The 32nd Etiuda & Anima Festival (Krakow, 14-19 November 2025) handed out its animation prizes. The Belgian/French film 'Autokar' by the Polish director Sylwia Szkiłądź, a story of a girl in an immigration journey, won the Grand Prix Golden Jabberwocky of the festival - it is the second Polish festival (after this year's Animator Festival) that awards its prize to the film.

The divorce story of 'Dog Ear' by Hungarian animation director  Péter Vácz won the Silver Jabberwocky, while Jan Saska's urban story of 'Hurikán' won the third prize.

Ferdinand Ehrhardt's study of failed masculinity, 'Detlev' won the festival's best student prize award; in the Best Animation Feature (Anima 60+), the veteran  Jean-François Laguionie won with his  'A Boat in the Garden' film.

The full lineup of Etiuda & Anima 2025 Animation Winners:

ANIMA COMPETITION VERDICT

Jury: Peter Lord (Great Britain), Marcin Podolec (Poland), Lea Vidakovic (Serbia)

 Grand Prix Golden Jabberwocky and 7.000 PLN
 

AUTOKAR,  Directed by: Sylwia Szkiłądź, Screenplay: Sylwia Szkiłądź, Production: Ozù Productions, Amopix, Vivi Film & Novanima, Country: Belgium, France, Year: 2025, Running time: 17'27''

Justification:  For its unique and gentle blending of fairytale with the rough edges of imigrant life. The jury writes this statement with a blue pen with googly eyes.

Silver Jabberwocky and 3.000 PLN
 DOG EAR,  Directed by: Péter Vácz, Screenplay: Péter Vácz, Production: Gábor Osváth (Filmfabriq / Boddah), Country: Hungary, Year: 2025, Running time: 20'44''

Bronze Jabberwocky and 1.000 PLN
 HURIKÁN, Directed by: Jan Saska , Screenplay: Jan Saska, Václav Hašek, Production: Last Films, MAUR film, Laïdak Films, Artichoke, AEON Production, Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Year: 2024, Running time: 13'07''

Special Golden Jabberwocky for the best student animation of the Festival and 2.000 PLN
 DETLEV,  Directed by: Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Screenplay: Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg), Saskia Stirn, Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Country: Germany, Year: 2024, Running time: 12'50''

Special Golden Jabberwocky for the best polish animation and 5.000 PLN
 THE POOL OR DEATH OF A GOLDFISH, Directed by: Daria Kopiec, Screenplay: Daria Kopiec, Production: Marmolada Films, Country: Poland, Year: 2025, Running time: 13'48''

Special Golden Jabberwocky for the best school of animation: TAMA ART UNIVERSITY, TOKYO, JAPAN
 

Jury Individual Mentions:

• Peter Lord’s mention:  DESI OON, Directed by: Suresh Eriyat, Screenplay: Suresh Eriyat, Production: Nilima Eriyat, Country: India, Year: 2025, Running time: 8'02''
• Lea Vidakovic’s mention: GOODBYE WAVES,  Directed by: Ruihan Yang, Screenplay: Ruihan Yang, Production: Tama Art University (Tokyo), Country: China, Japan, Year: 2025, Running time: 8'30''
• Marcin Podolec’s mention: HUMANITY,  Directed by: Tereza Kovandová, Screenplay: Tereza Kovandová, Lukáš Hrdý, Production: FAMU (Prague), Cinepoint, Country: Czech Republic, Year: 2024, Running time: 7'44''

Student Jury Verdict (Maria Michalska, Barbara Szczerbanowskaj, Karolina Zdunek)

DETLEV,  Directed by: Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Screenplay: Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg), Saskia Stirn, Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Country: Germany, Year: 2024, Running time: 12'50''

Justification: For creating an ode to the microwave, treating frozen masculinity with tenderness and for humorously addressing the subject of depression among manual laborers.

Audience Choice
DOG EAR:  Directed by: Péter Vácz, Screenplay: Péter Vácz, Production: Gábor Osváth (Filmfabriq / Boddah), Country: Hungary, Year: 2025, Running time: 20'44''

ANIMA60’+ COMPETITION VERDICT

Jury:  Nuno Beato (Portugal), Radostina Neykova (Bulgaria), Stefano Sasso (Italy)

 Grand Prix and a cash prize: 

A BOAT IN THE GARDEN / SLOCUM ET MOI,  Directed by: Jean-François Laguionie, Screenplay: Anik Le Ray, Jean-François Laguionie, Country: Luxembourg, France, Year: 2024, Running time: 75'00''

Justification:  A poetic film with a consistent narrative that involves us in a familiar ambiance. A temporal universe that lets us be carried away by an ocean of emotions in the face of the construction of a strong relationship in the shape of a ship.

Student jury verdict:  Jury: Szymon Białobrzeski, Julia Wiereńko, Anna Zielińska
FLOW,  Directed by: Gints Zilbalodis, Screenplay: Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Country: France, Latvia, Belgium, Year: 2024, Running time: 84'00''

Justification: For a true flood — both the one pouring from the screen and the one streaming from our eyes. Flow, using biblical archetypes, draws the viewer into a world where ecological disaster intertwines with a visual sensitivity to beauty. And all this was achieved on a laughably small budget and with a few brilliantly animated animals that gently remind us of our own furry friends — the ones scratching our couches while we sink comfortably into a cinema seat.

“Flowing” smoothly into our conclusion — this award is not only our choice, but also a sheer joy and a hopeful sign of a new wave in mainstream cinema. To quote a classic: “Saturday is cat day,” so let’s celebrate!

The 32nd Etiuda & Anima Festival took place 14-19 October 2025 in Kraków, Poland.

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