Animatricks Explained

Animatricks is annual animation festival taking place in Helsinki every April. The organization behind the festival (Palikka ry) was formed in 1999 and the first Animatricks festival took place in 2000. Animatricks is the only film festival in Finland, that concentrates purely on animation. The festival program consists yearly of Finnish as well as international compilations of films and screenings put together to fit the festivals ever changing themes. The Animatricks festival also includes a yearly competition where the best international animation is awarded with 3000 euros.^[1]

Winners of the Finnish short animation competition

• • Laura Neuvonen: Kutoja, 2005
  • Anna Virtanen: Lauantai vuonna, 2005
  • Ami Lindholm: Ilo irti, 2006
  • Kim Helminen: Säieteoria, 2007
  • Leena Jääskeläinen: Vaihdokas, 2009
  • Kaisa Penttilä: Munaralli, 2010
  • Jari Vaara: Syntymäpäivä, 2011
  • Heta Jokinen: Sivussa, 2013
  • Kari Pieskä: Viis Varpaista, 2014^[2]
  • Pietari Bagge, Christer Hongisto, Elisa Ikonen ja Inka Matilainen: Valvoja, 2015^[3]

Winners of the international short animation competition

• Tomek Ducki : Baths (Łaźnia), 2014
• Matt Reynold: Bottomfeeders, 2015
• Cerise Lopez and Agnès Patron: Chuylen - a crow's tale, 2016

Notes and References

1. Web site: Animatricks.
2. Web site: Baths and No Time for Toes Are the Winners of Animatricks 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151124001456/http://www.animatricks.net/article/baths-time-toes-winners-animatricks-2014/ . 2015-11-24 .
3. Web site: The Winners of the Short Animation Competitions Have Been Decided! . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123231755/http://www.animatricks.net/article/winners-short-animation-competitions-decided/ . 2015-11-23 .