2014

4–28 September, Lavra Gallery; ~187 submitted entries from 36 countries. 

Jury Members: Garri Bardin, Bill Plympton, Roman Balayan, Vlad Troyitskyi, Oleg Skrypka, Liliya Mlynarych, Andriy Kulykov, Reynold Schumacher.

Special guest: Pierre Bastien

Festival programme:

  • national competition;
  • international competition;
  • social animation;
  • Czech animation panorama;
  • screening of Ukrainian media art;
  • full dome animation;
  • retrospective of Bill Plympton and Garri Bardin.

Award winners:

Best film in the national competition:

«The Swan»

Ukraine | 2013 | Sashko Danylenko

Our souls are like swans. We have the only one true love in life. But true love is stronger than time or distance.

Best film in the international competition:

«Marylin Myller»

UK | 2013 | Mikey Please

Marilyn is trying really hard to create something good. For once, her expectation and reality are going to align. It will be epic. It will be tear jerkingly profound. It will be perfect. Nothing can go wrong.

«The Missing Scarf»

Ireland | 2013 | Eoin Duffy

A black comedy exploring some of life's common fears: fear of the unknown, of failure, rejection and finally the fear of death. 

Winner of the social competition from Olena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation:

«Deadly Love» Fireflies shadow theatre (Chernihiv)

Thanks and financial support for development and future achievements in animation industry from the founder of the festival Michael Tsarev go to Toonguru Animation Studio