Winners 2025
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Grand Jury Prize
A Sparrow’s Song
Filmmaker: Tobias Eckerlin
Country: Germany
Instagram: @tobiaseckerlin.visuals -
Best Uruguayan Short Film
Dare: Code Red
Filmmaker: Andrés Magnone
Country: Uruguay
Instagram: @andres_magnone -
Best Experimental Animation Short
When I Waked, I Cried to Dream Again
Filmmaker: Daniel A. Kelin, II
Country: United States -
Best Animated Short Film
Sana
Filmmaker: Manuel Larios
Country: Peru
Instagram: @manulariosla -
Best Advertising Short / Music Video Clip
Primera Fonda
Filmmakers: Bruno Carro and Luis Prada
Country: Uruguay
Instagram: @brunosebast, @tundaprada -
Best Uruguayan Short Film Student Category
Dare: Code Red
Filmmaker: Andrés Magnone
Country: Uruguay
Instagram: @andres_magnone -
Best Student Short Film
A Sparrow’s Song
Filmmaker: Tobias Eckerlin
País: Germany
Instagram: @tobiaseckerlin.visuals
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Conferences
National and international conferences by icons of the animation industry.
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Experiences (FIA)
Animation, Drawing and Videogame Workshops for senior (5th and 6th) year students.
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Screening
On the days of the festival, the selected shorts are screened.
Recommended conferences
The International Animation Festival (FIA by its initials in Spanish) is a space for the diffusion and exhibition of animated shorts made by students and graduates of animation schools, high school students, independent animators and producers from all over the world. During the Festival the selected shorts are exhibited, national and international conferences are held and there are instances of meeting with industry representatives, as well as a job fair. It is an annual event organized by the Faculty of Design of ORT University of Uruguay and declared of Cultural Interest by Uruguay’s Ministry of Education and Culture.
