03/12/2025
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION : AUTOKAR 🚌
We are very happy to introduce you to AUTOKAR, a 17' short film inspired, among other things, by the director’s own experience.
"In the 1990s, 8-year-old Agata leaves Poland for Belgium. Her perspective transforms the migratory reality into an initiatory experience."
A short film by Sylwia Szkiladz
Year of production: 2025
Produced by OZÙ Productions (Be) • AMOPIX (FR) • ViviFilm (Be) • Novanima Productions (FR)
AUTOKAR premiered at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) where it won the Special international jury award for Best short film. Since, the film won more than 25 prices such as :
- Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen(Allemagne): Prize of the Children’s Jury + Prize of the Ecumenical Jury of the Children’s and Youth Film Competition
- Chicago International Film Festival 2025 (EtatsUnis) — the Gold Hugo for Best Animated Short Film
- Animator (Poznań- Pologne): Grand Prix + Audience award
- OIAF - Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada): The Teen audiences competition (13+)
- Cinekid - (Amsterdam - Hollande): Best International Film
- BIAF2025 International Competition Short Film (Corée du Sud):
- Filém’On (Brussels-Belgium) 2025 - The Belgian Short Film Award
- IndieLisboa (Portugal) : Audience award
- Jury Special Award (Espinho, Portugal) at the 49th edition of edition of CINANIMA
To know more about this film and discover the behind the scenes of its creation please visite the link below : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQL5j6aJj_jbizKbsN8wIbl_zqpq0iWMz&si=edI58ZBXjLIhbKMq
Thanks to Miyu Distribution, Barbara, as well as the film's partners : Région Grand Est, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Dordogne Department, RTBF, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel, Shelter Productions GmbH, with the support of Taxshelter BE, ING and the Belgian federal government's tax shelter, as well as the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and a grant from the SACD and from the CNC for writing assistance.