Selected participants for Black Sea Animation Workshop’25

🎉We are pleased to announce the participants of the second edition of the Black Sea Animation Workshop 2025!

After a thorough selection process and in-depth discussions, the jury has chosen 12 projects out of 93 submissions received from all eligible countries. The overall level of applications was highly diverse, professional, and inspiring. Some projects are already at an advanced stage of development, while others are just starting their creative journey. ✨

🎬Selected Projects:

UKRAINE

Cherry Pierogi — Olha Havrylova

Hradivnytsa — Alla Prokopyshyna

GEORGIA

I Gave Birth to Myself — Salome Kalandarishvili

The Boy and the Kaki Tree — Lina Aqulashvili

BULGARIA

Dolphin Kicks — Iva Tokmakchieva

Far Away — Pavel Koulev

Features — Asi Petrov

TÜRKIYE

The Fly on the Wall — Şule Barman

What Is Happening in Fairyland? — Sude Acikdeniz

ROMANIA

Nimfele — Alina Gheorghe

Running Out of Time — Mire Raicu

MOLDOVA

Tangled Tails — Oleg Condrea

💫The selected projects stood out for their strong artistic vision, animation potential, and room for further development. The participants will have a chance to enhance their ideas together with the workshop mentors Corinne Destombes and Olivier Catherin.

🤝The Black Sea Animation Workshop is supported by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France and the French Institute, as part of the strategy for the international promotion of Cultural and Creative Industries.

Organised by Compote Collective (Bulgaria), Saqanima (Georgia), Animest (Romania), Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival (Ukraine), Anim.İst İstanbul Animasyon Platformu (Türkiye).

Supported by Френски институт в България Institut français de Bulgarie, Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, Zippy Frames, NEF Animation - Nouvelles Ecritures pour le Film d'Animation, CEE Animation, Centre de résidence de l'Écriture à l'image, Национален филмов център / Bulgarian National Film Center.