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World Festival of Animated Film /
short and feature edition 4 to 9 June 2018
World Festival of Animated Film / short and feature edition 4 to 9 June 2018
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Short Films Competition
‣ Grand Prix - Short Film (best short film of the festival) – cash award of 2,500 €
‣ BORIS LABBÉ - LA CHUTE France / 2018

‣ Golden Zagreb (for creativity and innovative artistic achievement) – cash award of 2,000 €
‣ NIKITA DIAKUR - FEST Germany / 2018

‣ Zlatko Grgić (best first production out of educational institutions) – cash award of 1,500 €
‣ VICTOR OROZCO RAMIREZ - 32-RBIT Germany, Mexico / 2018

‣ Mr. M – Short Film, audience award
‣ ALICE GUIMARÃES, MÓNICA SANTOS - BETWEEN THE SHADOWS Portugal, France / 2018 

Feature Films Competition
‣ Grand Prix - Feature Film (best feature film of the festival) – cash award of 2,500 €
‣EMMA DE SWAEF, MARC JAMES ROELS - THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE! Belgium, France, Netherlands / 2018

‣ Mr. M - Feature Film, audience award
‣ PATRICK IMBERT, BENJAMIN RENNER - THE BIG BAD FOX AND OTHER TALES France / 2017

Croatian Film Competition
‣ Best Croatian Film – cash award of 1,000 € sponsored by the Croatian Film Directors' Guild
‣ VELJKO POPOVIĆ - CYCLISTS Croatia, France / 2018

Student Film Competition
‣ Dušan Vukotić (best student film) – cash award of 1,000 €
‣ SAM GAINSBOROUGH - FACING IT United Kingdom / 2018

Vimeo Staff Pick Award
‣ Award for best film from Croatian Film Competition and Student Film Competition - Vimeo Staff Pick selection and and the cash award of 2,000 €
‣ RACHEL GUTGARTS - A LOVE LETTER TO THE ONE I MADE UP 
Israel / 2017

Films for Children Competition
‣ Best film for children
‣ EVAN DERUSHIE - BIRDLIME Canada / 2017

Annual Awards of the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb

At the discretion of Festival Council​

Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 - Paul Fierlinger

Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies 2018 - Paul Wells

At the discretion of the Student Films Competition Selection Committee

Best Animation School 2018 - California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) – award to an educational institution for the best choice of films submitted for selection (at the discretion of the Student Films Competition selection committee)

Special Mentions

Short Films Competition
‣ Jeanette Bonds 
‣ IGOR GRUBIĆ - HOW STEEL WAS TEMPERED 
Croatia / 2018

‣ Sanja Borčić 
‣ MARTA PAJEK - III
 Poland / 2018

‣ Piotr Dumała
‣ MOJTABA MOUSAVI - MR. DEER Iran / 2018

‣ Robert Morgan
‣ JASPER KUIPERS - FINITY CALLING Netherlands, Belgium / 2018

‣ Pedro Rivero
‣ RU KUWAHATA, MAX PORTER - NEGATIVE SPACE France / 2017

Feature Films Competition
‣ ANAÏS CAURA - THE MAN-WOMAN CASE France / 2017

Student Film Competition
‣ OLIVÉR HEGYI - TAKE ME PLEASE Hungary / 2017

‣ PAULINA ZIOLKOWSKA - BLESS YOU! Poland / 2018

Croatian Film Competition
‣ JELENA OROZ - TWO FOR TWO Croatia / 2018

Films For Children Competition
‣ MARK C. SMITH - TWO BALLOONSUnited States / 2018