Programme 2025
Pre-Festival Events March 26, Wednesday, Orzeł Cinema 6:30 PM, free entry, 16+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Play-Off I, 81’
March 27, Thursday, Orzeł Cinema 6:30 PM, free entry, 18+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Play-Off II, 83’
Education
April 11-13, Friday-Sunday, Lemara Barge (Barka Lemara), Spichlerna Street 1 The Secret of Gapiszon – A Long Time Ago... – Family stop-motion animation workshop (ages 8-12 + a person 17+)
April 11, Friday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM April 12, Saturday, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM April 13, Sunday, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
registration: warsztaty.animocje@mck-bydgoszcz.pl Participation is confirmed upon purchasing a 30 PLN ticket (covers all three days for a child + parent/guardian/older sibling aged 17+) at the Municipal Cultural Center (MCK) ticket office after prior email registration. Workshop language: Polish.
April 8-9, Tuesday-Wednesday, Leon Wyczółkowski State High School of Fine Arts, Konarskiego Street 2 EchoLight – mapping workshops – workshops for students of the Bydgoszcz Art High School
April 8-9, Tuesday-Wednesday, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM language: Polish
April 12, Saturday, Orzeł Cinema, free entry – registration Required 1:30 PM, free entry, registration: weronika.placzek@mck-bydgoszcz.pl language: English Behind the Scenes of Emotions: Daughter & Electra – Masterclass with Daria Kashcheeva
Films & Accompanying Events
April 8, Tuesday Orzeł Cinema
10:00 AM, tickets 3 PLN, ages 3+ language: Polish voice-over Children & Youth Film Competition 3+ , 46’
12:00 PM, tickets 3 PLN, ages 7+ language: Polish voice-over Children & Youth Film Competition 7+, Set I , 67’
5:00 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 16+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Main Competition I, 67’
6:30 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 14+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, Polish for the deaf, Audio description, PJM interpretation Sultana’s Dream / El sueño de la sultana
Music Cafe Szpulka, Municipal Cultural Center (MCK)
8:00 PM, entry Fee: 11 PLN per person (redeemable at the bar) Squeeze Quiz – Test Your Animation Knowledge
April 9, Wednesday Orzeł Cinema 9:00 AM, tickets 3 PLN, ages 12+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Children & Youth Film Competition 12+ , 71’
11:30 AM, tickets 3 PLN, ages 15+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Children & Youth Film Competition 15+ , 92’
Music Cafe Szpulka, City Centre of Culture 4:00 PM, free entry language: Polish, English Q&A with Guests & Filmmakers , 50’
Orzeł Cinema 5:00 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 18+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Main Competition II , 65’ + Wild Card Film
6:30 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 14+ language: original, subtitles: Polish Billy’s Cosmic Mission / Boys Go To Jupiter
8:15 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 16+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Music Film Competition, 93’
April 10, Thursday Orzeł Cinema 9:00 AM, tickets 3 PLN, ages 3+ language: Polish voice-over Children & Youth Film Competition 3+ , 46’
11:00 AM, tickets 3 PLN, ages 7+ language: Polish voice-over Children & Youth Film Competition 7+, Set II , 67’
Music Cafe Szpulka, City Centre of Culture 4:00 PM, free entry language: Polish, English Q&A with Guests & Filmmakers
Orzeł Cinema 5:00 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 18+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Main Competition III , 65’ + Wild Card Film
City Centre of Culture – Foyer Stolen Pictures – Exhibition Opening of Stephen Vuillemin's Works
Music Cafe Szpulka, City Centre of Culture EchoLight – audiovisual walk
Mózg Club AniBattle – Concert by Artur Maćkowiak & Szymon Szwarc featuring a Visual Animation battle between the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and the University of Arts in Poznań
April 11, Friday Orzeł Cinema 8:30 AM, tickets 3 PLN, ages 15+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Children & Youth Film Competition 15+ , 92’
Music Cafe Szpulka, City Centre of Culture 4:00 PM, free entry language: Polish, English Q&A with Guests & Filmmakers, 50’
5:00 PM, free entry language: Polish The Social Worlds of the "Se-Ma-For" Small Film Forms Studio in Łódź – A discussion with Ewa Ciszewska and Szymon Szul , co-authors of the book, approx. 90’
Orzeł Cinema 5:00 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 16+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Main Competition IV , 68’
6:30 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 14+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, English Wild Children – short Films, Curated by Katarzyna Kijek , 71’
Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz, Gdańska Street 4, Entrance from Women's Rights Square 8:30 PM, free entry (Free tickets available at the City Centre of Culture and the District Museum)Point-Line – Miłosz Pękala Performs Live to Animation, approx. 50’
April 12, Saturday Orzeł Cinema 1:30 PM, free entry, registration Required: weronika.placzek@mck-bydgoszcz.pl language: English Behind the Scenes of Emotions: Daughter & Electra – Masterclass with Daria Kashcheeva, approx. 100’
5:00 PM, free entry language: Polish, Simultaneous Interpretation into English Anima: Masters of Polish Animation – Discussion with Jerzy Armata, Author of the Book, approx. 90’
The event includes a film screening. Hosted by Piotr Zwierzchowski.
7:30 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 16+ language: original, subtitles: Polish Memorial of a Snail / Pamiętnik ślimaka The film screening will be followed by the announcement of the competition winners, approx. 30 min.
Music Cafe Szpulka, City Centre of Culture 10:30 PM, free entry, ages 18+ language: original, subtitles: Polish, EnglishRoots Bloody Roots – short Films, Curated by Sebastien Sperer
April 13, Sunday Orzeł Cinema 1:00 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 14+language: original, subtitles: Polish Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2025: Animated Films , 90’
Music Cafe Szpulka, City Centre of Culture 3:00 PM, free entry language: Polish Discussion with Katarzyna Łaska, winner of the Special Achievement Award for Dubbing
Orzeł Cinema 5:15 PM, tickets 10 PLN, ages 10+ language: Polish dubbing Little Animocje: Ben’s Tough Life / Život k sežrání, Kristina Dufková , Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, 2024, 80’
7:00 PM, tickets 10 PLN language: original, subtitles: Polish, English The Best of Animocje 2025 – award-winning and honorable mention films from the 14th edition of Animocje Festival
***** Ticket information HERE . 14th IAFF Animocje SPOT VIDEO
Visual concept, written, directed and animated: Nastia Naumenko Sound: Julek Ploski 
