The international Festival Animánie is the largest and oldest competitive showcase of audiovisual works by children and young people up to 26 years of age. The competition traditionally attracts short animated films from all around the world, and the dramaturgical board has selected a total of 120 films from several hundreds of entries.
The selected animated films will compete in three categories according to the age of their creators: the MINI (under 13 years old), MIDI (14—19 years old) and MAXI (20—26 years old). The winners will be decided by an international jury, which will award the festival's Animánička Award in each category.
We will also give the extraordinary Honza Příhoda Award as a tribute to the former long-time festival director.
Again this year, Festival Animanie also organizes a showcase of games made by young creators.
Jury

Barbora Dlouhá
Czech artist and director, best known as the author of animated music videos, jingles, special effects films, and children's series. She studied puppetry at DAMU and then animation at FAMU. She created the bedtime story series Jerboas for Czech Television and, most recently, the series A Doggie and a Pussycat. She has adapted some of the Jerboas stories into comic books for children and published them in book form. She is currently working on another comic book, this time based on the series A Doggie and a Pussycat.

Dimitri Kimplaire
Since 2007, he has been working for the Belgian animation studio Camera-etc as a film distributor for festivals, cinemas, online platforms, television, and the cultural and non-profit sectors. Prior to that, he worked at Wallonie Image Production (WIP), where he was responsible for the festival distribution of feature-length documentaries. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts from the Haute École Léon-Eli Troclet in Liège, obtained in 2007.

Ondřej Moravec
Independent director, screenwriter, and producer. He works closely with Brainz Studios, Frame Films, and Helium Film on his projects. His debut virtual reality film, Darkening, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2022 and was nominated for the Czech Lion Award as the first VR film ever. His next project, Fresh Memories: The Look, premiered at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. The second part of the project, Fragile Home, was screened at festivals in Venice, Tribeca, IDFA, and others. The project won the Cristal Award at the Annecy festival for Best VR Project. His work has been screened at more than 40 festivals around the world. He is also the curator of the VR categories at the Anifilm, Summer Film School, and Zlín Film Festival. In 2022, he founded the ART*VR festival, which is the first festival in Central and Eastern Europe completely dedicated to immersive films and VR experiences.