program image

#festival


calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 12:00

Animest VR Experience Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 12:00
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21

The ticket guarantees one hour of VR experiences from the festival's selection, chosen at the venue. A LONG GOODBYE, Belgium 2025 - Kate Voet, Victor Maes - 25’ FALLAX, Iceland, United Kingdom 2025 - Owen Hindley - 23’ IF YOU SEE A CAT, Japan 2026- Atsushi Wada - 37’ LESBIAN SIMULATOR, The Netherlands 2025- Iris van der Meule - 40’ LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON, France 2025 - Négar Motevalymeidanshah - 7’ RETSU (THE LINE), Japan 2026 - Naho Kamimura - 30’ SENSE OF NOWHERE, Taiwan 2025 - Hsin Hsuan Yeh - 30’ THE BIG CUBE, Finland, China, Belgium, Portugal 2025 - Menghui Huang - 6’45 THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY, France, Germany, Belgium 2025 - Nicolas Bourniquel - 29’

location_on CINETic, București info
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21
location_on CINETic, București info
price: 28 lei
Online Sale Closed

calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 13:30

Animest VR Experience Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 13:30
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21

The ticket guarantees one hour of VR experiences from the festival's selection, chosen at the venue. A LONG GOODBYE, Belgium 2025 - Kate Voet, Victor Maes - 25’ FALLAX, Iceland, United Kingdom 2025 - Owen Hindley - 23’ IF YOU SEE A CAT, Japan 2026- Atsushi Wada - 37’ LESBIAN SIMULATOR, The Netherlands 2025- Iris van der Meule - 40’ LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON, France 2025 - Négar Motevalymeidanshah - 7’ RETSU (THE LINE), Japan 2026 - Naho Kamimura - 30’ SENSE OF NOWHERE, Taiwan 2025 - Hsin Hsuan Yeh - 30’ THE BIG CUBE, Finland, China, Belgium, Portugal 2025 - Menghui Huang - 6’45 THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY, France, Germany, Belgium 2025 - Nicolas Bourniquel - 29’

location_on CINETic, București info
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21
location_on CINETic, București info
price: 28 lei

calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 14:00

"How I Became a Spider in the World of Animation, or Consistently Weaving the O!PLA Web" Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 14:00
"How I Became a Spider in the World of Animation, or Consistently Weaving the O!PLA Web"
Animest.21

A brief look at the long history of creating the largest animation festival—at least in terms of geographical scope.  It's a story about acting consistently, intuition, independence, and trust; about (re)building the relationship between the viewer (of all ages!) and the art of animation, inspiring people to act, but also about the independent promotion, both at home and abroad, of one of the most important fields of Polish art....See more details

location_on Instituto Cervantes, București info
"How I Became a Spider in the World of Animation, or Consistently Weaving the O!PLA Web"
Animest.21
location_on Instituto Cervantes, București info
price: 0 lei

INTRARE LIBERĂ

calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 15:00

Animest VR Experience Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 15:00
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21

The ticket guarantees one hour of VR experiences from the festival's selection, chosen at the venue. A LONG GOODBYE, Belgium 2025 - Kate Voet, Victor Maes - 25’ FALLAX, Iceland, United Kingdom 2025 - Owen Hindley - 23’ IF YOU SEE A CAT, Japan 2026- Atsushi Wada - 37’ LESBIAN SIMULATOR, The Netherlands 2025- Iris van der Meule - 40’ LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON, France 2025 - Négar Motevalymeidanshah - 7’ RETSU (THE LINE), Japan 2026 - Naho Kamimura - 30’ SENSE OF NOWHERE, Taiwan 2025 - Hsin Hsuan Yeh - 30’ THE BIG CUBE, Finland, China, Belgium, Portugal 2025 - Menghui Huang - 6’45 THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY, France, Germany, Belgium 2025 - Nicolas Bourniquel - 29’

location_on CINETic, București info
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21
location_on CINETic, București info
price: 28 lei
SOLD OUT

calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 16:30

Meet the Artists Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 16:30
Meet the Artists
Animest.21

We invite you to meet the artists with films selected in the short and student film competition. Q&A session about the films screened at the festival the previous day. Free access. 

location_on Instituto Cervantes, București info
Meet the Artists
Animest.21
location_on Instituto Cervantes, București info
price: 0 lei

INTRARE LIBERĂ

calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 16:30

Animest VR Experience Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 16:30
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21

The ticket guarantees one hour of VR experiences from the festival's selection, chosen at the venue. A LONG GOODBYE, Belgium 2025 - Kate Voet, Victor Maes - 25’ FALLAX, Iceland, United Kingdom 2025 - Owen Hindley - 23’ IF YOU SEE A CAT, Japan 2026- Atsushi Wada - 37’ LESBIAN SIMULATOR, The Netherlands 2025- Iris van der Meule - 40’ LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON, France 2025 - Négar Motevalymeidanshah - 7’ RETSU (THE LINE), Japan 2026 - Naho Kamimura - 30’ SENSE OF NOWHERE, Taiwan 2025 - Hsin Hsuan Yeh - 30’ THE BIG CUBE, Finland, China, Belgium, Portugal 2025 - Menghui Huang - 6’45 THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY, France, Germany, Belgium 2025 - Nicolas Bourniquel - 29’

location_on CINETic, București info
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21
location_on CINETic, București info
price: 28 lei

calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 18:00

Animest VR Experience Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 18:00
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21

The ticket guarantees one hour of VR experiences from the festival's selection, chosen at the venue. A LONG GOODBYE, Belgium 2025 - Kate Voet, Victor Maes - 25’ FALLAX, Iceland, United Kingdom 2025 - Owen Hindley - 23’ IF YOU SEE A CAT, Japan 2026- Atsushi Wada - 37’ LESBIAN SIMULATOR, The Netherlands 2025- Iris van der Meule - 40’ LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON, France 2025 - Négar Motevalymeidanshah - 7’ RETSU (THE LINE), Japan 2026 - Naho Kamimura - 30’ SENSE OF NOWHERE, Taiwan 2025 - Hsin Hsuan Yeh - 30’ THE BIG CUBE, Finland, China, Belgium, Portugal 2025 - Menghui Huang - 6’45 THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY, France, Germany, Belgium 2025 - Nicolas Bourniquel - 29’

location_on CINETic, București info
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21
location_on CINETic, București info
price: 28 lei

calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 18:30

PANIC - Prix Ars Electronica Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 18:30
PANIC - Prix Ars Electronica 12+
Animest.21
notes EN

SMOKE AND MIRRORS - United Kingdom 2024, 4'20, dir. Beatie Wolfe UNKNOWN QUANTUM OBJECTS - Italy 2024, 13', dir. Alessandro Bavari STAINED - United States 2023, 2'11, dir. Jeremy Kamal BYE BEAR - Germany 2023, 10'40, dir. Jan Bitzer THANK YOU FOR YOUR SOUVENIR, UK! - China 2023, 3', dir....See more details

location_on Instituto Cervantes, București info
PANIC - Prix Ars Electronica 12+
Animest.21
location_on Instituto Cervantes, București info
price: 28 lei

calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 19:30

Animest VR Experience Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 19:30
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21

The ticket guarantees one hour of VR experiences from the festival's selection, chosen at the venue. A LONG GOODBYE, Belgium 2025 - Kate Voet, Victor Maes - 25’ FALLAX, Iceland, United Kingdom 2025 - Owen Hindley - 23’ IF YOU SEE A CAT, Japan 2026- Atsushi Wada - 37’ LESBIAN SIMULATOR, The Netherlands 2025- Iris van der Meule - 40’ LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON, France 2025 - Négar Motevalymeidanshah - 7’ RETSU (THE LINE), Japan 2026 - Naho Kamimura - 30’ SENSE OF NOWHERE, Taiwan 2025 - Hsin Hsuan Yeh - 30’ THE BIG CUBE, Finland, China, Belgium, Portugal 2025 - Menghui Huang - 6’45 THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY, France, Germany, Belgium 2025 - Nicolas Bourniquel - 29’

location_on CINETic, București info
Animest VR Experience 16+
Animest.21
location_on CINETic, București info
price: 28 lei

calendar_month 7 Oct 2026
schedule 20:30

Competiția Românească Animest.21
calendar_month 7 Oct 2026 schedule 20:30
Competiția Românească 14+
Animest.21
notes EN & RO

BEDTIME ROUTINE – Romania 2025, 4’24, dir. Gabriel Stoiciu CATHARSIS – Romania 2026, 9’18, dir. Carmen Maria Dumitru  DON'T WASTE YOUR PEARLS ON ME, AMEN... – Romania 2026, 2’53, dir. Sebastian Lăutaru GEESE-Y DOES IT! – Romania 2025, 4’10, dir....See more details

location_on Cinema Muzeul Țăranului - Studioul Horia Bernea, București info
Competiția Românească 14+
Animest.21
location_on Cinema Muzeul Țăranului - Studioul Horia Bernea, București info
price: 28 lei
SOLD OUT
Barco SP 2K-11 laser | audio Dolby Surround 7.1, Atmos