16 November 2025
A duo of 2024 MAUR-produced animated short films, I Died in Irpin, an anidoc by Ukrainian animator Anastasiia Falileieva, and claymation Joko by Polish animator Izabelą Plucińską, were awarded with the European Animation Awards, or The Emile Awards, during the ceremony, which took place at the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on Sunday, November 16.
I Died in Irpin (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine) won the Best of the Best award in the short film category. This achievement adds to the already impressive portfolio of honors that this film has collected since its world premiere at the Annecy IAFF last year. The film garnered awards at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the Bucheon International Animation Festival in Korea, the London International Animation Festival, the Manchester Animation Festival, and was also awarded the Ukrainian Film Critics Award in the Best Animated Film category. Furthermore, Variety selected I Died in Irpin as one of the 10 must-watch short films at the 47th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where the film eventually won the Best Animation Award in the International Competition. Most recently, I Died in Irpin won the Best Anidoc award at the Animest in Romania.
Joko (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic), on the other hand, won the Best Character Design and Backgrounds in the short film category. As well as I Died in Irpin, Joko world-premiered at the Annecy last year, where it scooped the Best Original Music Award for a Short Film. Since then, it has visited many festivals around the world, including Sitges Film Festival, Animest International Animation Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, CinEast Festival, Kraków Film Festival, and many others.
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