Anibar International Animation Festival

Festival Description
Anibar International Animation Festival is the only animation festival in Kosova, and one of the biggest cultural events in the country. Since the beginning, the festival is organized and held in various settings in the city of Peja.
2021 Call for Entries (Archive)
Any animated film or music video, including computer-generated animation and combinations of live-action, that are completed after January 01, 2021, can participate. Films completed prior to January 01, 2021, are not eligible for participation. This rule does not count for Feature Film Competition, in this category the Festival accepts films that have been completed in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
. In order to be considered for competition at the Festival, the film must be less than 30 minutes long (including credits). For Feature Film Competition, the film should not exceed 120 minutes (including credits).
Categories and competitions:
- International Competition (short animated films under 30 minutes, from every country of the world),
- Student Competition (short animated films under 30 minutes that were completed as part of university studies, graduation films included, from every country of the world),
– Balkan Competition (short animated films under 30 minutes, produced in Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Slovenia, Turkey, and Romania),
- Human Rights Competition (short animated films under 30 minutes, from every country of the world),
– Feature Film Competition (feature animated films not longer than 120 minutes’ maximum, from every country of the world),
– Music Video Competition (animated music videos under 10 minutes, from every country of the world),
– Kids and Teen Programs (short films under 30 minutes that are produced for the children audience, from every country of the world)
The categories and competitions are as follow:
- International Competition (short animated films under 30 minutes, from every country of the world),
- Student Competition (short animated films under 30 minutes that were completed as part of university studies, graduation films included, from every country of the world),
– Balkan Competition (short animated films under 30 minutes, produced in Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Slovenia, Turkey, and Romania),
- Human Rights Competition (short animated films under 30 minutes, from every country of the world),
– Feature Film Competition (feature animated films longer than 30 minutes, from every country of the world),
– Music Video Competition (animated music videos under 10 minutes, from every country of the world),
– Kids and Teen Competition (short films under 30 minutes that are produced for the children audience, from every country of the world)
For the following seven competition programs, the winning films are rewarded with Anibar Crown and prize money:
– Best International
– Best Balkan
– Best Student
– Best Human Rights
– Best Feature Film
– Best Animated Music Video
– Best Kids&Teen
– Crown for the Audience Award
- Deadline: 31 March 2022
- Full regulations and submission form
2021 Festival Coverage
2020 Festival Coverage
Winners:
International Competition
Winner:All Those Sensations in my Belly
Programme
From 1300 films, 139 were selected by the programming team to be screened during the 7 days of the festival. The films are divided into 7 categories, where 5 of them will be in competition: International Competition, Student Competition, Balkan Competition, Animated Music VIdeo Competition, and the Human Rights Category. Whereas the other 2 categories will be out of competition: Panorama Out Of Competition, and Kids & Teen Program.
Among the films selection Anibar will screen the World Premiere of All Those Sensations in my Belly by Marko Dješka in the Balkan Category and the Human Rights Category.
Most of the programs are held through the online platform "Zoom" while the films will have a special platform on which they will be screened. Also, each activity will be broadcasted directly through the virtual platforms.
The spicy program of films that will be screened during August have been selected, nominated, or screened in a number of other festivals like: Annecy International Animation Film Festival, The Academy Awards, Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb, Kaboom, Fantoche, Anifilm, Stuttgart Trickfilm International Animated Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, and many more.
Jury: Clémence Bragard, Yves Nougarede, Joanna Priestley
Festival Trailer
2019 Festival Coverage
- Anibar 2019 Winners
- Anibar Festival Collaborates With Central Eastern European Partners
- Anibar Festival Declares ARTivism for its 2019 Edition
2019 Festival Trailer
Hopes and Fears!
In a society which is consistently becoming indifferent towards political, social and environmental changes, in the tenth edition of Anibar, we will treat our hopes and fears to inspire action and promote civic activism through arts. Trailer, artwork, and animation by Alice Saey, music and sound by Ruben van Asselt.
2018 Festival Coverage:
Winners:
International Competition: Winner: Carlotta's Face / Special Mention: Intimity
Student Competition
Winner: Flower Found! / Special Mention: Augenblicke - a blink of an eye / Special Mention: Enough
Balkan Competition
Winner: Untravel / Special Mention: The Monk
Animated Music Video Competition
Winner: Happy / Special Mention: F I N K E L : w / o / Special Mention: Engine of Progress
Feature Film Competition: Winner: Chris the Swiss
Public Awar
Winner: iRony
- Anibar Workshops and Masterclasses
- The full festival programme
- Anibar Goes 50/50 in its 9th Edition
- 9th Anibar Festival Showcases Edvin Susuri
2017 Festival Coverage
- Anibar Reclaims the City
- Competition Programme
- Anibar Talks: Q&A with the new director Petrit Gora
- Georges Schwizgebel Retrospective
2016 Festival Coverage
Best International: A Coat Made Dark – Ireland (Jack O’shea )
Best Student Sea Child – United Kingdom (Minha Kim)
Best Environmental October 2050 – Czech Republic (Alzbeta Gobelova)
Best Balkan Of Slaves and Robots – Serbia (Miloc Tomic)
Best Animated Music Video Quack Fat – Opiuo – Australia (Jonathan Chong)
Audience Award He who has two souls – France (Fabrice Luang-Vija)
Special Mentions:
Shell All – France (Zaver Najjar), Velodrool – Estonia (Sander Joon), The More I know – Czech Republic (Marek Naprstek), RRRING RRRING – Germany (Thomas Kneffel)
D 729 – Belgium (Levi Stoops), Ivan’s Need – Switzerland (Veronika L. Montanom Manuela Leuenberger, Lukas Suter)
2015 Festival Coverage
2015 WINNERS
-Best International – We can’t live without cosmos, Russian Federation 15’
-Best Balkan - 100% mood, Bulgaria 4’
-Audience Award - We can’t live without cosmos, Russian Federation 15’
-Student Award – With joy and merriness, Belgium 6’
-Environmental Award – Planet ∑, France 11’
-Music Video Award – Sandro Joyeux, Romania 3’
-Best Strip - Arvan Berisha- Stripi për ambientin
2014 Festival Coverage
2013 Festival Coverage
NB: 2023 Festival Dates are tentative.
Event Dates
- From 11/07/2023 to 17/07/2023