <\/strong><\/p>\n

17 animation films h<\/strong>ave been selected in the abstract and non-narrative animation category.\u00a0 Mykyta Lyskov<\/strong>‘s ‘Bridge’,\u00a0 a series of prints by artist Andriy Sokoleno (Dnipro) features here, as well as Nicholas Brault’s ‘Entropic Memory’ and other works<\/p>\n

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The Bridge<\/em><\/p>\n

Check the full list of selected films here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n

Juries<\/span><\/h4>\n

A number of juries, from animation directors to festival programmers in Europe, the US, and Argentina, are here to evaluate the 4 competition festival programmes.<\/p>\n