Emile Awards 2025 Ceremony will be held on Sunday, November 16 during PÖFF Shorts.

Given the limited number of qualifying films during the selection period, the European Animation Awards present four outstanding nominees in the feature film selection. The feature film categories are: Best Writing in Feature, Best Soundtrack in Feature, Best Backgrounds and Character Design in Feature, Best Animation in Feature and Best of the Best in Feature.

Emile Awards 2025 Feature Films

• Pelikan Blue, Hungary (director: László Csáki)
• Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds, France, Belgium (director: Benoît Chieux)
• Sultana’s Dream, Spain, Germany, India (director: Isabel Herguera)
• Flow, Latvia, France, Belgium (director: Gints Zilbalodis)

Emile Awards 2025 Short Films

Best of the Best in Short Film

• "I died in Irpin", Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraina (director: Anastasiia Falileieva)
• "Beautiful Men", Belgium, Netherlands, France (director: Nicolas Keppens)
• "Butterfly", France (director: Florence Miailhe)
• "Wander to Wonder", Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom (director: Nina Gantz)
• "Night Boots", France (director: Pierre-Luc-Granjon)

Best Sound and Music Design in Short Film

• "Winter", Poland (director:Tomek Popakul Kasumi Ozeki, composer: Michal Fojcik)
• "Sans-voix", Switzerland (director: Samuel Patthey, composer Patrick Becker, sound designer Thomas Gassman)
• "The Voice of Sirens", France, Italy (director: Gianluigi Toccafondo, composer: Marco Molinelli)
• "Butterfly", France (director: Florence Miailhe, composer: Pierre Oberkampf)
• "Bunnyhood", United Kingdom (director: Mansi Maheshgwari, composer: Marcin Mazurek, sound designer: Alexander Faingold)

Best Character Design and Backgrounds in Short Film

• "Fox Tossing", Hungary (director: Zénó Mira, design: Mira Zénó)
• "Percebes", Portugal, France (director: Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves, design: Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves)
• "Zarko, You will Spoil the Child", Croatia, France (director: Milivoj Popovic Veljko Popovic, design: Tisja Kljakovic Braic)
• "Joko", Germany, Poland, Czech Republic (director: Izabela Plucinska, design: Susanna Jerger, Yann Jouette, Dominika Wyrobek)
• "Beautiful Men", Belgium, Netherlands, France (director: Nicolas Keppens, design: Nicolas Keppens)

Best Animation in Short Film

• "The Eastern Rain", Estonia (director: Millie Yenken, animation: Millie Yenken)
• "Joko", Germany, Poland, Czech Republic (director: Izabela Plucinska, animation: Izabela Plucińska, Martin Pertlicek, Karolina Gołębiowska)
• "Wander to Wonder", Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom (director: Nina Gantz, animation: Kristien Vanden, Bussche Steven de Beul, Rosanne Janssens, Sergio Iara Jimenez, Ben Tesseur, Soetkin Verstegen, Andrine Gimnenez)
• "Beautiful Men", Belgium, Netherlands, France (director: Nicolas Keppens, animation: Iris Alexandre, Timothee Crabbe, Geertrui De Vijlder, Soetkin Verstegen)
• "Night Boots", France (director: Pierre-Luc-Granjon, animation: Pierre-Luc-Granjon)

Best Student Film

• "Fox Tossing", Hungary (director:Zénó Mira)
• "There are People in the Woods", Poland (director: Szymon Ruczynski)
• "Carrotica", Germany (director: Daniel Sterlin-Altman)
• "Dodo", Germany (director: Yi Luo)
• "Pear Garden", Germany, Iran (director: Shadab Shayegan)

Photo: Henri-Kristian Kirsip, PÖFF Shorts Award Ceremony 2023