AnibarPro 2025: Where Animation Finds Its Future

GENESIS: A French-Kosovar Creative Initiative
For years, Anibar has been quietly and sometimes loudly sowing the seeds of a new animation culture in Kosovo. Through the Animation Academy, grassroots workshops, and brave young storytellers, we’ve built something deeper than a skillset: we’ve built a community. Anibar Pro is where that community takes flight.

This year, Anibar Pro returns as the beating heart of our professional program. Over the course of five days, it brings together creators, mentors, producers, and studios from across Europe and Kosovo to exchange knowledge, develop projects, and imagine bold new futures for animation.

At the center of Anibar Pro 2025 is GENESIS — an ambitious French-Kosovar initiative that empowers the next generation of creative entrepreneurs in animation, gaming, and multimedia. Implemented by Anibar in partnership with the Institut français du Kosovo and supported by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the French Embassy in Kosovo, GENESIS is not just a program, but a movement. Through it, 65 young creatives from Kosovo have developed their stories, sharpened their voices, and found the confidence to pitch their projects internationally.

Anibar Pro will host the culmination of their journey through four Genesis Pitching Sessions, one French-Kosovar Cultural Entrepreneurship Fair, and a lineup of events that ask big questions about sustainability, ethics, mental health, and mentorship in animation.

The Genesis Pitches: 17 Projects, Infinite Possibilities

Across four dedicated pitch sessions, 18 rising creators will share their visions — from deeply personal explorations of memory and trauma, to fantastical journeys through surreal, candy-colored worlds. Here they are, in the order they appear in the agenda:

Genesis Pitching Session I

Wednesday, July 16 – 11:00 | Hotel Dukagjini – Salla Panorama

Fading Echoes – Alisa Fejza
A poetic and immersive look at dementia through music, memory trees, and haunting visual metaphors.
Mountains Made by Dead Giants – Sado Music
A gentle story of misunderstood giants, broken trust, and the silent sorrow of waiting.
Inside the Sea – Altin Ibrahimi
A boy overcomes his fear of the ocean to save a sea turtle, discovering courage in the deep.
The Island of Happiness – Berat Bajrami
A dystopian plastic island, a fish fossil, and a child’s awakening to ecological loss.

Genesis Pitching Session II

Wednesday, July 16 – 15:00 | Hotel Dukagjini – Salla Panorama

Inside the Box – Bleona Ibrahimi
A surreal tale of a girl haunted by a box that represents her buried emotions.
Hunger – Dëbora Musliu
A raw portrait of adult disconnect, rage, and the desire to break free from passivity.
At Hana’s – Diellza Franca
A tender reflection on friendship, disability, and the shifting shapes of connection.
Before the Glass Fills Again – Diellza Hyseni
Through Eda’s journey, this story explores how hard — yet vital — it is to ask for help.

Genesis Pitching Session III

Thursday, July 17 – 11:00 | Hotel Dukagjini – Salla Panorama

Engji – Erza Qorrolli
A ballerina finds her own rhythm in punk rock, defying expectations to be truly seen.
Lucky Lut – Fatbardha Lutolli
Two girls, one legacy, and a Paris design competition that binds their fates.
Boob! – Finesa Peja
Bold, funny, and unapologetic — a woman turns harassment on its head in absurd revenge.
Reflections of Me – Fjolla Mani
In a hallway of broken mirrors, Sara must face her past selves to find peace.
[Untitled] – Granit Grajqevci
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Genesis Pitching Session IV

Thursday, July 17 – 15:00 | Hotel Dukagjini – Salla Panorama

Imagine If You Can’t Imagine the Imaginable – Kaltrina Berisha
A poetic dive into aphantasia, empathy, and how we visualize (or don’t) what others feel.
Liminal – Leonita Thaqi
A surreal journey guided by a cat through memory, imagination, and emotional change.
No More Dirt – Rina Lasku
Dream, illusion, detergent ads, and living mud — what even is reality anymore?
As the Forest Whispers – Yll Avdiu
Albanian mythology meets emotional reckoning in this magical story of running from the self.
Stick With Me – Albana Hajdini
In Candy Town, a sticky lollipop learns that friendship is not about clinging, but caring.