Curators & Selection Teams 2026

The programme curators 2026

CALLING PLANET EARTH

curated by: Maja Gehrig (Animation director)
POM POKO curated by: Mischa Haberthür & Ivana Kvesić

LET’S TALK: RETHINKING NATURE, NARRATIVE AND RESPONSIBILITY curated and moderated by Prof. Dr. Simon Spiegel (Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich)

FOCUS Egypt

Curated by: Youhana Nassif (Founder and Director Animatex) & Seham Shaheen (Archive Supervisor Cimatheque)

LET’S TALK: ANIMATED FILMS ON THE EGYPTIAN SCENE curated and moderated by: Aida Schläpfer Al Hassani (Co-Director Arab Film Festival Zurich)

ANIMATION GOES MULTIMEDIA

REFRESH x Fantoche #5 & LET’S TALK: BIG PLAYERS curated by: Maike Thies (Departement Design, ZHdK)

GAME ANIMATION TALK: « GROUND OF ACES » – ANIMATING AN INDIE GAME curated by: Swiss Game Developers Association (SGDA)

FANTOCHE INDUSTRY DAY & SAIA

curated by: Amélie Cochet & Veronica L. Montaño

ARTISTS PRESENT 

curated and moderated: Erik van Drunen

MAKING-OF

MAKING-OF «ALLAH N' EST PAS OBLIGÉ» curated by Erik van Drunen

MAKING-OF «DANDELIONS ODYSSEE» curated by Erik van Drunen

EXTRAS

MUSIC VIDEO DARLINGS VOL.11 curated by Fantoche-Team,

WALDBADEN & LUFTSCHNAPPEN curated by Yuna Hoch

HOW TO TOURIST curated by Ivana Kvesić

MIDNIGHT SNACK curated by Marjolaine Perreten & Ben Sassen

ALLEGRO NON TROPPO curated by Mischa Haberthür

ANGEL' EGG  – RESTORED VERSION curated by Oswald Iten

NEVER GONA GIF YOU UP! curated by Isabel Wiles, Nicolas Egger