For this largely abstract music video, the experienced director of non-narrative films chose a piano composition. This music video is a dreamlike journey through cosmic landscapes, reflecting the themes of exploitation and transformation. While creating this music video in shades of blue, the director combined several animation techniques, both manual and computer-generated.

This film examines the psychological consequences of sexual violence and stalking. We follow Zora, a young girl working the night shift at a petrol station. Her shift is interrupted by a visit from her ex-boyfriend, which triggers a panic attack. Nearby reflects the imminence of danger and the availability of support. The film was made in collaboration with experts on sexual violence.

This narrative music video with elements of fantasy was made for the catchy song ‘My Way’ by the Argentinian electro pop-rock band Siamés. Regina makes her way to the ritual of initiation into magic. Makeup, glitter and a blood pact define a new attitude in Regina, who is now ready for anything.

Pinocchio felt a longing deep within him. Someday, he would become a real girl and live a life beyond the confines of make-believe. Animating directly on film stock, the renowned American experimenter updates and strongly condenses the famous story.

One day, while scrolling through his Instagratte feed, Benjamin Efrati meets his algorithm, a giant cosmic cat in neon colours. A pure reverberation of his behaviours, the algorithm is a golden prison that reinforces his beliefs and both alienates and comforts him. ‘Mon Algorithme à Moi’ is a contemporary fable in the form of a psychedelic odyssey into the virtual space of social networks.

This short reflection on Ostrava’s environment and inhabitants is based on a poem by Viktor Beznoha, who recites it himself. His apt verses full of observations and points are visualised in animation. This high-school film is an authentic and humorous testimony about our civilisation.

This music video is about the fight between communists (striking miners) and Yugoslav nationalists in Trbovlje in 1924. At that time, Slovenia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and dozens of people died in the struggle. The music video evokes the echoes of the first decades of the 20th century through artistic movements.

A disturbing story set in the near future. People are holed up in their small dwellings and live in a virtual world. Everyone films and streams various videos. They don’t have a clue that they’re not free until one of them goes outside. But the discovery of the outer reality is something their virtual masters aren’t happy to see.

In this modern fable, rife with absurd symbolism, Meat Dept. delves into the heart of a dysfunctional love relationship. Behind the dynamic of a perpetual power struggle between man and woman lies a deeper, more complex truth: the duality of feminine and masculine energies, far from forming an immutable antagonism, offers a field of perpetual creation.

Guys working on a construction site have a problem – their shovel got stuck in the sand. A student from the Plzeň Studio of Animation, known to Anifilm audiences from previous festival editions, has once again chosen a provocative topic and form. Can the guys solve their problem by lunchtime? And if not, will something happen?