The selection committee of the 29. International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA 2026 has finished viewing the 245 animated films submitted and has decided to qualify 29 productions for next year’s festival:
1. Ostrich – Marie Kenov (CHE)
2. TV oder Die Ruhestörung an der Waldbergstrasse (TV or The Disturbance on Forest Hill Road) – Frederic Siegel (CHE)
3. Kámen osudu (Stone of Destiny) – Julie Černá (CZE)
4. Cold Home (Zimny Dom) – Alicja Liss (PL)
5. On Hold – Delia Hess (CHE)
6. Naive New Beaters & Star Feminine Band – Ye Kou Si Kuo – Lola Lefèvre (FRA)
7. The Refusers – Wiep TEEUWISSE (NLD)
8. Autokar – Sylwia SZKIŁĄDŹ (BEL/FRA)
9. Halo, Centrala (Hello, Headquarters) – Zuzanna Heller (PL)
10. My Good Boy – Sara Priorelli (HUN)
11. Wish You Were Ear – Mirjana BALOGH (HUN)
12. Kafka. In Love – Zane Oborenko (CZE/LVA)
13. Can you hear me? (Czy Ty mnie słyszysz?) – Anastazja Naumenko (PL)
14. Tears (Rozdarcia) – Paulina Ziolkowska (D/PL)
15. The Pool or Death of a Goldfish (Basen albo śmierć złotej rybki) – Daria Kopiec (PL)
16. Adiós – José Prats (UK/ESP)
17. Birds of Paradise (Rajskie Ptaki) – Tomek Ducki (PL)
18. Like a Fairy Tale – Kirill Khachaturov (FRA/LUX)
19. J’ai trouvé une boîte (I found a box) – Eric Montchaud (FRA)
20. Une fugue (To the woods) – Agnès Patron (FRA)
21. Papillon (Butterfly) – Florence Miailhe (FRA)
22. Plimovanje (Ebb and Flow) – Živa Divjak (CZE)
23. Lepší člověk (Better Man) – Eliška Jirásková (CZE)
24. Soleil Gris (Ashen Sun) – Camille Monnier (FRA)
25. Esca – Ronzon Felice (BEL)
26. THE DOOR – Paulina Woźniak (PL)
27. Hurikán – Jan SASKA (CZE)
28. Long Distance – Iulia Voitova (FRA)
29. Sulaimani – Vinnie Ann BOSE (FRA)
