The Winners of the 11th Annual REX Animation Festival Are Here!
Best International
Dollhouse Elephant
Jenny Jokela
Jury statement:
It is with great pleasure that we plunged into this magical universe – a familiar everyday reality, transformed with care and imagination into an unexpectedly vivid and engaging scene.
This beautiful work blends story, playful visuals, and sound in a way that gently draws the viewer into a rich portrait of social life, revealing its many meaningful layers with subtlety and charm.
Best Nordic
Speeding of Course
Anni Sairio, Joonatan Turkki
Jury statement:
This skillfully crafted film takes us on a colorful ride and reminds us to seize the joy in the most mundane experiences.
Best Swedish Student
HUMANE
Vilhelmina Trost
Jury statement:
Through remarkable hard work and talent, this film brings us uncomfortably close to a touching and tragic story unfolding in a place that should not exist in a modern society. Thank you Vilhelmina Trost for firmly reminding us to keep questioning what ‘Humane’ truly means.
Special Mention
The Catsitter
Klara Svärd
Jury statement:
With carefully chosen poses and frames this film playfully sketches a comforting story of how to find your own way of living your life.
Special Mention
Siri Wander
Andreas Sven Granér
Jury statement:
This film, with its striking visuals, brings us along for an eventful escape, as we follow a brave bike facing their fears and chasing their dream through every twist and turn.
Meet the jury for the 11th edition of REX Animation Festival
Nicolas Maurice
Nicolas Maurice is a filmmaker, model builder, 3D animator, writer and print enthusiast. Originally from the north of France, he has been based in Stockholm since 2009. He studied digital directing in Supinfocom, Valenciennes and visual communication at Konstfack, Stockholm. He has collaborated with Story on animated documentaries “Slaves” and “Sharaf”. as well as Tomas Alfredson, Niki Lindroth Von Bahr and Viaplay Studios. His personal work explores themes of memory, queerness, identity mapping and performing.
Laura Almantaitė
Festival director and film producer Laura Almantaitė started her career in the audiovisual sector in 2007 with the Paris-based Media Consulting Group.
Laura has worked on a dozen film projects, both as a consultant and a producer, including documentary, animation and fiction films; she focuses on social topics and international coproductions. She also took managerial positions in several film and culture organizations (as Vilnius European Capital of Culture, Vilnius Documentary Film Festival and other).
In 2014 Laura founded BLON Animation and Games Festival, remaining the festival’s director to date.
She is a graduate from Sorbonne University and holds a Master’s degree in Culture Economics.
Joni Männistö
Joni Männistö is a filmmaker and animator born in 1981 in Finland. After graduating from Turku Arts Academy in 2011 he became an active member of several Finnish animation collectives that work on both commercial and artistic projects. The collective work includes animated films as well as art installations for exhibitions. Männistö has directed films such as The Trap (2008), Swarming (2011) and Electric Soul (2013), which have all been screened at numerous international festivals. His filmography includes collective productions Re-Cycling (2014) and Wormhole (2016), in which he worked as one of the animation artists. In addition to filmmaking Männistö has worked as a visiting teacher at the Turku Arts Academy and he is a co-founder and artistic director of Turku Animated Film Festival. He currently lives and works in Tallinn as a freelance artist.
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Kids Trailer 2025
Many thanks goes to the students of Animationsakademien for making this years trailers!
Main Trailer 2025
Indistry Day will take place on the 17th of November at Zita Folkets Bio
13:00 – 20:00
Arranged together with TINY Movement Stop Motion Group, Pella Olsson, Ellinor Kärnestam and Rebecka Llerena
Tickets available soon
Zita Folkets Bio
Zita at Birger Jarlsgatan 37 is the venue for the main festival event, with screenings 17-22 November.
Information on the programme and ticket sales on Zita.se available soon. Membership card and festival pass are bought at Zita Box office.
For additional venues for REX events outside of ZITA, see REX C/O.
♥ Zita Folkets Bio ♥
Birger Jarlsgatan 37
www.zita.se
Box office
phone: 08-23 20 20
The 11th Edition of REX Animation Festival was made with support from Stockholm Stad, Region Stockholm, N.A.N (Northern Animation Network) and EUNIC Stockholm.