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Giovani talenti dell'animazione emergono a Rise & Shine

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- Dopo il secondo e ultimo round tenutosi ad Animateka a dicembre, si è conclusa con successo la terza edizione di Rise & Shine - Animation Development and Pitching Lab for Young Talents

Giovani talenti dell'animazione emergono a Rise & Shine
I vincitori di Rise & Shine 2025 (© Katja Golijat)

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After its second and final round held at the Animateka International Animated Film Festival (2-8 December), the third Rise & Shine – Animation Development and Pitching Lab for Young Talents has successfully wrapped.

Organised by Animafest Zagreb and Animateka, in collaboration with CEE Animation, Rise & Shine is a storytelling and pitching event consisting of lectures, workshops, and individual and group sessions with experienced film professionals. In 2024, a total of 11 inspiring projects were developed by their creative teams of directors/scriptwriters and producers.

The 2024 edition started in June at Animafest Zagreb, with a series of lectures and workshops focusing on story development. In October, the teams worked on the art of presenting their projects to a live audience, as well as the production of animated short films. The final part of their Rise & Shine journey, a pitching presentation in front of the professional audience, took place in December at AnimatekaPRO.

The mentors for the third edition were director and animator Michael Dudok de Wit (Netherlands), writer-director Pedro Rivero (Spain), producer Jelena Popović (NFB, Canada) and producer Anna Vašova (13ka, Czech Republic).

“We are very happy to have finished the third edition of Rise & Shine with 11 talented teams, who worked on their amazing projects with such drive and motivation. Once again, the pitches were very well prepared, and we hope that the awards given out in partnership with CEE Animation Forum, Animateka, Animafest Zagreb, Film Centre of Montenegro and Short Film Market Clermont-Ferrand will further help the winners on their path to delivering the projects to the big screen in the future,” said Saša Bach from the Rise & Shine organisational team.

Rise & Shine is financially supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the City of Zagreb, the Zagreb Tourist Board, the Croatian Directors’ Guild, Acción Cultural Española, AC/E, the Animateka International Animated Film Festival, the Slovene Animated Film Association – DSAF, the Czech Film Fund, the Audiovisual Producers’ Association and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

Here are the winners of Rise & Shine 2024:

CEE Animation Forum 2025 – Direct Access Short Film Category

The Molepire - Marek Čermák (Czech Republic)
Producers: Karolína Fránková, Films & Chips

Rise & Shine 2025 Audience Award

The Foolish Fish Fable - Yiyang Sun, ChiaHui Lei (China/Estonia)
Producer: Estonia Academy of Arts

Film Centre of Montenegro Award of €1,500

Of Words and Waves - Valène De Valck (Belgium)
Producers: Bastien Martin, Camera-etc

Attendance at the 2025 Short Film Market Clermont-Ferrand

Countergrowth - Mackenzie Fincham (Netherlands)
Producers: Peter Lindhout, Spotted Bird

Mrs. Monster - Sofija Kruglikova (Slovenia)
Producers: Maja Zupanc, Invida

Margareth – Vivien Hárshegyi (Hungary)
Producers: Bella Szederkényi, CUB Animation

Telegrams to the Tree - Julia Benedyktowicz (Poland)
Producers: Dominika Krysiewicz, Animoon

The Shoebox - Cristina Pîrvu (Romania/Portugal)
Producers: Helga Fodorean, Susana António, Safe Frame, COLA Animation

(Tradotto dall'inglese)

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