Autokar
By Sylwia Szkiladz
Year of production : 2025
Running time : 17′
Produced by Ozù Productions (Be)
Coproduced by Amopix (FR) • ViviFilm (Be) • Novanima (FR)
Coproduced by RTBF • Shelter Prod with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING and the tax shelter of the Belgian federal government
With the support of the Cinema and Audiovisual Center of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony National
Festival & Sales : Miyu distribution
Synopsis : In the 1990s, 8 years-old Agata leaves Poland for Belgium. Anxious about her journey, the little girl writes a letter to her father back home, but her pencil falls out and gets lost on the bus. Forced to overcome her shyness, she crawls between the seats in search of the pencil, plunging into a fantastic world populated by strange half-human, half-animal passengers. At the tender age of 8, her eyes transform the reality of migration into an initiatory experience.
Animation : Sylwia Szkiladz, Gaspar Chabaud, Eve de Roeck, Pierre Le Brun, Ronni Shalev, Agathe Sollier, Anne Escot, Dina Hendrick
Backgrounds : Sylwia Szkiladz, Noémie Marsily
Music : Barbara Drazkov
Editing : Jérôme Erhart
AWARDS
Berlinale – Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin | Feb 2025 | Special international jury award for Best short film |
BIFFF – Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival | Apr 2025 | Youth jury special mention |
24Frame – Future Film Festival | Apr 2025 | Best international short film ABABO (Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna) student jury special award |
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen | Apr – May 2025 | Children’s jury award Ecumenical jury award |
IndieLisboa – Festival Internacional de Cine Independente | May 2025 | Audience award |
Animator – Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Animowanych | Jun – Jul 2025 | The golden pegasus – Grand Prix Audience award |
Concorto Film Festival | Nov-25 | Young jury special mention |
Psaroloco – International Children’s & Young People’s Film Festivals | Apr 2025 | Special jury award |
SELECTIONS
KFF – Krakow Film Festival | May- Jun 2025 | Out of competition – Animated stories programme |
Vienna Shorts | May- Jun 2025 | Out of competition |
Mo&Friese Kinder Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg | Jun 2025 | Selection |
Festival du Film Court en plein air de Grenoble | Jun 2025 | Young Audience Competition |
Curta Kinoforum – Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de São Paulo | Aug 2025 | Selection |
FCVQ – Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec – Québec City Film Festival | Sept 2025 | Out of competition – Open air programme |
Spark Animation | Sept 2025 | Selection |
TIFF – Tirana International Film Festival | Sept 2025 | Films for kids panorama competition // Live + Online festival |
OIAF – Ottawa International Animation Festival | Sept 2025 | Teen audiences competition (13+) |
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus | Oct 2025 | Out of competition – Parallel Programme “Shorts for Kids” |
CinéOpen – Festival de Cinéma d’Animation de Pontarlier + Cinéma au féminin | Oct 2025 | Selection |
Festival International du Film de la Roche-sur-Yon | Oct 2025 | Selection |
International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima | Oct 2025 | International competition |
Chicago International Film Festival | Oct 2025 | Animated Short Film Competition |
Cinekid | Oct 2025 | Flames competition |
Filem’On – Festival International de films pour enfants de Bruxelles | Oct – Nov 2025 | Belgian competition |
BIAF – Bucheon International Animation Festival | Oct 2025 | Short films competition |
Interfilm – Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin | Nov 2025 | IC – International Competition |
Cinanima | Nov 2025 | International competition – Shorts films |
Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest | Nov 2025 | Out of competition – JEUNE PUBLIC |
LIAF – London International Animation Festival | Nov – Dec 2025 | Selection |
Les Nuits Magiques | Dec 2025 | International competition of animated short films |






