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GERMAN ANIMATED FILMS AT ZAGREB 2026

Festivals

36th Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film (June 8-13, 2026)

Grand Competition Short Film
CARLA AND HER LEGS (KARLA UND IHRE BEINE) by Christoph Büttner
UNIDENTIFIED NONFLYING OBJECTS (UNO) (UNIDENTIFIZIERTE UNFLUGOBJEKTE (UUO)) by Sasha Svirsky (Wait a Second!)

Student Film Competition
SENSUAL by Tanja Nuijten (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Croatian Film Competition & Children and Youth Competition
THE MOTHERLESS EGG – LENA’S FARM (DAS MUTTERLOSE EI – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (DE/HR, Studio FILM BILDER)

Children and Youth Competition
CITY IN THE FOX by Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
FIRST FLIGHT by Adrian Jaffé
TIME by Robert Löbel, Max Mörtl

WTF OFF
THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION by Nicolas Gebbe
THE UNDYING PAIN OF EXISTENCE by Oscar Jacobson (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

World Panorama
ON THE MAT OUTSIDE MY DOOR (VOR MEINER TÜR AUF EINER MATTE) by Antje Heyn (Protoplanet Studio)
TEARS by Paulina Ziółkowska (DE/PL, Wait a Second!)

Theme: Music in Animation
FIREHOUSE (FEUERHAUS) by Bärbel Neubauer
MOTION PAINTING NO. 1 by Oskar Fischinger (DE/US)
PAPAGENO by Lotte Reiniger
X by Max Hattler

Focus on Slovenia
BOLES by Špela Čadež (SI/DE, Hupe Film)
STEAKHOUSE by Špela Čadež (SI/DE/FR, Fabian&Fred)

Open-Air
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (DIE ABENTEUER DES PRINZEN ACHMED) by Lotte Reiniger