The festival’s aim is to present animation as a mature, highly artistic and socially engaged medium. WAFF is the first festival in the capital dedicated exclusively to the art of animation. The organizer is the Ex Anima Foundation.

The WAFF runs from 18 to 24, November.

Here is our competition representation from the Animated Film and Special Effects Faculty:

* Competition of Polish short animated films *

JUST KEEP TRYING dir. Karolina Borgiasz
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE FOREST dir. Szymon Ruczyński

* Young Animated Short Film Competition *

49385 dir. Helena Stańczyk
MY MUM dir. Agnieszka Popińska
PUSTKA dir. Magdalena Basińska
TOTO dir. Klaudia Bochniak
I KNOW YOU'RE AFRAID TOO dir. Pola Lotta Włodarczyk

The programme also includes films by our graduates and lecturers – Marcin Podolec and Piotr Milczarek.

Programme on the festival's Facebook profile: www.facebook.com/warsawanimationfest

Fingers crossed!

1 – organizer’s press materials
2 – still from the film JUST KEEP TRYING
3 – still from the film THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE FOREST
4 – still from the film 49385
5 – still from the film MY MUM
6 – still from the film PUSTKA
7 – still from the film TOTO
8 – still from the film I KNOW YOU’RE AFRAID TOO