AWARDED 2026
GRANDTOON
WINNER IN COMPETITION OF SHORT ANIMATED FILMS
With remarkable artistic restraint and emotional precision, the film reminds us that the greatest victims of war are ordinary people, whose lives, memories, and hopes are quietly shattered by violence. Rather than relying on spectacle, Winter in March speaks through subtle imagery, silence, and the intimate language of animation, creating a universal reflection on loss, resilience, and the enduring desire for peace. Natalia Mirzoyan demonstrates the unique power of animation to express what words often cannot. The film transforms personal experience into a timeless statement against war, inviting audiences to remember our shared humanity even in the darkest moments.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF SHORT ANIMATED FILMS
A captivating film that you could watch over and over again and discover a new story and new details with each viewing. With its bold artistic direction, the Special Mention goes to Dynamo.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF SHORT ANIMATED FILMS
Through lyrical imagery, symbolism, and a captivating visual style, this film unfolds like a dream :intuitive, mysterious, and moving.
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STUDENTOON
WINNER IN COMPETITION OF SHORT STUDENTS ANIMATED FILMS
With confidence beyond its student origins, the film explores themes of memory, tradition, and human connection through a beautifully crafted narrative and expressive animation. Its poetic atmosphere and thoughtful direction demonstrate a clear artistic vision, balancing emotional depth with refined cinematic language.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF SHORT STUDENTS ANIMATED FILMS
A film who manages to immerse us in a hypnosis session as if we were actually there, with a strong visual.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF SHORT STUDENTS ANIMATED FILMS
For its outstanding sense of humor, inventive storytelling, and confident use of the animation medium. The film demonstrates how animation can turn everyday anxieties into moments of laughter, surprise, and genuine joy.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF SHORT STUDENTS ANIMATED FILMS
For its evocative exploration of the human body expressed through rich imagery and compelling sound design.
SUPERTUNE
WINNER IN COMPETITION OF ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO
For its striking realistic animation and style, capturing the spirit of the song through a man’s confrontation with the dangers of modern life.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO
Created through the painstaking animation of ceramic plates, EMORY: DIRT transforms a traditional artistic medium into a vibrant and emotionally charged visual experience. The tactile quality of the handcrafted ceramics gives the film a distinctive texture and authenticity, while its dynamic rhythm creates a seamless dialogue between music and image.
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PLANKTOON
WINNER IN COMPETITION OF SHORT ANIMATED FILMS FOR CHILDREN
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF SHORT ANIMATED FILMS FOR CHILDREN
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S – COMICS
WINNER IN COMPETITION OF COMIC BOOKS
In a world full of 10-kilo integral editions, collector’s editions, and different ways of making both shelves and backs scream in agony, it’s easy to forget that comics were, and still are, meant to be read and passed around. Comic Book Thieves bring that feeling back. Printed in a conveniently light A5 format, which almost fits in the back pocket, the first album of Stjepan Matić embodies the age gone by, at the same time breathing in a breath of fresh air to set dynamics of the Croatian comic books scene. By awarding Comic Book Thieves we chose to award the nod to tradition, dynamism of youth, fun and light read, and joy in making comics. We think that all of these are what makes comics persist in the modern world, and we’re looking forward to what this strain of comics will bring us in the future.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF COMIC BOOKS
Crossing over from the animation world to the world of comics, full of static images that stubbornly don’t move might be a challenge even for more experienced authors. We feel that “Freedom of Dreams” showed a beautiful version of this transition. Driven by the need to tell the story that needed to be told, using the strange tools and uncommon layouts, all the while living in a world as strange as the one they were diving into, authors of “Freedom of Dreams” managed to combine personal history, visual artistry and dramatic storytelling into an impactful and memorable read. We want to give praise to the book for showing the way of making the dreams come true. At least on paper.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF COMIC BOOKS
We chose to salute this attempt to participate in building bridges between narrative worlds. The one of illustration which brings back memories of childhood, of visual fascination. The one of the journal, of writing in the first person, of intimacy. And the one of comics and the many forms it can take. Exploring what is at the border of something can sometimes be more interesting than staying in the worlds which these borders separate. In the end the story and the wonderful atmosphère it allows us to dive into is all we remember.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF COMIC BOOKS
It’s not easy to stay immune to the pure visual extravaganza of Damir Stojnić’s work. No middle ground here, both for the author and the reader – you’ll either love it or hate it, but anyone reading it will have an opinion about it. We want to give a special nod to this pedal to the metal approach of working with and within the medium. It’s the passion that keeps us glued to the pages, whatever else may lay behind them.
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WINNER IN COMPETITION OF COMIC MAGAZINES
Even though it might be irrational to publish a 300-page magazine in Croatia, there’s nothing irrational about awarding it. We’ll conveniently ignore that one of the jury members has her comic published in it. Irrationalist showcases the wide range of poetic, graphic and narrative approaches that exist on a contemporary comic-book scene. It brings out the full array of crazy, beautiful, weird, smart and joyful, mapping both the history and the future of the medium. In case of emergencies it can be used as an assault weapon – which is nothing to laugh at, considering the times we all live in.
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SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF COMIC MAGAZINES
If comics can be used to inform and help others, why shouldn’t it? The jury is glad to give a spécial mention to a project that doesn’t limit comics to entertainment, and uses its spécificities to create a helping hand which anybody in need can seize.
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WINNER IN COMPETITION OF FANZINES
Questions in a world of blue acts on its reader like a poem. You read it once. Then you read it again. If you buy it you can put it on a bookshelf, forget about it and pick it out later, a day where you feel blue and read it again. Will it help? Maybe not, but you will know that you are not alone. The jury is glad to award this fanzine which reminds us that a Book can be a few pièces of paper, a printer, an emotion and a couple staples. It almost looks easy.
SPECIAL MENTION IN COMPETITION OF FANZINES
Fueled by the sheer energy of friendship, this fanzine reminds us that sometimes all that matters is the people we choose to surround ourselves with. If they are there with us, maybe everything will be ok.