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.




