FESTIVALS: Fest Anča 2023 Announces Selection

05-04-2023

FESTIVALS: Fest Anča 2023 Announces Selection

By FNE Staff

ŽILINA: The 16th edition of Fest Anča International Animation Festival will screen almost 230 films, of which 33 are in the main competition. The festival will be held in Žilina, Slovakia, 29 June – 2 July 2023. This year, nearly 1,400 films from 73 countries were submitted to the festival.

As usual, apart from the international and student films competition, the festival is organising competitions for music videos, short films for children and Slovak short films.

The non-competitive sections include World Panorama, Slovak Panorama, World Panorama for Kids, Short Animated Documentary, Contemporary Abstract and Non-narrative Animation, Anča in Mordor, Anička in Wonderland and Extremely Short Section of Extremely Short Films.

Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2023 is financially supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the LITA Fund. The Student Forum Fest Anča has received a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants.

FILMS COMPETING FOR THE ANČA AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED SHORT AND BEST STUDENT ANIMATED SHORT(s):

Misaligned (Poland)
Directed by Marta Magnuska

Above the clouds (s) (Hungary)
Directed by Vivien Hárshegyi

BLUSH – An Extraordinary Voyage (Finland)
Directed by Iiti Yli-Harja

backflip (Germany)
Directed by Nikita Diakur

Armat (Switzerland)
Directed by Elodie Dermange

In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket (Japan)
Directed by Yoko Yuki

Sasha (Romania)
Directed by Serghei Chiviriga

The Debutante (United Kingdom)
Directed by Elizabeth Hobbs

Amok (Hungary)
Directed by Balázs Turai

newHuman:Chimera (s) (France)
Directed by Felipe Bolivar

The Sunset Special (Germany)
Directed by Nicolas Gebbe