It is only now as we look back at this year’s festival well-rested that we can truly appreciate its value. This wonderful event would not have been possible without you.

Tomek Popakul takes both the Grand Prix and the ;DSAF Audience Award with Acid Rain! See the whole list of winners and special mentions.

The feature film The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (6+) premieres today at 3 pm at Kinodvor in presence of the director Lorenzo Mattotti. You can see it again tomorrow, with live narration by Rok Kušlan (in Slovene).

Edmunds Jansons’ feature film Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs (7+) premieres today at 11.30 am at Kinodvor, in the presence of the author, of course.

VIDEO Marie Paccou, the French artist that animates books - but not in the way you think. A member of Animateka's 2019 Jury talks about how and when she disovered her love for animated flipbooks.

VIDEO An interview with one of the three producers of the film Swallows of Kabul, Sebastien Tavel. The film will be screened again tomorrow on Sunday at 7 pm at Kinodvor.

VIDEO Aurelia Aasa, Laura Almantaite and Anna Zača talk about animation in the Baltics and co-programming The Baltics Visiting. 

VIDEO Renowned Swedish animator and member of the Animateka 2019 international jury Jonas Odell told us a bit more about the way his films were made.