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Swiss Animation Industry Award (SAIA) 2020

Fantoche Swiss Animation Industry Award is now open for all animated commissioned films produced after March 31, 2019.

Fantoche is happening!

Fantoche will be the first Swiss film festival to physically take place after the lockdown. We’re looking forward to a great programme.

Call for Entries: We want your best GIFs 2020

Send us your best GIF until June 30, 2020! Fantoche takes the small animations to the big screen!

Call for Entry 2020

The International Competition 2020 is open: Submit your new animated short films by 15 May 2020!

After Lockdown Pleasures

The shutdown in Switzerland has been extended until 26 April. Fantoche will constantly review the situation and adapt to the changing conditions.

Fantoche and Covid 19

Considering the current situation with COVID 19, our employees work from home whenever possible.

Kurzfilme im Schweizer Kindermuseum

Am 25. und 26. Januar gibts passend zum Ausstellungsthema «Rakete, Mond und Sterne» im Schweizer Kindermuseum animierte Kurzfilme zu sehen.

Praktikum Programmkoordination

Wir bieten ab Januar bis Oktober 2020 eine Praktikumsstelle im Bereich Programmkoordination (60%) Interessiert?

Best of Fantoche on Tour

Programme and Trailer 2019!

Our complete festival programme and the brand new trailer are online!

Industry Day 2019

The fifth Industry Day is taking place on the 6th September 2019.

The selection 2019 has been chosen!

The Fantoche selection team chose 84 films out of a total of 2325 films.

Call for Entries 2019

To all filmmakers: you can now submit your new animated short film until 17. May 2019

Fantoche on Tour

Fantoche will be on tour with two different programmes in Switzerland and other countries.

Winners Fantoche 2018

In the International Competition Nicolas Keppens and Matthias Phlips won the title «Best Film» with «Wildebeest».

Our thursday programme

Todays programme delicacies in a quick scan.

Our wednesday programme

Our opening ceremony was a full success. You'll find pictures of it in our galeries. And that's our today's programme.

We are ready!

The big opening day starts immediatelly. Our opening ceremony is ready and we wish you a really wonderful festival.

Swiss Industry Night and Industry Day

We love to present you our Fantoche Swiss Industry Night on Thursday, September 6th and our Fantoche Industry Day on Friday, September 7th, 2018.

Programme and our New Trailer 2018

2018s selection is set

Out of 2349 submitted films, the Fantoche selection team has made its choice: 73 animated short films will run in competitions in the categories «International

Last call: we still want your best GIFs!

Last call: extended deadline until July 2nd. Fantoche takes the small animations to the big screen!

Call for Entries: Swiss Industry Night 2018

Fantoche Swiss Industry Night is now open for all animated commissioned films produced after March 31, 2017.

Swiss electors decided: No to NoBillag. Thank you!

Swiss voters decided against No Billag.

Best of Fantoche 2017 on Tour

The winning films from the Fantoche-Festival 2017 are touring Switzerland and Europe.

Winners Fantoche 2017

"The Burden" by Niki Lindroth von Bahr wins "Best Film" and "Airport" by Michaela Müller wins "Best Swiss" – congrats to

Visitor survey

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Sold out programmes

No more tickets for pre-sale? Find all information on last tickets and sold out programmes.

Industry Day - Recruiting

Sign up now for the Recruiting-Table!

Programme and Festival Trailer 2017

The complete festival programme and the new festival trailer made by Delia Hess are online!

Looking for volunteers

Would you like to volunteer for Fantoche 2017? Support the festival personally and sign up now.

Selection 2017

The selection team has chosen: 81 animated short films will compete for the favor of the jury and the audience from 5 September 2017 onwards.

Last call for GIFs

Last call: extended deadline until 27 June. Fantoche takes the small animations to the big screen!

Fantoche visits Fumetto

Fantoche visits the Comix-Festival Fumetto in Lucerne and presents a varicoloured film programme of animated worlds from 6 to 9 April 2017.

Call for Entries 2017

Fantoche calls up innovative, courageous, and creative filmmakers to submit their new films by 25 May 2017.

Wanted: Teens with many ideas

Young and many ideas? Fantoche is looking for teens' favourite web animations.

Watch Best Films at Vimeo

Enjoy three fantastic award winning short films via the internet.

«My Life as a Zucchini» at the Oscars!

French-Swiss stop motion feature film «My Life as a Zucchini» by Claude Barras has won many important awards worldwide and is nominated for the Oscars – Fantoch

Best of Fantoche on Tour

Fantoche will be on tour with two different programmes in Switzerland and other countries.

Fantoche 2016 Winners

”Before Love” by Russian Igor Kovalyov as ”Best Film” in the International Competition.

Sold out programmes

No more tickets for pre-sale? Find all information on last tickets and sold out programmes.

Illustrious guests at Fantoche 2016

Fantoche will host more than 200 filmmakers this year. They will offer exclusive insights into their work to the festival audiences.

The festival programme 2016

This year's festival programme contains innovative animation art from all around the world. The festival trailer is made by Georges Schwizgebel!

14 feature films

Innovative animation technology, social criticism or light entertainment – Fantoche illustrates the impressive spectrum of current international productions in

Industry Day 2016

The Industry Day takes place on 9th of September 2016 in Baden. It is the new interdisciplinary expert conference and national networking platform.

Selection 2016

A total of 1,394 film submissions from 79 countries, 81 of which are from Switzerland. The selection 2016 for the three film competitions is completed.

Call for GIFs

Send us your best GIF! Fantoche takes the small animations to the big screen!

Fantoche seduces at Fumetto

Beguile and bewitch - Fantoche shows animation films on the theme "Seduce Me!" at the International Comix Festival Fumetto in Lucerne (21-24.4.2016).

Call for Entries 2016

The International Competition 2016 is open: Submit your new animated short films by 31 May 2016!

Cinema tickets in Advent

Advent season – Fantoche recommends to enjoy wonderful animated shorts in the cosy cinema.

Festival Video 2015

During the festival, time passed so fast, but luckily, we kept many great memories in the festival video 2015.

Fantoche is framous!

In collaboration with HSLU, Fantoche asked filmmakers during the festival to share their creativity in 24 prepared frames.

Fantoche 2015: The winners!

The winners of all the awards in the three competitions are announced and the anniversary edition of Fantoche is history.

Urban Game: X-Giranimation

For its anniversary, Fantoche sends the audience out to explore the streets of Baden with the urban game "X-Giranimation".

20 Feature Films for 20 Years of Fantoche

Fantoche is celebrating its 20-year anniversary and giving itself the biggest gift of all: 20 feature films screened in Baden, including 17 modern and three his

Opening night in Baden

Finally: Starting today and for the next six days, Baden will be the place to be and meet for all animation-aficionados.

New app available!

The anniversary app offers a special highlight: The «Magic-Eye»-function makes film-stills move!

"Inside Out" with Making of

Fantoche is proud to be hosting the exclusive premiere of the new feature film "Inside Out" from Pixar / Disney in German-speaking Switzerland.

Cécile visits Fontevraud

Swiss filmmaker Cécile Brun got a scholarship for her animation-project "Weiterleben" thanks to FOCAL and Fantoche.

Programme and new trailer

The complete festival programme and the new festival trailer made by Nils Hedinger are online!

Fantoche at NIFFF

Fantoche is presenting partner at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival and shows the animated feature film "On the White Planet" from

20 years of Fantoche: more film submissions

1,371 film submissions from 73 countries, 76 films from Switzerland – these are impressive figures and the perfect way to celebrate the festival’s 20th annivers

Fantoche wants your GIF

Fantoche wants the best animated GIFs for a special programme.

Festival trailer is assigned

Fantoche is proud on the emerging Swiss talent Nils Hedinger (director of the award-winning film «Timber») who will create the new festival trailer!

Call for Entries 2015

The international competition 2015 is closed: Fantoche is looking for new animated shortfilms from all over the world.

Poland in the focus

Fantoche festival director Annette Schindler is jury member at the Grand OFF – World Independent Film Awards in Warsaw, Poland.

What's going on, Japan?

Three short film programmes of the Fantoche focus «What’s going on, Japan?» are on tour with CULTURESCAPES.

bugnplay.ch

The search is on for robots, video animation, sound collages and games.

Video Hokuspokus Verschwindibus

Video of the workshop "Hokuspokus Verschwindibus".

Best Kids

Film-makers can tell stories without uttering a single word...

Best of Fantoche

The best are going on tour!

Fantoche crowns the high-achievers in animation art

The 12th edition of the International Festival for Animation Film has been a great success.

What's going on, Japan?

With the focus on ‘What’s going on, Japan?’ Fantoche is diving into the fascinating culture of Asian animation.

Animation goes Multimedia

Fantoche has always set about building bridges with related artforms and animation applications in other communication and entertainment media.

War and Peace in the Orient

The Kino Orient will be hosting two programmes on the theme of 'War and Peace'.

Loulou, l'incroyable secret

25 years have come and gone since we came to know and love the wolf Loulou, brought to life on the page by the unmistakable Grégoire Solotareff.

Make a GIF!

Digital micro animations are experiencing a real renaissance, even though the GIF was invented back in 1987.

War and Peace

Armed conflicts and how people deal with them occupy many film-makers as subject matter for their independent films, as metaphors in promotional films or in pro

Animation goes Multimedia

Fantoche will be exploring the art of combining traditional crafts with the very latest technology in the programme "Animation goes Multimedia".

The BoxTrolls Premiere

Fantoche has good cause to be proud: it will be exclusively holding Switzerland's first screening of the latest sensation from the Laika Studio.

Fantoche Festival Trailer

Fantoche has a new festival trailer thanks to Michael Frei, the winner of Best Swiss 2013!

First Programme Highlights

Thank you dear filmmakers! 1298 film entries from 73 countries and 91 films from Switzerland.

War and Peace

The second main topic in this year's festival is the conflict of war and peace.

Akira at the Carte Blanche

The incredible 'Akira' from Katsuhiro Otomo (JP 1988) in our Carte Blanche at NIFFF.