photo courtesy of ANIMAFEST ZAGREB 2024

CEEPUS Excursion: ANIMAFEST 2025

In cooperation with the world festival of animated film ANIMAFEST ZAGREB, the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb organized the CEEPUS Short Term Excursion: ANIMAFEST 2025 for students and teachers of the Animated Film subject area. From 2 to 7 June, the students and teachers from partner higher education institutions participated in the ANIMAFEST PRO programme aimed at both established professionals and emerging authors in the field. The programme consisted of the symposium for contemporary Animation studies (ANIMAFEST SCANNER XII), activities aimed at facilitating mobility and international collaboration and networking for emerging European authors (AFN Edu programme), lectures, presentations, masterclasses and book presentations held on the daily basis. In addition, participating students and teachers had access to all of the festival’s film screenings. As a part of the CEEPUS Short Term Excursion, 3 students of the University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Applied Arts (Serbia), 3 students and 1 teacher of the University of Banja Luka, Academy of Arts (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and 4 students of the University of Nova Gorica, School of Arts (Slovenia) attended the programme. Along with the CEEPUS participants, the programme was attended by students and teachers of the Academy’s BA and MA Animated Film study programme as well as students and teachers from other partner higher education institutions.