Together with the Austrian Cultural Forum Bucharest, we invite you to a new animation marathon: a selection of works presented at the Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2025, featuring two curated compilations that reflect recent directions in contemporary digital animation, in dialogue with the Art & Mind theme of the Classix Festival 2026 edition.

Screening program:

PANIC – Prix Ars Electronica Selection – 60’
Supper – Erick Oh (US), 6’
The Cast of the Invisible – Lau Wai (HK), 13’
Aria 夢姬 – Yu Shien Yang & Jin Keon (TW/KR), 7’
Corpus and the Wandering – Jo Roy (CA), 7’
Auntlantis – Niceaunties (SG), 5’
Light Up New York For But A Moment – Zhuyuan Liu (CN), 8’
Greetings from the New World – Matthieu Mantovani (FR), 5’
CORE DUMP – Alona Rodeh (IL/DE), 4’
Shockwave – Mihai Grecu (RO), 5’

The compilation is built around the theme of the 2025 edition – PANIC: Yes/No. It includes three works distinguished by the jury of the New Animation Art category (one Award of Distinction and two Honorary Mentions), followed by films that address topics such as electronic waste, ecological collapse, media excess, and the impact of technology on the environment and society. The selection brings together nine short films from the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Canada, Singapore, China, France, Israel/Germany, and Romania.

AUSTRIAN PANORAMA – 50’
Brosch AI – Distorted Dreams – Jolanda Abasolo, Victoria Wolfersberger, Celine Pham, Juergen Hagler (AT), 6’
Limen – Stefan Krische (AT), 3’
Seedless Fruits – Stefanie Schwarzwimmer (AT/DE), 30’
Where does the rest of the world begin? – Dagmar Schürrer (AT/DE), 11’

The compilation brings together works created by Austrian artists or by artists who live and work in Austria. The films include an AI-generated animation that reinterprets the work of Klemens Brosch, a meditation on propaganda and xenophobia in public space, a critique of corporate culture, and an exploration of the relationship between the organic and the digital.

Access to the screenings is free, and reservations for large groups can be made at 0748 417 445.

Ars Electronica is a platform operating at the intersection of art, technology, and society through exhibitions, educational programs, and research projects focused on the future of our societies. Founded in 1979 in Linz as a festival, it has since expanded to include a laboratory, an award, and a museum dedicated to the study and promotion of media arts and digital culture.

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The Classix in Focus series represents the festival’s space for interdisciplinary dialogue and networking, connecting artists, professionals from the cultural industries, and figures from the academic and creative environment. The program highlights topics relevant to the contemporary artistic scene and creates real contexts for collaboration between generations, disciplines, and cultures.

With a dynamic and accessible format, the series has so far included 26 panels, lectures, exhibitions, openings, film screenings, book launches, and various cultural interventions, consolidating its status as an essential component of the Classix DNA.

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