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GERMAN ANIMATED FILMS AT LJUBLJANA 2025

Festivals

22nd Animateka International Animated Film Festival Ljubljana (December 1-7, 2025)

Main Competition
9 MILLION COLORS by Bára Anna (CZ/NO/DE, Reynard Film)
FLOATING by Jelena Milunović (RS/HR/DE, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
TEARS by Paulina Ziolkowska (DE/PL, Wait A Second!)

European New Talent Competition
GAЇA by Gwenola Heck (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
OCCHIO by Giulia Falciani (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
THE SKY WAS CANDY by Anh Tú Nguyen (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
STEREOTON by Cecilia Hökenschnieder (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
THE UNDYING PAIN OF EXISTENCE by Oscar Jacobson (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
WHIRLWIND (DAS SCHWIRRGEWIRR) by Stella Hood, Mascha Balura, Gülberk Elif Bosgelmez (Kunsthochschule Kassel)

VR@Animateka
LICHTUNG by Aria Wolf (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
OUT OF NOWHERE by Kris Hofmann (AT/DE/GB, spec.studio)

The Elephant in Competition
FIRST FLIGHT by Adrian Jaffé
FULL NEST – LENA’S FARM (VOLLES NEST – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
ON THE MAT OUTSIDE MY DOOR (VOR MEINER TÜR AUF EINER MATTE) by Antje Heyn (Protoplanet Studio)
TIME by Robert Löbel, Max Mörtl (Klimpa Studio)

Student Panorama
DO SOMETHING by Sofija Živković (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
HAG by Isabella Marquart (University of Applied Sciences Hamburg)
MY GRANDMOTHER IS A SKYDIVER by Polina Piddubna (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
SUCKER by Angelina Damm (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
WELL COME TO THE BEACH by Pia Mingyue Sun (Kunsthochschule Kassel)

Animated Documentaries
CHRYSANTHEMUM by Jingyuan Luo (Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
MAMA MICRA by Rebecca Blöcher (Fabian&Fred)
MAYA’S SONG by Franziska Schönenberger, Jayakrishnan Subramanian (Family Business Film)

Pinscreen Retrospective
CONTRADICTION OF HAPPINESS by Irina Rubina (iraru.films)

Shorts for Adults: WTF OFF
BIRDS WHOSE LEGS FALL OFF by Dirk Verschure (DE/NL)