Rise & Shine Competition

05. 12. 2026 at 12:30
Slovenska Kinoteka, Ljubljana

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 fifth edition were director and scriptwriter Pedro Rivero (ES), director Chris Lavis (CA), and producer Anna Vašova (CZ).

The projects will be competing for the CEE Animation Forum 2027 direct access award, for the Matea Milić Award and the Film Centre of Montenegro Award of EUR 1500, Cinefila distribution award as well as the possibility to attend the Short Film Market Clermont-Ferrand 2027.