Animest International Animation Film Festival The Awards of the 20th edition, 2025

ANIMEST TROPHY
Dollhouse Elephant – Finland 2025, directed by Jenny Jokela

SPECIAL MENTION FOR A SHORT FILM 
Biting the Hand that Feeds You – Belgium, France 2025, directed by Chantal Peten

BEST ANIDOC 
I Died in Irpin – Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine 2024, directed by Anastasiia Falileieva

BEST STUDENT FILM 
Children of the Black Sea – France 2025, directed by Mihaela Mîndru

BEST FEATURE FILM
The Square – South Korea 2025, directed by Bo-sol Kim

SPECIAL MENTION FOR A FEATURE FILM 
Tales from the Magic Garden – Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, France 2025, directed by     David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec    

BEST ROMANIAN FILM
On Saint Nicolas' Eve – Romania 2025, directed by Emy Mirel Ivașcă

SPECIAL MENTION FOR A ROMANIAN FILM 
Mouth-Full – Romania 2025, directed by Monica Efimov

SPECIAL MENTION FOR A ROMANIAN FILM 
Ferenc Kenéz: Close up the house – Romania 2025, directed by Kristóf Szántai

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Horizonte – Argentina 2024, directed by Pablo Rafael Roldán

SPECIAL MENTION FOR A MUSIC VIDEO
Disappear – Portugal 2024, directed by Ala Nunu

SPECIAL MENTION FOR A MUSIC VIDEO
Castle – Taiwan 2024, directed by Jeci Chen

BEST VR
Murmuration – Canada 2025, directed by Patricia Bergeron

SPECIAL MENTION FOR A VR FILM
Lichtung – Germany 2025, directed by Aria Wolf

TEEN JURY AWARD
Flavours of Iraq – Belgium, France 2025, directed by Léonard Cohen
        
AUDIENCE AWARD
Free the chicken! – Slovakia, Czech Republic 2024, directed by Matúš Vizár
        
MINIMEST AWARD - BEST CHILDREN’S FILM
Those Three Little Words – USA 2025, directed by Madelyn Kieh

PITCH, PLEASE! RISE&SHINE AWARD
Cornucopia by Matei Monoraru

PITCH, PLEASE! BLACK SEA WORKSHOP AWARD
Tangled Tails by Oleg Condrea
Nimfele by Alina Gheorghe
Running Out Of Time by Mirela Raicu

TOON SCRIPTS AWARD 
Emptinest by Teodora Mihăilă & Alberto Păduraru 

GREEN SHEEP BADGE 
Forevergreen – USA 2025, directed by Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears