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Here are the winners for the 8th edition of REX Animation Festival 2022
Student Competition Winner
Restless Sleeper
By Vanja Ivarsson
Sweden
07:00
I lie awake while everyone else is sleeping. Outside
my window the moon shines so brightly from it’s
heavenly abode. Suddenly I hear voices, the sound of
the world outside my window. I can’t stay here alone
with my thoughts, I need to join them.
Restless Sleeper is a film about an alien who has trouble falling asleep. Eventually
the restlessness overflows her and she jumps out of her window, leaving the safety
of her tower behind. She gets mixed up with a weird gang, sings karaoke and
travels through the night sky on the back of a pyjamas wearing cat. The film is
about nostalgia, the difficulties of growing up and about finding a place where you
belong. It’s a film for the ones who has trouble falling asleep at night, for whoever
that needs it and for the ones that ever felt like an alien.
Student Competition Special Mention
Good Times
By Hanna Pätsi
Sweden
02:30
Max Wassen (Artist) makes several attempts to move towards “Good Times”. Unfortunately, he either gets stuck in the same skating loop, blown off a building, and rejected by his own lyrics in the clouds. This eventually leads to a final but uncertain leap of faith.
Audience Award
Letter to a Pig
By Tal KANTOR
France
16:40
A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.
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Welcome to REX Animation Film Festival 2022!
This year REX Animation Festival welcomes you to celebrate the 8th edition of the festival by bringing to you the newest European Animation.
As every year, the festival main event will take place at one of the oldest cinemas in Stockholm, Zita Folkets Bio. This edition, the selection consists of the newest and greatest European animated short films, produced through 2021-2022.
With more than 110 films selected, spread in 12 different thematic programs such as: Darks, Realities, Families, Walls, Comedy and Absurd, REXperimental, MIX, Animated Music Videos, Stop Motion, Swedish Animation, Kids and EUNIC Travelling Program, REX tries to bring to the animation enthusiasts of Stockholm a variety of different techniques of animation as well as variety of many different stories and topics, made by the hands of some of the top animators in Europe!
Besides all the thematic programs we also have one program in competition which is dedicated only to the Swedish Students of Animation who will bring to us their graduation projects.
We haven’t forgotten about the little ones! There will be three blocks of animated short films dedicated for our beloved youngsters, starting from 29-31.10.
For those who can not follow REX physically at Zita Folkets Bio, we will be available online as well at TriArt play platform www.triart.se.
You can find more information regarding the online festival and other events at our website, rexanimation.se.
From the REX team, with love 🙂
REX Official Trailer
REX trailer for Kids
Animationsdagen at Filmhuset, Stockholm.
Arranged by Creative Europe Desk MEDIA Stockholm in collaboration with REX Animation Film Festival.
REX at Zita Folkets Bio 29.10.-06.11.
With more than 110 films selected, spread in 12 different thematic programs such as: Darks, Realities, Families, Walls, Comedy and Absurd, REXperimental, MIX, Animated Music Videos, Stop Motion, Swedish Animation, Kids and EUNIC Travelling Program, REX tries to bring to the animation enthusiasts of Stockholm a variety of different techniques of animation as well as variety of many different stories and topics, made by the hands of some of the top animators in Europe!
Besides all the thematic programs we also have one program in competition which is dedicated only to the Swedish Students of Animation who will bring to us their graduation projects.
We haven’t forgotten about the little ones! There will be three blocks of animated short films dedicated for our beloved youngsters, starting from 29-31.10.
REX Online Edition 29.10-07.11
For those who can not follow REX physically at Zita Folkets Bio, we will be available online as well at TriArt play platform www.triart.se.
Tickets available soon
Zita Folkets Bio
Zita at Birger Jarlsgatan 37 is the venue for the main festival event, with screenings 29.10.21-06.11.22.
Information on the programme and ticket sales on Zita.se available from programme release. Membership card (mandatory for all screenings except REX Animation Student Award 2021) and festival pass are bought at Zita Box office.
For additional venues for REX events outside of ZITA 29.10.21-6.11.22, see REX C/O.
♥ Zita Folkets Bio ♥
Birger Jarlsgatan 37
www.zita.se
Box office
phone: 08-23 20 20
The 8th Edition of REX Animation Festival was made with support from Stockholm stad, the Swedish Film Institute, Region Stockholm and EUNIC Stockholm.