Rise & Shine Competition
Old Power Station – Elektro Ljubljana
Slomškova 18
7. december, 12.00

Rise & Shine is a project development and pitching lab for first and second-time professional filmmakers with their short films (up to 20 minutes), organized by Animafest Zagreb and Animateka in collaboration with CEE Animation in three modules: focus on script, project follow-up, focus on pitch. The mentors of the third edition were director and animator Michael Dudok De Wit (NL), director and scriptwriter Pedro Rivero (ES), producer Jelena Popović (NFB, CA) and producer Anna Vašova (13ka, CZ).

The projects will be competing for the CEE Animation Forum 2025 direct access award, for the Rise & Shine 2025 Audience Award and the Film Centre of Montenegro Award of EUR 1500, as well as the possibility to attend the Short Film Market Clermont-Ferrand 2025.

Ant
Jonatan Schwenk, Independent, Germany

Countergrowth
Mackenzie Fincham, Peter Lindhout, Spotted Bird, The Netherlands

Foolish Fish Fable
Yiyang Sun, ChiaHui Lei, Kitajska, Estonia Academy of Arts, China, Estonia

Hungry Heart
Nikolina Žabčić, Andrijana Vidaček, Zagreb Film, Croatia

Margareth
Vivien Hárshegyi, Bella Szederkényi, CUB Animation, Hungary

Mrs. Monster
Sofija Kruglikova, Maja Zupanc, Invida, Slovenia

Of Words and Waves
Valène De Valck, Bastien Martin, Camera-etc, Belgium

Telegrams to the Tree
Julia Benedyktowicz, Grzegorz Waclavek, Animoon, Poland

The Dog
Mariia Ozirna, Oleksandra Kostina, Bosonfilms, Ukraine

The Molpire
Marek Čermák, Karolína Fránková, Films & Chips, Czechia

The Shoebox
Cristina Pîrvu, Helga Fodorean, Susana António, Safe Frame, COLA Animation, Romania, Portugal