Best of Anilogue Cartoon Network Award
: ORI : ENG+HUN
30 new European animated shorts were selected for the competition out of the 2048 films submitted to Anilogue this year. The international jury is set to decide which one of these films will receive the Best of Anilogue - Cartoon Network Award in 2018. Thanks to our friends at CN, the award also comes with a neat €2,000 cash prize. Aside the main award the jury will pick three films for the Special Mention Awards, and the popular vote will grant some of these great filmmakers an Audience Award.
Films in this programme:
Festival opening show with special guest Michel Ocelot
: FRA : HUN
With the help of her delivery-boy friend, Dilili, a young Kanak, investigates a spate of mysterious kidnappings of young girls that is plaguing Belle Epoque Paris. In the course of her investigation she encounters a series of extraordinary characters, each of whom provides her with clues that will help her in her quest.
2018
France, Germany, Belgium
Dir: Michel Ocelot
Competition feature
: ENG
Loosely following a traditional Passover Seder, events from the Book of Exodus are retold by Moses, Aharon, the Angel of Death, Jesus, and the director’s own father. But there’s another side to this story: that of the Goddess, humankind’s original deity. Seder-Masochism resurrects the Great Mother in a tragic struggle against the forces of Patriarchy.
2018
USA
Dir: Nina Paley
Special programme
: ORI : HUN
Best of Anilogue Cartoon Network Award
: ORI : ENG+HUN
30 new European animated shorts were selected for the competition out of the 2048 films submitted to Anilogue this year. The international jury is set to decide which one of these films will receive the Best of Anilogue - Cartoon Network Award in 2018. Thanks to our friends at CN, the award also comes with a neat €2,000 cash prize. Aside the main award the jury will pick three films for the Special Mention Awards, and the popular vote will grant some of these great filmmakers an Audience Award.
Films in this programme:
Panorama programme with special guest Piotr Kardas
: ORI : ENG
Almost 22.000 Jury members, almost 90 festival venues located between Baltic Sea and Tatra Mountains, more than 100. shorts divided into 8 competition categories – these numbers briefly outline the specifics of the most unique and completely grassroots biggest Polish celebration of animated film. Now O!PLA is back with a new program entraining viewers from around the world into the newest and the coolest Polish animation (O!PLA means "Oh! Polish Animation", but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”). And traditionally the program is created by "the biggest Jury in the world" - Audience. Starting of 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains constant - independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
Special show: meet the filmmakers
: ENG
Movie screening and exclusive guided walk in the exhibition Westkunst–Ostkunst.
Sometimes art is more dangerous than real life... Ruben Brandt, Collector is a full length Hungarian animation action-thriller movie by Milorad Krstić.
Plot: A psychotherapist suffers violent nightmares inspired by legendary works of art. Four of his patients, expert thieves, offer to steal the works, since he believes that once he owns them, the nightmares will disappear. He becomes a wanted criminal know as "The Collector". Who will dare to catch him and his gang?
Before screening Julia Fabényi leads an exclusive guided walk in the exhibition Westkunst–Ostkunst. The Collection on Display.
After the screening of the animation movie Ruben Brandt, Collector (96 min.) an extraordinary roundtable discussion will take place with tha makers and Julia Fabényi, director of the Ludwig Museum, and Krisztina Szipőcs, deputy director.
2018
Hungary
Dir: Milorad Krstić
Competition feature
: ESP : ENG
Born in a not-so-conventional family, Paola grows up between Ecuador and Colombia and finds herself unable to fit in any mold. With a unique feminine vision of the world, she will have to fight against prejudice and struggle for her independence while her universe is struck by a series of crises.
2017
Colombia, Ecuador
Dir: Santiago Caicedo
Competition feature
: FRA : ENG
1975, during the Khmer Rouge revolution. Fighting for her own survival, Chou, a young Cambodian mother, looks for her 4-year-old son who was taken away from her by the regime.
2018
France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Dir: Denis Do
Competition feature
: ESP : ENG
Born in a not-so-conventional family, Paola grows up between Ecuador and Colombia and finds herself unable to fit in any mold. With a unique feminine vision of the world, she will have to fight against prejudice and struggle for her independence while her universe is struck by a series of crises.
2017
Colombia, Ecuador
Dir: Santiago Caicedo
Special programme
: ORI : HUN
This short film programme was specifically curated for primary school children. These positive and often humourous films touch on topics of rivalry between siblings, acceptance of otherness, protection of nature and making friends.
Special programme
: SLK : ENG
On the occasion of the 25 years of Slovakia’s independence, Slovak Film Institute and Fest Anča have prepared the compilation containing widely recognized and renowned Slovak animated shorts made since 1993. Selected shorts present various precedencies, milestones and distinguished authors who have formed Slovak contemporary animation.
Retrospective programme and talk with Anilogue jury member, Veljko Popovic
: CRO : ENG
Veljko Popović (1979) graduated in 2003 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Department of Painting. In 1998, he started working with computer graphics. He co-founded Lemonade3d, a CG and animation studio. Since 2012, he has been a tenured Professor at the Arts Academy in Split, where he teaches animation. His films have been screened and awarded at numerous festivals worldwide, including Annecy, Animafest Zagreb, Clermont-Ferrand, Aspen, Hiroshima, Leeds, Stuttgart, etc. He has been a jury member at many film festivals worldwide including Animafest Zagreb, Tabor film festival, Balkanima etc. Filmography Cyclists (2018), Planemo (2016), Father (2012, co-director), Dove sei, amor mio (2011), My Way (2010, co-director), She Who Measures (2008)
On show this Anilogue:
New Croatian animation
: CRO : ENG
Retrospective programme and talk with Anilogue jury member Draško Ivezić
Draško Ivezić is a Croatian animated film director, scriptwriter and producer. His debut film Love and Vehicles from 2014 is shown on festivals worldwide. As a producer, Ivezić worked for three years at Zagreb film and then for Denmark’s The Animation Workshop. He is a founder of a studio for animation in Zagreb, Croatia - Adriatic Animation. As the studio’s executive, Ivezić is responsible for developing and producing animated projects of different types, from short films to television projects and feature films. He won numerous awards together with co-writer and director Chintis Lundgren for short films Manivald and Life With Herman H. Rott. He is currently directing a new short film and producing 4 short films in the studio.
On show this Anilogue:
Best of Anilogue Cartoon Network Award
: ORI : ENG+HUN

30 new European animated shorts were selected for the competition out of the 2048 films submitted to Anilogue this year. The international jury is set to decide which one of these films will receive the Best of Anilogue - Cartoon Network Award in 2018. Thanks to our friends at CN, the award also comes with a neat €2,000 cash prize. Aside the main award the jury will pick three films for the Special Mention Awards, and the popular vote will grant some of these great filmmakers an Audience Award.
Films in this programme:
New Croatian animation
: CRO : ENG
These multi-awarded new Croatian films contain answers to all the big questions of life, for example: why Elephants?
On show this Anilogue:
Competition feature
: ENG : HUN
Warsaw, 1975. Kapuscinski is a brilliant veteran journalist, an idealist and a friend of lost causes and revolutions. He goes to Angola where a bloody civil war has broken out on the eve of the country’s independence. There, he witnesses the dirty reality of war and discovers a sense of helplessness previously unknown to him. Angola will change him forever: it was a reporter that left Poland, but it was a writer that returned.
2018
Poland, Spain, Benelux, Germany, Hungary
Dir: Raúl De La Fuente, Damian Nenow
Special programme
: CRO : ENG
The current festival-favourites from around the globe.
Michel Ocelot retrospective
: FRA : ENG
Tales of the Night weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, to the Land of the Dead. From the imagination of internationally renowned animator Michel Ocelot.
2011
France
Dir: Michel Ocelot
Grand premiere: meet the filmmakers
: HUN : ENG
As a free adaptation of Voltaire’s classic, Candide tries to win the beloved Cunégonde’s heart in different contemporary settings. In the 13 episodes, he finds himself in challenging situations, and has to face the cruelty of the world. He follows Master Pangloss’s instructions to always stay optimistic, while travelling the world from a Californian start-up company through North-Optimistan into deep space. As the original novel itself, the adaptation is also a political and religious satire of our times.
2018
Hungary
Dir: Zsuzsanna Kreif
Panorama feature with special guest Pedro Rivero
: ESP : ENG+HUN
Pedro Rivero is the Producer, Director and Screenwriter of the animated movies Psiconautas, the Forgotten Children (winner of Goya Award 2017 and nominated for the European Film Awards), La crisis carnívora (2007), and the animated short film Birdboy (Goya Award 2012). He has also worked as a screenwriter for several animated TV series and the animated movie Goomer (Goya Award 1999). In addition to this, Pedro has written several theatrical plays and comic books, and serves as the Artistic Director of Animakom FEST – Bilbao International Animation Community Festival.
Competition feature
: HUN
Young Morten’s life with his cruel aunt is not so happy and he dreams of joining his father at sea. One day, he is mysteriously transformed to the size of an insect, aboard a tiny boat in his aunt’s café. As the water rises, Morten and his insect crew struggle bravely to save the ship. Morten has to be shrunk down before he can grow up.
2018
Estonia, Belgium, Ireland, UK
Dir: Kaspar Jancis
Best of Anilogue Cartoon Network Award
: ORI : ENG+HUN

30 new European animated shorts were selected for the competition out of the 2048 films submitted to Anilogue this year. The international jury is set to decide which one of these films will receive the Best of Anilogue - Cartoon Network Award in 2018. Thanks to our friends at CN, the award also comes with a neat €2,000 cash prize. Aside the main award the jury will pick three films for the Special Mention Awards, and the popular vote will grant some of these great filmmakers an Audience Award.
Films in this programme:
Best of Anilogue Cartoon Network Award
: ORI : ENG+HUN

30 new European animated shorts were selected for the competition out of the 2048 films submitted to Anilogue this year. The international jury is set to decide which one of these films will receive the Best of Anilogue - Cartoon Network Award in 2018. Thanks to our friends at CN, the award also comes with a neat €2,000 cash prize. Aside the main award the jury will pick three films for the Special Mention Awards, and the popular vote will grant some of these great filmmakers an Audience Award.
Films in this programme:
French panorama
: FRA : ENG
2018
France
Dir: Julien Chheng, Jean-Christophe Roger
Panorama feature
: NED : HUN
An anthology film set in colonial Africa in the late 19th century telling the stories of 5 different characters: a troubled king, a middle-aged Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a failed businessman on an expedition, a lost porter and a young army deserter.
2018
Belgium, France, Netherlands
Dir: Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels
Best of Anilogue Cartoon Network Award
: ORI : ENG+HUN

30 new European animated shorts were selected for the competition out of the 2048 films submitted to Anilogue this year. The international jury is set to decide which one of these films will receive the Best of Anilogue - Cartoon Network Award in 2018. Thanks to our friends at CN, the award also comes with a neat €2,000 cash prize. Aside the main award the jury will pick three films for the Special Mention Awards, and the popular vote will grant some of these great filmmakers an Audience Award.
Films in this programme:
Michel Ocelot retrospective
: HUN : FRA
In an African village, on which Karaba the Sorceress has cast a spell, a boy was born in an unusual way. As Kirikou comes forth from his mother's womb, he is determined to rid the village of her curse and understand the cause of her wickedness. After fabulous adventures, Kirikou reaches the forbidden mountain…
1998
France
Dir: Michel Ocelot
Panorama feature
: KOR : ENG
Jun-Koo finds himself middle-aged, unemployed, and desperate when he miraculously receives two job offers: one is to become a professor; the other, to have a role in a local soap opera. It’s clear that Jun-Koo has a decision to make, but what that decision will be is uncertain, as he must weigh his own dreams with the need to provide a stable income for his family.
2017
South Korea
Dir: Yongsun Lee
New talents from the Visegrad countries
: ORI : ENG
The screening promotes the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It presents the best films made by students and debuting artists in the given year.
Special programme
: ORI : ENG
The award-winning films of Swiss FANTOCHE festival
Festival closing show incl. Best of Anilogue Cartoon Network Award ceremony
: JAP : HUN
One day, Kun's mother brings a new family member. For the 4 year old boy, joy turns to disappointment when his little sister becomes the center of attention. But mysteriously, Kun discovers a magical gateway where he encounters his "older" sister from the future. A surprising adventure with his family members from the past and the future begins.
2018
Japan
Dir: Mamoru Hosoda
New Slovenian animation
: SLO : ENG
Auteur animation in Slovenia is having a renaissance in recent years. Positioned as an introduction to the animation oeuvre of Slovenian filmmakers today, the screening connects works for children and adults alike. The most prominent figure in Slovenian animation circles, Špela Čadež, is present in the programme with all her major titles. This screening is part of Anilogue's focus on Adriatic region.
Special programme
: ORI : ENG
Animated Night is a nearly 5-hour animation ALL YOU CAN WATCH screening marathon with occasional breaks to stretch your legs.
Anilogue's yearly animation-marathon is back with a whole-night show of erotical animation, spectacular and funny films. The night is concluded with a screening of animated horror films.
Erotical animation
Visual Feast
Animated Horror
New Italian Animation
: ITA : ENG
Italian contemporary short films
Curators: Paola Bristot, Andrea Martignoni
Paola Bristot, since 1997, has been teaching the Languages of Contemporary Art, and the Theory and Techniques of the Cinema and Audiovisual production at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. She is a curator of visual art exhibitions and is the president of the Vivacomix association. She is the art director for the Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione (Little Festival of Animation) in Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia and Trieste). Andrea Martignoni is a musician and sound designer, expert in the history of animation films. He organizes and holds workshops on sound and animation with the Associazione OTTOmani (OTTOmani Association). He collaborates with many cultural centres and international film festivals.
Special programme
: ORI : HUN
This short film programme for pre-school age children answers some of the most urgent questions of the upcoming generation of cinephils: How to make friends? When do I finally grow up? Do toys sleep too?
Special programme
: HUN : ENG
The program gives an overview of the upcoming new talents in Hungarian animation
On show:
Special programme
: ORI : HUN
This short film programme was specifically curated for primary school children. These positive and often humourous films touch on topics of rivalry between siblings, acceptance of otherness, protection of nature and making friends.
Panorama feature
: KOR : ENG
Jun-Koo finds himself middle-aged, unemployed, and desperate when he miraculously receives two job offers: one is to become a professor; the other, to have a role in a local soap opera. It’s clear that Jun-Koo has a decision to make, but what that decision will be is uncertain, as he must weigh his own dreams with the need to provide a stable income for his family.
2017
South Korea
Dir: Yongsun Lee
Best of Anilogue Cartoon Network Award
: ORI : ENG+HUN

The winners of Anilogue 2018 as announced on the award ceremony on December 1st, 2018.
On this special screening you may watch Anilogue's new best animated short award winning film, three special mention award winners as announced by the jury the previous evening, and the runner-ups for the audience award.
If you have only one show to watch on Anilogue, this is a very safe bet!
Hungarian family premiere: the debut of the dub
: HUN
The first public screening of Mirai in Hungarian! Courtesy of MoziNet.
One day, Kun's mother brings a new family member. For the 4 year old boy, joy turns to disappointment when his little sister becomes the center of attention. But mysteriously, Kun discovers a magical gateway where he encounters his "older" sister from the future. A surprising adventure with his family members from the past and the future begins.
2018
Japan
Dir: Mamoru Hosoda
Panorama feature
: NED : HUN
An anthology film set in colonial Africa in the late 19th century telling the stories of 5 different characters: a troubled king, a middle-aged Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a failed businessman on an expedition, a lost porter and a young army deserter.
2018
Belgium, France, Netherlands
Dir: Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels
Competition feature
: FRA : ENG
1975, during the Khmer Rouge revolution. Fighting for her own survival, Chou, a young Cambodian mother, looks for her 4-year-old son who was taken away from her by the regime.
2018
France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Dir: Denis Do
Competition feature
: ENG
Loosely following a traditional Passover Seder, events from the Book of Exodus are retold by Moses, Aharon, the Angel of Death, Jesus, and the director’s own father. But there’s another side to this story: that of the Goddess, humankind’s original deity. Seder-Masochism resurrects the Great Mother in a tragic struggle against the forces of Patriarchy.
2018
USA
Dir: Nina Paley
Special programme
: ORI : ENG

The only connecting feature of films in this collection is their extremely short duration. This screening serves as a great chance for busy people to steeply increase the amount of films that one was able to see this year. It is also a great opportunity to see films on all the imaginable topics in just one sitting.
Competition feature
: ENG : HUN
Warsaw, 1975. Kapuscinski is a brilliant veteran journalist, an idealist and a friend of lost causes and revolutions. He goes to Angola where a bloody civil war has broken out on the eve of the country’s independence. There, he witnesses the dirty reality of war and discovers a sense of helplessness previously unknown to him. Angola will change him forever: it was a reporter that left Poland, but it was a writer that returned.
2018
Poland, Spain, Benelux, Germany, Hungary
Dir: Raúl De La Fuente, Damian Nenow