Rising of Lusitania - Animadoc Film Festival 2024
Festival Description:
Organizer of the Rising of Lusitania-AnimaDoc Film Festival is Animation Across Borders. The base of the Rising of Lusitania -AnimaDoc Film Festival is an international competition dedicated entirely to animated documentaries. The first recognized example of animadoc (animated documentary) is Winsor McCay's short film “The Sinking of the Lusitania” (1918, 12-minute-long), which uses animation to portray the 1915 sinking of RMS Lusitania.
2024 Festival Coverage
Selected films:
Professional AnimaDoc
74 (Cyprus 2024, 16:00)
Director: Charalambos Margaritis
ANITA, LOST IN THE NEWS (Iran 2023, 16:54)
Director: Behzad Nalbandi
DISABLED: A LOVE STORY (United States 2024, 13:17)
Director: Sheila M. Sofian
EUROPE BY BIDON (France 2022, 14:32)
Directors: Samuel Albaric, Thomas Trichet
GIGI (France 2023, 13:55)
Director: Cynthia Calvi
I DIED IN IRPIN (Czech Republic 2024, 11:22)
Director: Anastasiia Falileieva
IBUKA, JUSTICE (Canada 2024, 22:53)
Director: Justice Rutikara
MAKE OR BREAK (Germany 2022, 08:06)
Directors: Mike Plitt, Falk Schuster
MARIUPOL. A HUNDRED NIGHTS (Ukraine/Germany 2023, 07:26)
Director: Sofiia Melnyk
NOTHING TO HIDE (Canada 2024, 05:31)
Director: Masoud Bahmani
SWIMMING WITH WINGS (Netherlands 2023, 10:39)
Director: Daphna Awadish Golan
THE MEATSELLER (Italy 2023, 17:13)
Director: Margherita Giusti
VIA DOLOROSA (France 2023, 10:36)
Director: Rachel Gutgarts
VILLA MADJO (Belgium 2023, 13:25)
Director: Elen Sylla Grollimund
ZARKO, YOU WILL SPOIL THE CHILD! (Croatia 2024, 13:37)
Directors: Veljko Popovic, Milivoj Popovic
Student AnimaDoc
09.01.BERKOVICH (Germany 2024, 06:00)
Director: Anya Ryzhkova, Bauhaus University Weimar
DOKRA KEU BOJHEY NA (India 2023, 07:44)
Directors: Sneha Das, Monjima Mullick, Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute
COLOURFUL WHITE (China/UK 2024, 04:33)
Director: Jiahao Li, Central Saint Martins, UAL
LIQUIDITY (THE NET WILL CRADLE THE FISH), (Netherlands/UK 2024 05:26)
Director: Annabel Quick, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK)
MY MOM (Poland 2024, 12:40)
Director: Agnieszka Popińska, The Polish National Film School
THE KNOTS OF DESTINY (France 2023, 07:31)
Director: Déborah Chang, Institut Couleur Image Design (ISCID)
IS THIS NOW THE TIME I SHOULD LET YOU GO? (Taiwan/Finland 2023, 09:00)
Director: Yi-Chin Tsai, Aalto University
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE FOREST (Poland 2023, 10:00)
Director: Szymon Ruczyński, Film School Lodz
Best MOCK<anima>DOC
LITTER PECKER (United Kingdom 2024, 03:26)
Director: Maisie Race, University of the West of England
MAN'S BEST FRIEND (United States 2024, 04:05)
Director Jaimi Qiu, California Institute of the Arts
MARTHA (Switzerland 2024, 06:53)
Director: Marcel Barelli
MERMAID COW SAGA (United States 2024, 05:00)
Director: Sashko Danylenko
THE MOONING (United States 2024, 03:11)
Directors: Vivian Osness, Mason Klesch, Ringling College of Art and Design
PANORAMIC VIEW FROM THE COMMAND DECK
non-competitive section
A VISUALIZATION OF A CUT (Denmark 2024, 07:19)
Director: Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist
ATLANTROPA (Germany 2024, 15:58)
Directors: Nils Eberwein, Julian Gilbert, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg
BAIGAL NUUR - LAKE BAIKAL (Canada 2023, 08:56)
Director: Alisi Telengut
BIOSHORTS – REGENERATION TRICKS (Czech Republic 2024, 03:23)
Director: Daniela Hýbnerová
FRAGMENTED FINGER PRINTS (Portugal 2024, 10:00)
Directors: 4th grade students from primary schools in the municipality of Montemor, Colectivo Fotograna 24
GALES FROM GAZA (Nigeria 2024, 06:29)
Director: Kayo
HIDE & SEEK (Palestine 2024, 07:14)
Director: Rami Abbas
I HAD NOTHING (United States 2024, 02:45)
Director: Elyse Kelly
IN BETWEEN CITY (Czech Republic 2023, 08:50)
Director: Ilya Kreines, UMPRUM
SCARED (Kyrgyzstan 2024, 13:36)
Director: Children Laboratory ATOM
THE BLANKET (Estonia 2024, 02:13)
Directors: Regina Vitányi, Karl Kaisel
THE OSTRICH HAS RUN AWAY (Estonia 2023, 03:21)
Director: Water
Call for Entries (Archive)
- The base of the Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival is an international competition dedicated entirely to animated documentaries
- Under the name of “animadoc” / “animated documentaries,” the Organizer understands the movie that combines animation with the documentary context or documentary approach.
- For the Competition, the fesitval accepts animated documentaries, from all over the world, done in any animation technique, not longer than 30 minutes (with closing credits), where the animation is at least 90% of the full movie length and realized after January 1st, 2022.
Submission to the competition is free of charge.
- Regulations and submissions via FilmFreeway
- Deadline: 31 July 2024
2023 Festival Coverage
The festival trailer
Piotr Tokarz - born in '94, a student at the Wrocław Academy of Fine Arts, majoring in Media Art. He started to be interested in animation during his studies, but before that he tried his hand at creating films, mainly music videos. On a daily basis, he works as a graphic designer, and in his spare time he realizes himself in the artistic field. In his works, he experiments with various techniques, looking for an appropriate visual means to express himself.
2022 Festival Coverage
2021 Festival Coverage
2020 Festival Coverage
2019 Festival Coverage:
- The Driver Is Red, Egg, Life of Death Take Home Rising of Lusitania Awards
- Full Daily Schedule for the 2019 Rising of Lusitania Animadoc Fest
- 35 Animation Documentaries Selected for 2019 Rising of Lusitania Animadoc Film Festival
Event Dates
- From 11 September 2024 to 14 November 2024
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