Now entering its eighth edition, the CEE Animation Workshop welcomes a new selection of projects and participants. Twelve projects and 31 participants from 18 countries have been carefully chosen from 55 applications submitted from 27 countries. Participants and their teams will embark on a year-long intensive programme, developing projects from early concept to market-ready production packages.

This year’s lineup includes 6 feature films, 3 TV series and 3 short films. Once again, the workshop welcomes participants from across Europe while maintaining focus on the CEE region and low production capacity countries. Producers and their creative teams with selected projects, including a scholarship-winning project from CEE Animation Forum 2025, will be joined by two career-oriented participants without projects, as well as two animation script consultant trainees, a new category introduced this year.

Throughout the year, participants will engage in group work, masterclasses, expert lectures, and individual consultations, under the guidance of group leaders: esteemed producers Réka Temple (Cinemon Entertainment, HU) and Annemie Degryse (Lumiere Group / Beast Studio, BE), and seasoned script consultants Phil Parker (UK) and Rita Domonyi (HU).

The workshop will consist of four modules: two online (May and October) and two on-site (February 23–March 1 in Lillehammer, Norway, and July 27–August 2 in Budapest, Hungary). Upon completing the workshop, participants will gain privileged access to the CEE Animation network and various industry and market events across Europe.

We are ready to launch the 2026 edition of the year-long workshop with new partners and old friends. We are grateful for the continuous support of the Creative Europe – MEDIA, and thankful to our partners Lillywood and Animation Norway to have the opportunity to visit Lillehammer now and to the Hungarian Animation Producers Association to be able to go to Budapest in the summer, and connect with both animation industries. We are excited to meet and to welcome the eighth generation of international participants, who are coming as part of interesting project teams, career-oriented participants and the new script consultants in animation trainees.

Saša Bach, the Managing Director of the CEE Animation Workshop

The first module will launch in Lillehammer on February 23, 2026 with a programme of group and individual work, expert lectures, and an Open Industry Day, where participants will network with Norwegian animation professionals.

In addition to more than 30 participants, coming from the animation industry, the following guest lecturers will attend the first module: producer Sarah Winge-Sørensen (Stray Dog Productions, NO), concept artist Simon Nyhus (NO), director and producer Rasmus A. Sivertsen (Qvisten, NO), script doctor Sara Wikler (FR/BE), legal expert Ulrich Michel (Noerr, GE), business and company development specialists Caroline Williams and Bernie Cullinan (Mileway, IE), producer Juraj Krasnohorsky (CEE Animation, Artichoke Production, SK), and directors and pedagogues Luca Tóth and Katinka Bognar (MOME, HU).

Selected animated projects

Fairy Tale for Gnomes
p. Aneta Zagórska, Krakow Animation Center, Poland
d. & s. Maria Görlich-Opyd
Feature film

Holy Moly
p. William Holten, Microfilm AS, Norway
d. & s. Margrethe Danielsen
Short film

In Between
p. Irene Sparre, Sparre Production, Denmark
s. Marie-Louise Højer Jensen, Ditte Lundsgaard Nielsen, Metteline Ibsen
d. Marie-Louise Højer Jensen, Ditte Lundsgaard Nielsen
TV Series

Inner Glow
p. Gabrielė Vaičiūnaitė, WHY Films, Lithuania
s. Emilija Juzeliūnaitė
Short film

Mould
p. Tereza Havlová, BATCH film, Czechia
d. & s. Philippe Kastner
TV Series

Recordanza
p. May Odeh, Mayana Films, Germany
d. & s. Jalal Maghout
c.p. Zorana Mušikić
Feature film

The Climbing Girl
p. Christopher Zitterbart, Watchmen Productions GmbH, Germany
d. & s. Benjamin Quabeck
Feature film

The Ghost of the Riverbend
p. Bella Szederkényi, CUB Animation, Hungary
d. & s. Bálint Gelley
Feature film

The Summer of the Moth
p. Petri Kemppinen, Good Hand Production, Finland
d. & s. Vera Lamminpää
Feature film

Through the Blizzard
p. Sonja Đurić, Sonet, Bosnia and Herzegovina
s. & d. Igor Đurić
Short film

Trixi
p. & d. Katarína Kerekesová, Fool Moon, Slovakia
s. Katarína Moláková
p. Verona Dubišova
Feature film

Tulip
p. Valentin Maupin, Avec ou sans vous, France
s. & d. Juli Tudisco
TV Series

Selected career-oriented participants

Nataliia El Baba, M1X, Ukraine
Peter Perunovic, Aerodrom, Slovenia

Selected script consultants for animation

Jerneja Kaja Balog, Slovenia
Petra Stipetić, Croatia/Germany

The CEE Animation Workshop is organised with the support of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme of the European Union, Ministry of Public Administration, Slovenia, Østnorsk Filmsenter, Filminvest, Innlandet fylkeskommune, Lillehammer kommune, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Czech Audiovisual Fund, Czech Audiovisual Producers’ Association and National Film Institute Hungary.

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CEE Animation Workshop is a year-long training programme for developing projects and enhancing the skills of producers and their creative teams in the field of animation. It is open for international animation professionals, with a focus on creators and projects from countries with low production capacity.

The Workshop is tailor-made to suit the needs of producers and their creative teams with animated projects of any format (shorts, TV, feature-length, hybrid, XR) in development and is also open to a limited number of career-oriented participants, joining the workshop without a project and seeking to build a long-term strategy for their company.

The 7th edition of the CEE Animation Workshop will take place from March to October 2025 and will consist of 4 one week modules; 2 modules will be held online and 2 modules will be organized on-site. The program is led by renowned producers and animation script consultants in the roles of group leaders, who closely follow and mentor projects for the duration of the program.

Script consultants Phil Parker (United Kingdom) and Rita Domonyi (Hungary) will be joined in 2025 by two new group leaders, renowned producers Reka Temple (Cinemoon Entertainment, Hungary) and Annemie Degryse (Lumiere Group / Beast Studio, Belgium)

The participants will finish the year with the final presentation of a full production package and a pitch to a carefully selected group of industry players, such as representatives of funding bodies, broadcasters, producers, festival programmers, sales agents and distributors in the format of one-on-one meetings. The participants will also be invited to attend the CEE Animation Forum 2025.

After the completion of the CEE Animation Workshop, participants can take advantage of the CEE Animation network and gain privileged access to various international industry and market events.

The deadline for submissions is 8 November 2024.

We are starting the call for the 7th edition of the CEE Animation Workshop in high spirits! We are excited to welcome to the core team internationally acclaimed producers, group leaders, Annemie Degryse from Lumiere Group, Belgium and Reka Temple from Cinemoon Entertainment, Hungary. As the level of the CEE animation industry is steadily improving, we are expecting again to see inspiring projects with diverse stories and driven creators, eager to learn and share their knowledge, to join us in 2025.

Bach, the managing director of the CEE Animation Workshop

The CEE Animation Workshop has in the previous five years helped develop more than 70 projects from 220 participants from around the globe. More than 200 guest expert lecturers and animation industry representatives have shared their knowledge with the participants with the goal to improve participants’ skills and enrich the field of animation production in European countries with low production capacity.

Submission form: ceeanimation.eu/cee-animation-workshop-2025/

CEE Animation Workshop is organized by Slovene Animated Film Association – DSAF, CEE Animation, Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers – APAF and Polish Animation Producers Association – SPPA. The CEE Animation Workshop is supported by Creative Europe-MEDIA programme, Ministry of Public Administration, Slovenia, Czech Film Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and Audiovisual Producers´ Association Czechia.. USEFUL

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