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Animafest Zagreb Winners 2026

Feature film winners from Animafest Zagreb 2026 — Grand Prix, jury special mention, and the audience award.

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Grand Competition — Feature Film

Animafest’s feature competition — Grand Prix, special mention, and the Mr. M audience award.

Grand Prix — Best Feature Film

Death Does Not Exist
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2D animation

Félix Dufour-Laperrière · 2025 · Canada / France · 75 min

  • AnnecyAnnecy International Animation Film FestivalThe world's largest dedicated animation festival, held each June in Annecy, France.
  • ZagrebAnimafest ZagrebOne of the world's oldest animation festivals, held each June in Zagreb, Croatia.

After a failed political attack, a young woman is haunted by violence, conviction, and the friend she left behind.

Dark, tense, and oppressive, with a slow pace that amplifies the weight of silence and the starkness of reality.

Special Mention

Son of a Bitch
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2D animation

Otto Guerra, Erica Maradona, Sávio Leite, Tania Anaya · 2026 · Brazil · 72 min

  • ZagrebAnimafest ZagrebOne of the world's oldest animation festivals, held each June in Zagreb, Croatia.

The quiet city of Veredas is home to Casa Rosa, a famous brothel in the backlands of Minas Gerais managed by Ismael's mother, known to everyone as O Filho da Puta. Tired of his life, the young man leaves with his dog towards the coast in search of the father he never knew. Along the way, he finds himself faced with situations that, at the same time as they transform him, insist on reminding him of the fate he is fleeing.

A rough-edged Brazilian road trip through myth, family, and escape — hand-drawn and earthy, with a stubborn dog and a name that sticks.

Mr. M Audience Award for Best Feature Film

Samurai Ballerina
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2D animation

Goro Taniguchi · 2026 · Japan · 119 min

  • ZagrebAnimafest ZagrebOne of the world's oldest animation festivals, held each June in Zagreb, Croatia.

Paris in the early 20th century. Fujiko dreams of becoming a painter despite expectations of marriage, while Chizuru, born into a samurai family, longs to study ballet. Reunited in Paris after meeting as children, they support each other and move toward their dreams.

Early-20th-century Paris through two Japanese dreamers — painter and ballerina — finding each other again amid ambition, friendship, and a city of firsts.

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