Winners of the 4th Voronezh International Animation Festival “AniMakers”

The 4th Voronezh International Animation Festival AniMakers has announced its winners.

Grand Prix

There Once Was a Tiger
Directors: Marina Verik and Dmitry Mosyagin (Russia, 2024)

Special Jury Award for Simplicity and Expressiveness

Slime Time – Almanac
Directors: Stefan Max Goblirsch and Laura Fernández García (Sweden, 2024)

Special Jury Award for Preserving the Best Traditions of World Animation

The Piano
Director: Avery Kroll (USA, 2025)

Special Jury Award for the Popularization of Science

Neokids, Episode “Mammoth from the Future”
Produced by Soyuzmultfilm Studio
Director: Sofron Varlamov (Russia, 2025)

Best Series

Abduction, Episode 3
Director: Anastasia Bondarenko (Russia, 2025)

Best Feature Film

Finnick 2
Director: Denis Chernov (Russia, 2025)

Best Short Film

Animetro
Director: Natalia Grofpel (Russia, 2025)

Best Student Film

Cows
Director: Nicolas Acevedo Ferrate (France, 2025)

Best School Project

Paper as the Art of Eternity
Animation Studio Cartoons Made by Hand, Computer Center (Luga, Leningrad Region, Russia)
Authors: Anna and Maria Bubileva

Governor of Voronezh Region Award

Kalinovy Tsvet (Viburnum Blossom)
Animation Studio The Wrong Bees, Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Region
Mentor: Natalia Terekhova

Best Film for Preschool Audiences

When We Were Grass
Director: Ekaterina Kuricheva (Russia, 2025)

Best Film for Children

Paper Lion
Director: Elena Baranovskaya (Russia, 2025)

Best Film for Teenagers

Swimming Lessons
Director: Anna Isakova (Russia, 2025)

Best Film for Adults

The Cat and the Hedgehog
Director: Vsevolod Bulavkin (Russia, 2025)

Special Award from Soyuzmultfilm Studio

Fondue
Director: Kristina Kesler (Russia, 2025)

Special Award from Festival Media Partner TV Channel 2x2

Marvelous Gift
Director: Dana Galeano (Colombia, 2024)

Best Pitching Projects

The Mityaevs
Director: Aidar Bashirov

Clipmakers
Director: Tatyana Shcherbina

Congratulations to all winners, and thank you to every participant, guest, and partner who helped make the 4th AniMakers Festival a success.

The festival is supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the Governor of the Voronezh Region, and the Government of the Voronezh Region.