Festival director Petr Slavik told FNE that the team behind Anifilm was the same group that founded the original festival nine years ago. "The city called and asked us if it would even be possible to do the festival in such a short time," he said. Slavik contacted the former team, who all agreed to work for the festival for free. "It's a real labor of love," he added.

The festival's competition was scaled back to two categories, Student animated films and TV/commissioned animated films, from only the Czech and Slovak Republics. The long-standing tradition of animation in both countries proved sufficient to pull together a small competitive section, with top prizes going to the Czech film Nunovo Tango by Jaromir Plachy, which won both the TV/commissioned film prize and Audience Award. The best student film award went to Michal Mészáros from Slovakia for Pružinka (The String). Jakub Kouřil of Tomas Bata University in Zlin won the award for best author's film with Cestou lesní (The Great Law of Nature).

The city of Trebon unveiled a newly renovated cinema just in time for the festival, to the delight of local citizens and filmmakers alike. While attendance at Anifilm was below the level of the predecessor festival, professionals turned out to show their support, included awarded filmmakers Michaela Pavlatova, Aurel Klimt (who also contributed an impressive exhibit for the festival) and Maria Prochazkova.

Slavik said the festival will add a competitive section for feature length animation in future. A presentation of new Czech animated film in development and production indicated that the selection committee will have a wealth of choices. At least 14 Czech animated films are planned for completion in the next three years. Anifilm is on the way to building future loyalty to the festival as well. Over the long holiday week-end (April 28-May2), several student workshops were held, with dozens of young Czech animators attending.