Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2020’s official selection embraces diversity, offers films from renowned animators well-known to Fest Anča’s devoted fans, as well as up-and-coming creatives, large Slovak film sections, and the very latest animation trends.
The official selection of Fest Anča’s 13th edition covers all the bases: leading industry figures, contributions from previous guests (Vera Neubauer, Peter Millard, Max Hattler, and Michael Frei, for instance), and award-winners such as Julia Ocker, Lena von Döhren, and Milos Tomić.
The festival received a record-breaking number of entries, with an incredible 1650 films from 65 countries. Of these, almost 300 qualified for the official selection – giving festival goers a fantastic opportunity to watch them all in twelve competitive and non-competitive sections.
We’re pleased that our previous guests and award winners continue to cherish the festival by sending us their submissions,” said Ivana Sujová, director and member of the Fest Anča pre-selection committee. “This year’s programme is very high on quality, with the competitive sections leading from the front.”
“It’s great to see such diversity in the selection, with the majority of films mirroring the latest animation trends. Programme range and uniqueness are integral parts of Fest Anča, and we also aim to create screen-time for lesser-known films and animators. This is clearly proven by our selection that combines tradition with innovation, while also considering technical aspects and animation styles,” added Ivana. This year a new, special non-competitive section will be showcased: Short Animated Documentary.
The screenings and awards at prestigious international festivals enjoyed by many of this year’s entries are testament to their high quality. Daria Kashcheeva’s Dcera (Daughter) was presented at Annecy, awarded at Sundance, and nominated for an Oscar. Michaela Mihály and David Štumpf’s SH_T HAPPENS was screened at the Sundance and Venice film festivals.
Slovak films are strongly represented at this year’s Fest Anča, and short local films will appear in the competitive section and non-competitive Slovak Panorama. “Slovak animated films’ increasing exploration of themes and genres is good to see, such as in music videos and production for children,” added Ivana. Slovak films are represented in the main competitive section, Anča Award, by SH_T HAPPENS, and in the Anča Music Video Award with a video by the 2019 award-winner – Marián Vredík.
Don’t miss the opportunity to discover the best contemporary animation from 27 to 30 August 2020 in Žilina. Limited early bird festival passes are still available on Fest Anča’s website.
Competitive sections
Films competing for Anča Award + Anča Student Award |
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| SH_T HAPPENS (s) | Michaela Mihalyi, David Štumpf | CZE |
| Zorg II (s) | Auden Lincoln-Vogel | EST |
| CASTLE | Ryotaro Miyajima | JPN |
| Winter in the Rainforest | Anu-Laura Tuttelberg | EST |
| The Little Soul (s) | Barbara Rupik | POL |
| Freeze frame | Soetkin Verstegen | BEL |
| Edokko Bar Training | Mikio Saito | JPN |
| WOOD CHILD & HIDDEN FOREST MOTHER | Stephen Irwin | GBR |
| Why Slugs Have No Legs | Aline Höchli | CHE |
| HEDGE (s) | Amanda Bonaiuto | USA |
| Average Happiness | Maja Gehrig | CHE |
| Parasite (s) | Yajun Shi | USA |
| What I saw on holiday: Budapest 2017 (s) | Matouš Valchář | CZE |
| Portrait Of Suzanne | Izabela Plucinska | POL |
| Egg | Martina Scarpelli | FRA |
| Trauma Chameleon | Gina Kamentsky | USA |
| ÄLGEN (s) | Erik Svetoft | SWE |
| Serial Parallels | Max Hattler | HKG |
| Cosmonaut | Kaspar Jancis | EST |
| Any Instant Whatever (s) | Michelle Brand | GBR |
| My Galactic Twin Galaction | Sasha Svirsky | RUS |
| Temptation | Ivan Arkhipov | RUS |
| Pile (s) | Toby Auberg | GBR |
| Un diable dans la poche (s) | Antoine Bonnet & Mathilde Loubes | FRA |
| Room with a Sea View (s) | Leonid Shmelkov | EST |
| mekakure | Akifumi Nonaka | JPN |
| Traces | Sophie Tavert Macian, Hugo Frassetto | FRA |
| Tom has a plant (s) | Thinh Nguyen | DNK |
| I’m going out for cigarettes | Osman Cerfon | FRA |
| This is pig meat | Peter Millard | GBR |
| My Exercise | Atsushi Wada | JPN |
| There Were Four of Us (s) | Cassie Shao | USA |
| Yes-People | Gísli Darri Halldórsson | ISL |
| KIDS | Michael Frei | CHE |
| Untitled (Starry Bodies) (s) | Ryan Benjamin Lee | SGP |
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*s = student film |
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Video Clips competing for Anča Music Video Award |
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| ANNIHILATION SONG | Amanda Bonaiuto | USA |
| amiinA-sign | Taro Otani | JPN |
| Ravines | Guillaume Pelletier-Auger | CAN |
| BLOW TO THE HEAD | Caleb Wood | USA |
| Juana Molina – Paraguaya Punk | Dante Zaballa | ARG |
| Lovesunk | Natalia Bykova | RUS |
| Takoyaki Story | Sawako Kabuki | JPN |
| There’s That Grin | Mykyta Lyskov | UKR |
| Itchy Teeth – Invisible King | Julia Specht | DE |
| The Closing Door | Lucija Mrzljak | EST |
| Gelbart – March of the Thinking Machines | Adi Gelbart | DE |
| Maggie Dave – I’m Not Ready | Cassie Shao | USA |
| clube de esquiar ~ Pudesse eu (could I) | Marián Vredík, Jana Vredík Hirnerová | SVK |
| SCAPPARE | Miloš Tomić | SRB |
| The Happy Song | Trevor Hardy | GBR |
| Etude for Cellular Automata no. 2 | Guillaume Pelletier-Auger | CAN |
| Serph-Citrus | Taro Otani | JPN |
| No Reason | Amanda Bonaiuto | USA |
| P/\ST: Tíseň | Alžběta Suchanová, Nora Štrbová | CZE |
| I give you my word | Veronika Neputina | RUS |
| Photons | Martyna Koleniec | POL |
| Motamo | Carl Roosens | BEL |
| I’M NOT FEELING VERY WELL | Sunčana Brkulj | HR |
| CHIYOONHAE “First Time” | Gyuri Cloe Lee | KOR |
| Tomorrow | Ezequiel Torres, Pablo Roldán | ARG |
| Lucky Chops – Traveler | Raman Djafari, Daniel Almagor | DE |
| Lullaby | Julian Gallese | JPN |
| ANGKLUNG LIFE | KOKOFREAKBEAN | USA |
Films competing for Anča Kids’ Award |
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| The little Bird and the Bees | Lena von Döhren | CHE |
| Hannibal the Elephant | Aurélie Monteix | FRA |
| Overboard! | Filip Pošivač, Barbora Valecká | CZE |
| Heat Wave | Fokion Xenos | GR |
| Warm star | Anna Kuzina | RUS |
| Good Heart | Evgeniya Jirkova | RUS |
| A Lynx in the Town | Nina Bisiarina | FRA |
| Fly | Julia Ocker | DE |
| NEST | Sonja Rohleder | DE |
| Bearing | Daniela Hýbnerová | CZE |
Films competing for Anča Slovak Award |
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| Music Box | Joanna Kozuch | SVK |
| THE TOTS (episode ROCKET) | Vanda Raýmanová, Michal Struss | SVK |
| clube de esquiar ~ Pudesse eu (could I) | Marián Vredík, Jana Vredík Hirnerová | SVK |
| Wild Beasts | Marta Prokopová, Michal Blaško | CZE |
| Crossing | Agata Bolaňosová | SVK |
| Spiders | Lívia Suchá | SVK |
| KA-BOOM! – The Flood | Veronika Kocourková | SVK |
| Trust me | Zlata Golecová | SVK |
| Fruit Of The Days | Szilard Kardiak, Sebastian Kardiak | SVK |
| SH_T HAPPENS | Michaela Mihalyi, David Štumpf | CZE |
Non-competitive sections
World Panorama |
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| And then the bear | Agnès Patron | FRA |
| Tamou | Tom Prezman, Tzor Edery | ISR |
| The Surrogate | Stas Santimov | UKR |
| MUMMY’S CURSE RETURNS | Vera Neubauer | GBR |
| Arka | Natko Stipanicev | HR |
| Metamorphosis | Juan Fran Jacinto, Carla Pereira | FRA |
| Morning | Vojtěch Domlátil | CZE |
| One Pair Coat | Yi Luo | DE |
| Her Head | Emma Louhivuori | FIN |
| In Her Boots | Kathrin Steinbacher | AT |
| Rules of Play | Merlin Flügel | DE |
| Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea… | Marion Lacourt | FRA |
| NESTOR | João Gonzalez | GBR |
| Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves | Chintis Lundgren | EST |
| Purpleboy | Alexandre Siqueira | PT |
| La Vieille Femme Qui Lave | Brian Hawkins | USA |
| Trespassers, Beyond the Veil | Pernille Kjaer | DNK |
| The Growth | Sarah Cheok Ling Fay | SGP |
| It’s wet! | Alexis Godard, Nan Huang | FRA |
| These Things In My Head – Side A | Luke Bourne | GBR |
| XYU | Donato Sansone | FRA |
| Everything will fall out of place | Cheyenne Canaud-Wallays | FRA |
| Cante | Teresa Baroet | EST |
| Entropia | Flóra Anna Buda | HU |
| Grand Bassin | Héloïse Courtois, Chloé Plat, Victori Jalabert, Adèle Raigneau | FRA |
| My Son | Olga Synyshyn | POL |
| Tadpole | Jean-Claude Rozec | FRA |
| Dreams Into Drawing | Koji Yamamura | JPN |
| FOX BOY | Do-Yeon Tak | KOR |
| Pulsion | Pedro Casavecchia | ARG |
| Daughter | Daria Kashcheeva | CZE |
| Lursaguak. Scenes from life | Izibene Oñederra | ES |
Slovak panorama |
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| Medial Banana & Polemic – Old Times | Radovan Marček, Lenka Mišincová | SVK |
| Chestnut Boy | Agata Bolaňosová | SVK |
| B.O.P | Ladislav Jambor, Lukáš Ďurica | SVK |
| Forget Me Not | Adela Križovenská | CZE |
| The Little Red Headphones | Laura Lagová | SVK |
| Splotches | Andrea Gabajová | SVK |
| Jeff Has a Test | Miriama Trnavska | CZE |
| On The Beach | Samuel Chovan | SVK |
| Broken House – Septentrional | Petra Pastoreková | SVK |
| About a Tree | Michaela Masanova | CZE |
World Panorama for Kids |
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| KA-BOOM! – The Flood | Veronika Kocourková | SVK |
| Sous la glace | Luce Grosjean, Ismaïl Berrahma, Flore Dupont, Laurie Estampese, Quentin Nory, Hugo Potin | FRA |
| Flamingo | Bianca Just | DE |
| Sheep | Julia Ocker | DE |
| Blanket | Marina Moshkova | RUS |
| THE TOTS (episode ROCKET) | Vanda Raýmanová, Michal Struss | SVK |
| The concrete jungle | Marie Urbánková | CZE |
| Sam’s Dream | Nolwenn Roberts | FRA |
| The world of Dalia | Javier Navarro | FRA |
| Petit Versailles | Adi Lavon | ISR |
| Sun-Kissed | Ignasi Tarruella | ES |
| Matilda | Irene Iborra, Eduard Puertas | FRA |
| Lucky Ticket | Svetlana Andrianova | RUS |
| The Atelier | Bianca Mansani | FRA |
| The King & The Pear | Nastya Voronina | RUS |
| Athleticus: One rink for two | Nicolas Deveaux | FRA |
| ATHLETICUS: Synchronised Trampoline | Nicolas Deveaux | FRA |
| Good Night | Makiko Nanke | JPN |
Animated Documentary Short Films |
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| Bloomers | Samantha Moore | GBR |
| OBON | Andre Hörmann, Anna Samo | DE |
| Swatted | Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis | FRA |
| HOME | Anita Bruvere | GBR |
| Jesa | Kyungwon Song | USA |
| Carlotta’s Face | Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld | DE |
| Esperança | Cécile Rousset, Jeanne Paturle, Benjamin Serero | FRA |
Contemporary Abstract and Non-narrative Animation |
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| Stunting Cunts | Gina Kamentsky | USA |
| But One Bird Sang Not | Pierre Hébert | CAN |
| Foreign Exchange | Corrie Francis Parks | USA |
| Xylem | Michael Hughes | GBR |
| Jim Zipper | Alexandre Roy | CAN |
| Twilight | Richard Reeves | CAN |
| BIRD MILK | Christopher Strickler | CAN |
| Edge | Steven Subotnick | USA |
| Pulsator | Thor Sivertsen | NO |
| Jumping Moments | Justin Jinsoo Kim | USA |
| Beyond Noh | Patrick Smith | USA |
| Catgot | Ho Tsz Wing | HKG |
Anča in Wonderland |
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| Cockroach Calisthenics | Sawako Kabuki | USA |
| Nox Insomnia | Guy Charnaux | BR |
| Soapboy | Agne Jurkenaite, Anna Smirnova, Daniel O’Connor | GBR |
| Good Luck Yonpey | Shota Shimizu | JPN |
| The English Teecher | Andy London | USA |
| Hot and Tasty | Laura Jayne Hodkin | GBR |
| Unlikely Love | Molly Mayhew | GBR |
| Budny and Rossman – Pinball | Waldemar Meln, Syrina Hartje | DE |
| EXELLENCE | Nathan Sonenfeld | USA |
| fruit of the days | szilard kardiak, sebastian kardiak | SVK |
| 5 Reasons why I don’t trust Jellyfish | Shenja Tatschke | DE |
| Protocorba | Kirill Khachaturov | RUS |
| But Jane was deaf | Tobias Rud | CAN |
| One Left | Sebastian Doringer | AT |
| Petit Versailles | Adi Lavon | ISR |
| Sun-Kissed | Ignasi Tarruella | ES |
| Shredder | Lee Oz, Eliska Oz | USA |
| LOOR LEIGH WOODS | Theo W. Scott | GBR |
| How we lost our baby teeth | Mikio Saito | JPN |
| SHABASHABA | Jessica Wu, Wei Wang | TW |
| Wild Love | Paul Autric, Quentin Camus, Léa Georges, Maryka Laudet, Zoé Sottiaux, Corentin Yvergniaux | FRA |
| The Game | Elena Kurkova | RUS |
| The Elephant | Marta Gabiga | POL |
| The Coming | Lora D’Addazio, Claudia Espejo Cortés, Mathilde Remy | BEL |
| Eve & Garak | group of 14 children (Camera-etc) | BEL |
| Athleticus: Guides | Nicolas Deveaux | FRA |
| Patrick In Town | Eszter Sandor, Valentína Hučková | GBR |
| Don’t buy milk | Julian Gallese | CR |
| Dream Cream | Noam Sussman | CAN |
| You’re Fit | Lydia Reid | GBR |
| Selami Sahin – Nerde Sabah Orda Akşam | Alper Balkış | TR |
| A Chick’s Adventure | Christoph Brehme, Loïc Bruyère | FRA |
Anča in Mordor |
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| A Spider Dream | Na Yon Cho | KOR |
| 1000 dreams: Zenti the invincible | Jonathan Phanhsay-Chamson | FRA |
| Abstract Horror | Franz Milec | CZE |
| VIOLENT EQUATION | Antonis Doussias | GR |
| Red | Ao Chen | CN |
| AENAON | Antonis Doussias | GR |
| Loop | Yoong Wah Alex Wong | TR |
| AOKIGAHARA | ilhami tunç gençer | TR |
| Architecture of the Breath | Kathy Rose | USA |
| Beings of the 2nd Sphere | Kathy L. Rose | USA |
| Bizarre Bazaar | Yoong Wah Alex Wong | TR |
| MOM, I’M NOT EATING | Sandra Araújo | PT |
| Poop | David Harris | GBR |
| Holy Krap! | Christina G Hadley | IT |
| u$aar v3.0 | Sandra Araújo | PT |
| Amis du Lac | Stephen St. Francis Decky | USA |
| All Possible Futures | Peter Whittenberger | USA |
| BOOKAKA | KOKOFREAKBEAN (Michael J. Vasquez) | USA |
Extremely Short Section of Extremely Short Films |
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| Maggie Dave – I’m Not Ready | Cassie Shao | USA |
| Takoyaki Story | Sawako Kabuki | JPN |
| BOOKAKA | KOKOFREAKBEAN (Michael J. Vasquez) | USA |
| TV | Richard Reeves | CAN |
| WIND | Dana Sink | USA |
| Twilight | Richard Reeves | CAN |
| SHABASHABA | Jessica Wu, Wei Wang | TW |
| Ce goût en bouche | Laura Passalacqua | FRA |
| Patrick In Town | Eszter Sandor, Valentína Hučková | GBR |
| Bez_Muzyki | Mykyta Lyskov | UKR |
| Pti4ka | Mykyta Lyskov | UKR |
| No feeding pigeons | Agata Piasecka | POL |
| Gonna Take Ya! | Theo Collie | BEL |
| Pandemonium | Vincent Marques, Louise Viriot, Laura Passalacqua, Baptiste Boutin, Marine Corbineau | FRA |
| Gathering | Victor Maria Lima | HU |
| Internship report | Gaïa Mendzylewski | FRA |
| 3rd Date | Veronica Solomon | RO |
| The russian troops | Pablo M. Ballarín | ES |
| Philogenia | Clothilde Hiron, Julie Paturange, Salomé Rouaud-Nicod | FRA |
| 1536 Units | Jan Rehwinkel | DE |
| Babou | François Narboux | FRA |
| Mistake | Petr Mischinger | CZE |
| Snowball Cat | Lauren Pletinckx | BEL |
| Fruity | Selwin Vervoort | NL |
| Sad Weightlifter | Lisa Astretsova | RUS |
| Health Hazard | Ansh Sirohi | SGP |
| PRELUDE | Rick Niebe | IT |
| About death | Nika Zinověva | CZE |
| PIZZA | Iván Bustingorri | BR |
| Cock a Doodle Don’t | Barry Chapman | IRL |
| cumcumcumcumcum everybody | Peter Millard | GBR |
| 5 Reasons why I don’t trust Jellyfish | Shenja Tatschke | DE |
| XYU | Donato Sansone | FRA |
| Unlikely Love | Molly Mayhew | GBR |
| Jim Zipper | Alexandre Roy | CAN |
| “this is a fish film” | Michael Bohnenstingl | DE |
| CHIMERA | Caleb Wood | USA |
| Bearing | Daniela Hýbnerová | CZE |
| The Coming | Lora D’Addazio, Claudia Espejo Cortés, Mathilde Remy | BEL |
| Bedtime Rituals | Molly Mayhew | GBR |
| Intersectional BioPolitics of Sizzurp | Eli Ayres | USA |
| Speed | Ben Mitchell | GBR |
| Gunno | Felipe Di Poi, Simeon Kondev | USA |
| Master of light | Stefan Vogt | DE |
| Swarm | Erwin Kopeng | DE |
| A FOOT RACE | Yefang Zeng | CN |
| Beware the Wolf! | Julie Rembauville | FRA |
| Artemis | Bárbara Cerro | ARG |
| Etude for Cellular Automata no. 2 | Guillaume Pelletier-Auger | CAN |
| Spunkie | Noémie Crozat | FRA |
| Los Magos | Muti | ZA |
| The Rivals | Piotr Kaźmierczak | POL |
| JUICY – SOMETHING IS GONE | Lia Bertels | FRA |
| Big(foot) Love | Alessia Cecchet, Joshua Dean Tuthill | IT |
| Morning Star | Katya Snegireva | RUS |
| I’ll call you later | maria scutaru | RO |
| The Flat | Lev Voloshin | MD |
| Night, Good Night | Vann Law | AUS |
| a little bit, just a little bit closer | Davorin Marc | SI |
Fest Anča 2020 International Animation Festival is financially supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and LITA Fund. Supported using public funds by the Slovak Arts Council. The festival is held under the auspices of the Mayor of Žilina, Peter Fiabáne.
