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Grand Prix: 20 years Grand Prix: 20 let

različni avtorji / various

To celebrate 20 years of Animateka, we are showing a selection of award-winning films from past festival editions: from a student work by Polish icon Marta Pajek, to animation gems by Estonian filmmakers Kaspar Jancis and Kristjan Holm, the films which put Michaela Müller and Špela Čadež on the world map of animation, to a masterpiece by the one and only Tomek Popakul.

Po jabłkach / After Apples
Marta Pajek (ASP Krakow)
Poland, 2004, 5'20"
GRAND PRIX ANIMATEKA 2005

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, after all the apples have fallen from the trees everything is asleep. In a small flat mother and child are also sound asleep. Meanwhile, when the mind sleeps…

Krokodill / Crocodile
Kaspar Jancis (Esti Joonisfilm)
Estonia, 2009, 16'45" 
GRAND PRIX ANIMATEKA 2009

The story of a former opera star who must, by the will of Fate, work as a Crocodile in a styrofoam costume entertaining children in a shopping centre. This kind of life seems joyless and even disgusting to the former leading tenor, and he vents his frustration by behaving rudely. Until one day, into his life enters a fateful woman... and... a crocodile.

Miramare
Michaela Müller (Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb/ Michaela Müller)
Croatia, Switzerland, 2009, 35mm, 8’
GRAND PRIX ANIMATEKA 2010

A look at life on the Mediterranean borders of Europe, where tourists try to relax at the same time as "illegal" immigrants struggle for a chance for a better life.

Suur maja / Big House
Kristjan Holm (Silmviburlane)
Estonia, 2011, 10'24"
AUDIENCE AWARD ANIMATEKA 2012

On a totally ordinary warm summer night the residents of a totally ordinary apartment house happen to gather in the yard. A citizen of questionable motives takes advantage of the situation and the ending of course is quite expectable.

Boles
Špela Čadež (No History/Hupe Film)
Slovenia, Germany, 2013, 12’
AUDIENCE AWARD ANIMATEKA 2013

Filip lives in a poor neighbourhood, dreaming of writer’s glory and a luxurious life. One day his neighbour Tereza, an elderly prostitute, knocks on his door, asking him to write a letter for her fiancé.

Acid Rain
Tomek Popakul (Animoon)
Poland, 2019, 26'16"
GRAND PRIX AND AUDIENCE AWARD ANIMATEKA 2019

Somewhere in the Eastern Europe. A young girl runs away from her depressing hometown. That’s how she meets Skinny – a kind of unstable weirdo who lives in a camper and runs his not-so-legal errands. Their journey gradually leads them towards more and more eerie settings.

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I Swear I Swear

Kirk Jones

Sunday, 10. 05. 2026 / 11:00 / Main Hall

A direct, moving, and often very funny film about the extraordinary life of John Davidson, an activist raising awareness of Tourette’s syndrome.

Mary Anning Mary Anning, chasseuse de fossils

Marcel Barelli

Sunday, 10. 05. 2026 / 11:15 / Small Hall

The animated film depicts palaeontologist Mary Anning at the age of twelve. A curious, brave and unruly girl who breaks the rules and norms of her time at a young age, she later becomes one of the first female scientists. 

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes

Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han

Sunday, 10. 05. 2026 / 14:30 / Small Hall

Amélie is a little Belgian girl born in Japan. Thanks to her friend Nishio-san, life is a succession of adventures and discoveries. But on her third birthday, a single event changes everything. Because for Amélie, this is the age where everything hangs in the balance: happiness as well as tragedy.