> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.weanimate.dk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Winners of the Viborg Animation Festival 2026 - URL: https://www.weanimate.dk/winners-of-the-viborg-animation-festival-2026/ - Published: 2026-09-14T18:30:50.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-14T18:30:49.000Z - Description: The Viborg Animation Festival (VAF) took place from September 7 to 13, 2026, and is the go-to event for Nordic animation. - Author: WeAnimate - Tags: News, Short Films, Festivals, Danish Animation Awards, Viborg Animation Festival, Danish Animation Union ### On Friday, September 11th, 2026, it was Award Time at Viborg Animation Festival once again. See all the animation winners here: Viborg Animation Festival (VAF) was held from September 7 to 13 and is the go-to event for Nordic animation. The festival combines professional screenings with talks, workshops, a pitching competition, exhibitions, and much more. It's the most important animation event in Denmark and the Nordics, not least due to its proximity and collaboration with the world-renowned animation school The Animation Workshop (by the Animation Career Review, 2026). The winners were announced at the award ceremony Friday night on September 11. --- ### **Audience Award** *Please*, Anna Mantzaris (Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Norway, Finland) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/2026/09/Please-1.webp) --- ### **FVV Danish Talent Award** *Nothing Will Die,* Rasmus Sølvsten (Denmark) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/2026/09/Nothing-Will-Die-Poster_04--1--1.jpg) *Read the article about Rasmus Sølvsten and his film Nothing Will Die:* [The National Film School of Denmark Animation Graduates: Rasmus Sølvsten and Nothing Will DieWe are sitting in a bird’s nest, the style is 2D animation in what appears very hand-drawn. You get a sense that the world is dangerous and ominous. Chicks fill the nest, and a big bird swoops down. You take in the world and begin to wonder what it’s all about.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/icon/WAM_square-1-42481b7b-3753-4820-80e9-7e6f0030ac1f.png)WeAnimate MagazineWeAnimate![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/thumbnail/PORTR--T-01-1-80b516d6-c4db-4e0c-8003-63343b9ae4ba.png)](https://www.weanimate.dk/nfs26-rasmus-solvsten/) --- ### **Best Graduation Film** *Ball Face*, Laurence Thérien (U.K., Canada) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/2026/09/Ball-Face.jpg) --- ### **Best Experimental Film** *Venezia Diorama*, Nicolas Piret (Belgium) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/2026/09/Venezia-Diorama.webp) --- ### **Best Short Film** *God Is Shy*, Jocelyn Charles (France) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/2026/09/God-Is-Shy.webp) --- ### **Children’s Choice Award** *The Epic of Enkidu*, Mike A. Smith (U.S.) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/2026/09/The-Epic-of-Enkidu.jpg) --- ### **Zeitgeist Award** *Please*, Anna Mantzaris (Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Norway, Finland) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/2026/09/Please.webp) --- ### **VAF Talent Jam** *The Religious Quest of Saint Kjeld & His Slightly Questionable Use of Coffins* Created by: - Alex Weigelt Rasmussen, The Animation Workshop CG Arts - Andreas Kamp Hansen, VIA University College – Software Engineering - Marius Noah Jegbjerg, VIA University College – Software Engineering - Max Dymaretska, VIA University College – Software Engineering - Simon Jakobsen, VIA University College – Software Engineering --- ### *Cirkeline Award* *Sponsored by The Danish Animation Society* *Jannik Hastrup and Hanne Hastrup* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/2026/09/Cirkeline.png) *Read the article with Jannik Hastrup:* [Vital attitudes with Jannik HastrupThrough a lifetime’s work, animator and director Jannik Hastrup has stood up for the weak and at risk, with his buildable, poetic, funny, and dramatic stories for children - from Circleen, Benny’s Bathtub and Samson and Sally, to War of the Birds, HC Andersen and The Long Shadow, and![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/icon/WAM_square-1-76f02901-b09f-4807-9686-b82e17c68f92.png)WeAnimate MagazineWeAnimate![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/41/6d/416d3aee-e3c1-4f85-8e93-3926e97cd887/content/images/thumbnail/KimWendt-1390_2-6d95fd45-54fc-4fcf-aa66-77659dc4ce89.jpg)](https://www.weanimate.dk/jannikhastrup1/) More about the Cirkeline Award (sponsoret by The Danish Animation Society WAU) (in Danish) [Danish article about the Cirkeline Award ](https://viborganimationfestival.dk/nyheder/cirkeline-laegger-navn-til-ny-dansk-haederspris-hanne-og-jannik-hastrup-bliver-de-foerste-modtagere/?utm%5Fsource=ig&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcontent=link%5Fin%5Fbio&fbclid=PAcGRvZgJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAadBNGrY%5FewkyqoajpYm4yh1KILq1lWPnNKCorYeLic3V4upN1NQW1Ffk0ztBw%5Faem%5FNh4gpqzftOcCgU81Y6J21A) --- Check the Viborg Animation Festival here, and make sure to mark your calendar for the 2027 edition: [https://animationsfestival.dk](https://animationsfestival.dk/?ref=weanimate.dk) Text: ****WeAnimate** wam#0178