Ten films have been selected for the Long Animated Film Competition, including Hungary’s Four Souls of Coyote by Áron Gauder, Slovak/Czech The Websters Movie by Katarína Kerekesová, and My Love Affair with Marriage (Latvia, United States, Luxembourg) directed by Signe Baumane.
As usual, the Official Selection also includes international competitions for short films, student films, abstract and non-narrative animations, music videos, VR films and computer games.
The Czech Horizon holds competitions for short films, student films, music videos, commissioned works and series.
The festival is also hosting the Creatoola Animarket 2023, the biggest animation networking event in the Czech Republic, which welcomes professionals in the field of animation, VFX, and VR / AR TV.
Anifilm is organised by the Citizens’ Association for the Support of Animated Film (OSPAF).
Long Animated Film Competition:
Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (France)
Directed by Jean-Christophe Roger, Julien Cheng
Three Robbers and a Lion (Norway)
Directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Four Souls of Coyote (Hungary)
Directed by Áron Gauder
Produced by Cinemon Entertainment
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI)
No Dogs or Italians Allowed (France)
Directed by Alain Uguetto
My Love Affair with Marriage (Latvia, United States, Luxembourg)
Directed by Signe Baumane
Produced by Studio Locomotive
Coproduced by The Marriage Project LLC, Antevita Films
Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, Film Fund Luxembourg, New York State Council on the Arts, New York’s Governor’s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development, the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre, BBPostHouse Riga, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, H. O. Peet Foundation, Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, the Ravenal Foundation Grant of New York Women in Film & Television, Creative Europe MEDIA
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (France, Luxembourg, Canada, the Netherlands)
Directed by Pierre Földes
Unicorn Wars (Spain, France)
Directed by Alberto Vásquez
The Websters Movie (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Katarína Kerekesová
Produced by Fool Moon
Coproduced by 13ka, Progressive FX, RTVS, the Czech Television
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund
Perlimps (Brazil)
Directed by Alê Abreu
Yuku and the Himalayan Flower (France)
Directed by Rémi Durin, Arnaud Demuynck