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15 Apr 2026 | 10:00—11:00
Is Your Film Prepared for Blind and Deaf Audiences?
Speaker: Ligia Soare (Romania) Paula Benu (Romania)
This webinar explores what actually happens to a film when it is prepared for blind and Deaf audiences, how elements such as audio description, sign…
Lecture
26 Mar 2026 | 11:00—12:00
How to Maximise Your Business and Opportunities
Vanessa Chapman (The Growth Partners, UK) Aimée Norman (The Growth Partners, UK)
How can animation studios strengthen their business foundations and unlock new opportunities for growth? In this webinar, experts from Growth Partners will guide participants through…
Keynote
22 Jan 2026 | 10:00—11:00
Inside the VFX Pipeline Integrating CG Animation from Start to Finish
Speaker: Michal Křeček (Czechia)
The keynote will present the complete process of creating visual effects that include animated CG elements, from pre-production to finalizing the shot, with a focus…
Keynote
16 Dec 2025 | 14:00—15:00
How to Create Educational Materials and School Distribution Strategies for Animated Films
Speakers: Lucija Smodiš (Slovenia) Petra Gajžler (Slovenia)
This webinar will examine how animated films can be thoughtfully curated for young audiences through a combination of pedagogical exhibition, school-oriented distribution, and structured educational…
Case Study
03 Dec 2025 | 10:00—11:00
How to Get Your Kids’ Project Commissioned by CEE National Broadcasters
Speakers: Michaela Sabolcakova (Slovakia) Martina Peštaj (Slovenia) Tiivi Tüür (Estonia)
In this webinar, you’ll gain unique insights into the commissioning practices of three selected public broadcasters from Central and Eastern Europe. Michaela Sabolčáková (Slovak TV…
Panel discussion
26 Nov 2025 | 10:00—11:00
Rotoscopy in Animation
Speaker: Olga Zhurzhenko (Poland)
Rotoscopy is experiencing a renaissance, especially in adult animation and art-house projects. This session explores what rotoscopy truly is (and what it isn’t), tracing its…
Keynote
19 Nov 2025 | 10:00—11:00
Unreal Engine Live Demonstration for Film and Animation
Speaker: Déri Miklós (Hungary)
Unreal Engine has become one of the most powerful tools transforming animation, game development, and virtual production. This 45-minute moderated session provides a hands-on introduction…
Masterclass
12 Nov 2025 | 11:00—12:00
Reaching Audiences on Roblox
Speaker: Elizabeth Mathieson (UK)
Step into the metaverse with the BBC! Discover how we boldly entered Roblox and connected with a whole new generation. This session unveils the creative…
Keynote
16 Oct 2025 | 10:00—11:00
Co-Producing Stop-Motion Feature Films Across Borders
Speaker: Kerdi Oengo (Estonia)
Join us for a webinar with Kerdi Oengo, Executive Producer at Nukufilm Studios, as she shares her expertise in navigating international co-productions of stop-motion feature…
Masterclass
26 Aug 2025 | 10:00—11:00
Bridging the Distribution Gap in Animated Short Film
Speakers: () Petra Gajžler (Slovenia) Ligia Soare (Romania) Matea Milić (Croatia)
How can animation reach broader, more diverse audiences across Central and Eastern Europe – and beyond? In this CEE Animation Experience webinar, discover how the…
Keynote
24 Jun 2025 | 10:00—11:00
Green Animation Guide – How to Reduce the Environmental Impact of the Animation Industry
Alissa Aubenque (France) Adrien Roche (France)
The Green Animation Guide was released at this year’s MIFA and is the first international reference guide for sustainable practices in animation. It provides peer-driven…
Keynote
26 May 2025 | 14:00—15:00
Keep Festive and Create Safer Events
Speakers: Aneta Ozorek (Kaboom Animation Festival) Anastasiya Verlinska (LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival)
How can we make festivals truly festive—for everyone? Join us for an essential CEE Animation Experience webinar dedicated to Keep Festive, a new international initiative…
Case Study Discussion
23 Apr 2025 | 14:00—15:00
Making of Pelikan Blue – The Journey of an Animated Feature Documentary
Speaker: Ádám Felszeghy (Hungary)
Hungarian producer Ádám Felszeghy will take us behind the scenes of the animated documentary Pelikan Blue (2023). He will share insights into its development, production…
Masterclass
10 Mar 2025 | 14:00—15:00
Mechanical Rigging in Maya: From Start to Finish
Speaker: Daniel Beňovič (Slovakia)
This workshop will cover the rigging process of mechanical prop in Autodesk Maya, from start to finish, showing how AI can handle repetitive tasks, speed…
Case Study
11 Dec 2024 | 13:00—14:00
Unlocking Opportunities with Polish Animation Studios
Speakers: Robert Jaszczurowski (Poland) Grzegorz Skorupski (Poland) Karolina Rudnicka (Poland)
Case Study
27 Nov 2024 | 10:00—11:00
Exploring Practical AI Tools and Techniques in Animation with Martin Smatana
Speaker: Martin Smatana (Slovakia)
Masterclass
28 Oct 2024 | 10:00—11:00
The Story Behind the Success of Hungarian Animated Feature Films
Speakers: Réka Temple (Hungary) Orsolya Sipos (Hungary) Gábor Osváth (Hungary)
Case Study Discussion
25 Sep 2024 | 09:00—10:00
9 Million Colors: Stop Motion Musical -The Fun and Falls of Producing This Genre
Speakers: Bára Anna (Czechia) Jakub Kostal (Czechia)
Case Study
05 Jun 2024 | 14:00—15:30
How to Create Captivating Content for Young Audience?
Speaker: Mascha Halberstad (Netherlands)
Masterclass
27 Apr 2023 | 10:00—11:30
Growing Up with Animation: How It Shapes and Connects Generations
Speakers: Réka Temple (Hungary) Maciej Jakubczyk (Poland) Zuzana Oharek Bahulova (Czech Republic) Linda Hambäck (Sweden)
Join our panel discussion on animation for young audiences. Talking about young audience cinema, it is often assumed that animation might be the only type…
Panel discussion
13 Apr 2023 | 10:00—11:00
How a Strong Director-Producer Relationship Leads to Successful Filmmaking
Speaker: Martin Vandas (Czech Republic)
How to build a long-relationship between producer and director? The lecture is based on the examples of authors and their cooperation with producer during the…
Case Study
29 Mar 2023 | 10:00—11:30
THE SIREN – Using new possibilities in animation to tell a compelling anti-war story
Speakers: Sepideh Farsi (Iran) Tomas Danay (Slovakia) Juraj Krasnohorsky (Slovakia)
The focus of this masterclass will be on the feature-length animated film THE SIREN, on which a large part of the animation of the 3D…
Masterclass
28 Feb 2023 | 14:00—15:00
A Journey of an Eastern European IP to the German Market
Speakers: Susanne Freese (Germany) Anna Vášová (Czech Republic) Katarina Kerekesova (Slovakia)
What made a German distributor pick an Easter Europe IP? What does it take to successfully pitch a project to German decision markers and to…
Case Study
21 Feb 2023 | 14:00—15:00
Green puppetmaking – challenges and possibilities
Speakers: Paulina Zacharek (Poland) Arturo Tornero Aceves (Mexico) Birgit Heidsiek (Germany)
Panel discussion
01 Dec 2022 | 12:15—13:15
TV Specials for Children: Who, what, how?
Speakers: Martina Peštaj (RTV Slovenia) Jure Vizjak (Invida, SIovenia) Clémence Bragard (AFCA / ASIFA-France)
Join us for a panel discussion on the topic of TV Specials for children. We will explore an overview of the content, formats and financing…
Panel discussion
16 Nov 2022 | 14:00—15:00
The Peasants – case study with Sean Bobbitt
Speaker: Sean Bobbitt (Poland)
Sean Bobbitt, producer and CEO at BreakThru Films, the animation studio behind the Oscar® nominated ‘Loving Vincent’ and Oscar® winning ‘Peter & The Wolf’, will…
Case Study
03 Nov 2022 | 16:30—17:35
CEE Public TV Animation Acquisition and Co-production Managers
Petr Farkaš (Cezch Republic) Halka Marčeková (Slovakia) Audronė Šepetė (Lithuania) Tiivi Tuur (Estonia) Zane Valeniece (Latvia) Kresimir Zubcic (Croatia)
To finance their projects (animation series/films, etc.), independent producers crucially depend on the support from their national broadcasters and from national and international funds. The…
Panel discussion
18 Oct 2022 | 14:00—14:45
Step-by-step to Creating Stop Motion Feature Film
Speakers: Jan Bubeníček (Czech Republic) Jan Kurka (Czech Republic)
The feature-length animated film “Even Mice Belong to Heaven” (dir. Jan Bubeníček, Denisa Grimmová), created with puppet technology, had its world premiere last year at…
Case Study
07 Oct 2022 | 10:00—11:00
Masterclass: Zsuzsanna Kreif
Speaker: Zsuzsanna Kreif (Hungary)
It is more difficult to find the time and motivation for it, so that you are able to make a living and realize your own…
Masterclass
07 Oct 2022 | 11:15—12:15
The Art of Cheating: Creating the Video Game Card Shark
Speaker: Nicolai Troshinsky (Russia)
He will reveal his own conceptual and technical tricks that have helped him achieve unique visual styles and find innovative ideas, as well as how…
Masterclass
14 Sep 2022 | 14:00—15:00
How to lose money on your first TV show and how to get it back?
Speaker: Martin Jůza (Czech Republic)
Producer Martin Jůza from Czech animation studio Krutart will tell you the story of the animated series Kosmix and what steps they had to take…
Lecture
24 May 2022 | 14:00—14:45
Panel discussion: Gender Equality in Animation
Tina Smrekar (Finta, SI) Maja Gehrig (director, CH) Luce Grosjean (MIYU, FR) Matea Milić (Animafest Zagreb, HR)
Recognising, reflecting on, and challenging the discriminatory structures that perpetuate and amplify discrimination and inequality in cultural and creative sectors are the prerequisites to achieving…
Panel discussion
24 May 2022 | 15:00—16:30
Masterclass: Maja Gehrig
Speaker: Maja Gehrig (CH)
In 2003-2005, she completed the animation degree programme at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Her short animation films use a wide range…
Masterclass
03 Jun 2021 | 11:00—12:00
How to Balance Commercial Work with Personal Work
Speaker: Luiz Stockler (Great Britain )
Luiz Stockler is a multi award winning Brazilian-born British Animation Director, Filmmaker and Illustrator working and living between London and Bucharest. He is a graduate…
Lecture
21 May 2021 | 10:00—11:30
Muse of Concrete: Creating Bye Little Block! – Graduation Film at MOME
Speaker: Éva Darabos (HU)
Éva will share her personal experiences about how the whole project started and how the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest and her…
Masterclass
21 May 2021 | 12:00—13:30
Artist Behind Commissioned Work: Creating Short for Adult Swim
Speaker: Júlia Farkas (HU)
In this masterclass Juli will tell us about how to create an auteur animation even if it is a commissioned work. She will tell us…
Masterclass
21 May 2021 | 14:00—15:30
Making-of: Seeking HIDE: What’s Behind Door?
Speakers: Daniel Gray (UK) Bella Szederkényi (HU)
Daniel, the writer and director and Bella Szederkényi, his producer will reveal what’s behind the door and will share the story of creating HIDE from…
Masterclass
13 May 2021 | 16:00—17:30
Craft of Animated Series to Screens All Over the World
Speakers: Shelley Hoffman (CA) David Toušek (CZ)
In addition to developing and showrunning the international hit series Kid vs. Kat and Camp Lakebottom, she collaborates with broadcasters and production teams from across…
Keynote
15 Apr 2021 | 19:00—20:30
Creating Immersive Sense of Storytelling in Your Visuals
Speakers: Rustam Hasanov (US) David Toušek (CZ)
This presentation will focus on using narrative elements from your source material to create an immersive sense of storytelling in your visuals. I will go…
Lecture
30 Mar 2021 | 16:00—17:30
Successful Animated Films Are Always Driven by Strong Characters
Lecturer: Robert Lence (US)
Robert will share his insights and experiences from years spent in the story department, developing animated stories at the major Hollywood studio level. Included will…
Lecture
23 Mar 2021 | 10:00—16:00
The Beginning of the Journey
Lecturers: Olga Poliektova (RU) Tatiana Poliektova (RU)
The Poliektova sisters will speak about transforming the initial idea of a story into a film, about the process of initial artwork, visuals and storyboarding.…
Lecture
16 Mar 2021 | 10:00—11:30
Sniff Around and Hook Ideas with Miloš Tomić
Lecturer: Miloš Tomić (RS)
Ideas are not far from us. We often just need to change the angle from which we are looking at apparently mundane things. In addition, I…
Lecture
04 Mar 2021 | 16:00—17:30
From Cartoon to Digital Game
Speakers: Katarina Kerekesova (SL) Katarina Molakova (SL) Roman Vizvary (SL) Team that developed the game
Roman Vizvary presents the work principles of the company Butterfly Effect, which is involved in the field of developing games and applications on assigned topics.…
Case Study
02 Dec 2020 | 10:00—11:05
Making of the Animated Feature Kill It and Leave This Town, animated feature film
Speaker: Mariusz Wilczyński (PL)
KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN, Mariusz Wilczyński (Bombonierka/Extreme Emotions/Iam – Adam Mickiewicz Institute/EC1 Lodz – City of Culture/Letko/Di Factory/Gigant Films/Polish Film Institute), Poland, 2020,…
Masterclass
02 Dec 2020 | 11:15—12:30
From Idea to Final Film – Even Mice Belong in Heaven, animated feature film
Speakers: Vladimír Lhoták (CZ) Jan Bubeníček (CZ)
EVEN MICE BELONG IN HEAVEN, Denisa Grimmova and Jan Bubenček (Fresh Films, Hausboot, Les Films du Cygne, Animoon, Cinemart), Czech Republic, winter/spring 2021, 87′
Case Study Discussion
02 Dec 2020 | 12:40—13:10
Expanded and Hybrid Animated Projects; What to Consider
Speaker: Yvonne van Ulden (NL)
An introduction to the versatile world of expanded animation and hybrid projects. A whole new world to explore; with new creative possibilities to express yourself…
Keynote
02 Dec 2020 | 13:10—13:30
Sympoietic Bodies, hybrid short film
Speaker: Flavia Mazzanti (IT)
FLAVIA MAZZANTI (Academy of Arts Vienna, ORF III), Austria, 2020, 11’12”
Case Study
02 Dec 2020 | 13:30—13:50
Microcassette – The Smallest Cassette I’ve Ever Seen, hybrid short film
Speakers: Igor Bezinović (HR) Ivana Pipal (HR)
MICROCASSETTE – THE SMALLEST CASSETTE I’VE EVER SEEN, Igor Bezinović, Ivana Pipal (Bonobostudio, Theory At Work), Croatia, Serbia, 2020, 19’11”
Case Study
02 Dec 2020 | 13:50—14:10
Transmedia TV Series Twisted Tales, transmedia animated project
Speaker: Sara Božanić (SI)
TWISTED TALES (Institute for Transmedia Design (SI), Sparkle Animation (PT), deFilm (RO), MINYA Film I Animacija (HR), INVR (DE)), 2017, webisodes 6×12’, TV series 26×7’,…
Works in Progress
02 Dec 2020 | 14:10—14:40
Q&A with Flavia Mazzanti, Igor Bezinović & Ivana Pipal, Sara Božanič: hybrid films
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