"Lights, Haze" Nominated for the EMILE Awards

The animated short film "Lights, Haze", directed by Tata Managadze, has been nominated for the prestigious EMILE Awards (European Animation Awards). The awards ceremony takes place on 28 October 2026, hosted by the Etiuda&Anima Film Festival in Kraków, Poland.

Produced as part of the Re:Anima European Joint Master in Animation, coordinated by Lusófona University in partnership with Aalto University (Finland) and LUCA School of Arts (Belgium), the film further consolidates its outstanding international track record.

With a running time of 8 minutes, the film combines traditional and digital 2D techniques with cyanotype printing to create a narrative rooted in poetic and experimental documentary filmmaking. The production was supervised by Paulo Viveiros, with mentoring from Natalie Woolf and Lea Vidakovic. The team also included José Salgado for sound design and music (with sound contributions from Irakli Margishvili ) and Théo Quinhones for colour and clean-up.

Awards and Distinctions

• Winner of Best Experimental Film at the TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival (Georgia, November 2025)
• Winner of Best Student Film at the Canlandıranlar Film Festival (Turkey, October 2025)
• Grand Prix Winner in the international student programme at SiamANIMA (Thailand, September 2025)
• Honourable Mention for the City in Film Award at Cinalfama (Portugal, July 2025)

In addition to its awards, "Lights, Haze" premiered at the prestigious Tricky Women/Tricky Realities (Austria) and was screened at Anima Brussels (Belgium) in 2025. In 2026, it was also included in the official selections of the Grain Urban Film Festival (February), Filmfest Dresden and the Brighton International Animation Festival (April).