This year the Fredrikstad Animation Festival is excited to announce a new competition for the Best Global Short Film Award. This program and award celebrate outstanding creative work happening in the international animation scene. In addition to the traditional Nordic-Baltic Short Film Competition programs, 13 films have been selected to compete for the Best Global Animated Short Film award and a chance to win the Grand Prix and Audience Award. This year there will be 8 awards up for grabs from the 65 short films in competition.
Read about this year’s preselection jury here.
In the Nordic-Baltic Short Film programs there are 52 films, among them are 16 Professional Films, 15 Student Films, 10 films for children, and 16 Commissioned Films. There are 13 films in the Global Short Film Competition, representing productions/co-productions from 13 countries.
“The expansion of the competition program is a natural result of the significant growth Fredrikstad Animation Festival has experienced in recent years. We warmly welcome the entire international animation community to Fredrikstad in October while maintaining a strong focus on the small countries of Northern Europe, which are at the heart of the festival’s identity,” says festival director Anders Narverud Moen.
The Nordic-Baltic feature film program will be released in September. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on the latest FAF 2024 news.
Awards at FAF2024
- Best Nordic-Baltic Short Film
- Best Nordic-Baltic Student Film
- Best Nordic-Baltic Commissioned Film
- Best Nordic-Baltic Children’s Film
- Best Nordic-Baltic Young Audience Film
- Best Global Short Film
- Grand Prix
- Audience Award
To preview some of the treasures at this year’s festival, visit the hyperlinks in the film titles for their trailers.
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Short Film
AT LAST, Frida Ek, Sweden, UK (2023)
Freeride in C, Edmunds Jansons, Latvia (2024)
The Lovers, Carolina Sandvik, Sweden (2023)
Flower Show, Elli Vuorinen, Finland (2024)
Devil’s Parasite, Lisa Rydberg, Lars Henrik Andersson, Sweden (2024)
The House Atop The City, Oliver Holm Jarnbye, Denmark (2024)
Pet Follies, Anna Sofie Mathiasen, Norway, Denmark (2023)
An Announcement, Emma Louhivuori, Finland (2024)
Eyes Eyes Baby, Charlotte Rodenstedt, Sweden (2024)
The One Who Knows, Eglė Davidavičė, Lithuania, France (2024)
Maybe Elephants, Torill Kove, Norway, Canada (2024)
I Smell A Mouse, Iiti Yli-Harja, Finland (2024)
Dead weight, Øyvind Tangseth, Norway (2024)
Tekhenu, Tomi Malkki, Finland (2024)
Let Them Eat Cake, Mathias Rodrigues Bjerre, Denmark (2023)
Yummy, Martinus Klemet, Estonia (2024)
Global Short Film Competition
O/S, Max Hattler, Germany, Hong Kong (2023)
Preoperational Model, Philip Ullman, Netherlands (2024)
The Waiting, Volker Schlecht, Germany (2023)
Hurikán, Jan Saska, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2024)
Joko, Izabela Plucinska, Poland , Germany, Czech Republic (2024)
A kind of Testament, Stephen Vuillemin, France (2023)
Butterfly, Suncana Brkulj, Croatia (2024)
Almost Forgotten, Dimitri Mihajlovic, Miguel Lima, Portugal (2023)
Visible Mending, Samantha Moore, United Kingdom (2023)
Monsoon Blue, Jay Hiukit Wong, Ellis Kayin Chan, Hong Kong (2023)
Gigi, Cynthia Calvi, France (2023)
The Car that came back from the Sea, Jadwiga Kowalska, Switzerland (2023)
Wander to Wonder, Nina Gantz, Netherlands (2023)
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Commissioned Film
UKM “Du burde være her!”, Steph Hope, Norway (2024)
Høj, Mikkel Mainz, Denmark (2024)
Kolombus 3D Green Future, Christian Ruud, Norway
Sara, Julian Vargas, Norway (2024)
Seagreens of Norway, Henrik Dyb Zwart, Norway
Pantamera, Sofie Edvardsson, Sweden (2024)
THA BILLBORD, Norway, England (2023)
Fog Mountain – Lightning [Official Music Video], Tom Daniel Reiersen, Norway (2024)
Superhero Academy Season 2: Title Sequence, Dyveke Skøld, Norway (2024)
Fishing industry, Kristoffer Stokkerud, Norway (2024)
Youth Center of Region Jämtland Härjedalen, Sofie Edvardsson, Sweden (2024)
Connecticut – Make it here, Sam Stephens, Norway, USA (2023)
A fish’s rejection, Matias Odden, Jakob Fort, Joel Miancho, Norway (2024)
Slomosa – Cabin Fever, Andreas Emil Lund, Norway (2023)
Great Minds – Émilie du Châtelet, Sverre Fredriksen, Norway, Norway & the Netherlands (2024)
MayFly Vienna, Norway
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Student Film
A Little Beetle Returns, Elene Sebiskveradze, Norway, Georgia (2023)
The Rip, Ditte Lindroth, Anna Furenmo, Sweden (2023)
Cherry, Passion Fruit, Renato José Duque, Finland, Portugal, Belgium, Brazil (2024)
He Was a Hungry Man, Amanda Vedsted Drejer, Denmark, Sweden (2024)
When all things come together and decompose., Jingkun Qiao, Sweden (2024)
My Favorite, Elise Kruusel, Estonia (2024)
Judgement, Yiannis Domosidis, Denmark (2023)
Poppy Flowers, Evridiki Papaiakovou, Estonia (2024)
BITCH(ES), Laure MENARD, Norway, France (2024)
Soul Bird, Piret Potter, Estonia (2024)
Swifts, Ada Napiorkowski, Estonia (2024)
Fedora, Erle Yrvin, Rebecca Losnedahl, Norway (2024)
Tender Is The Knight, Martine Samdal, Daniela Pardiñas, Norway, Slovakia (2024)
Anomaly, Arturs Voblikovs, Latvia, England (2024)
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Young Audience
Freeride in C, Edmunds Jansons, Latvia (2024)
The Rip, Ditte Lindroth, Anna Furenmo, Sweden (2023)
Maybe Elephants, Torill Kove, Norway, Canada (2024)
FREELANCE, Luciano A. Muñoz Sessarego, Magnus I. Møller, Peter Smith, Denmark, Chile (2024)
Høj, Mikkel Mainz, Denmark (2024)
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Children’s Film
The Rumble-Bumble Rally, Annette Saugestad Helland, Johan Kaos, Norway (2024)
The Perfect Fit, Meinardas Valkevičius, Lithuania (2022)
Vera in Dorni Valley, Noah A. Hall, Sweden (2024)
Puddle, Maria-May Backhaus Brown, Mads Theodor Bonde, Denmark (2024)
Hoofs on skates, Ignas Meilūnas, Lithuania (2024)
Three films in these programs are produced by members of the Fredrikstad Animation Festival board. Festival director, Anders Narverud Moen abstained from commenting on these films during the selection process and they were selected by the other preselection jury members.