In the first episode of the GoCritic! Podcast from Animafest Zagreb (8–13 June 2026), Eda Üner and Magda Nieswiec discuss the Student Film Competition, experimental music in animation, and hypnotic visual experiences.

In the Music in Animation programme, which focused on experimental music and hypnotic images, we watched and discussed Aleph by Slobodan Tomić, Don’t Know What by Thomas Renoldner and Hilgeum: Illusion by Jin Woo.

From the Student Film Competition, the films discussed in this episode were Fingerbang by Yeonwoo Kim, A Bloody Situation by Nerian Keywan, Chill Out by Magdalena Botor, Murmure by Jinhong Yu and Ziyu Wang, and To Bloom Again by Natálie Durchánková.