The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting declared the 42 finalists for the Animation Film Makers Competition (AFC), held as part of the ‘Create in India Challenge Season-1 of World Audio-Visual and Entertainment Summit 2025.
The competition was organised by the Dancing Atoms Studios in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
The best 42 projects will be showcased in the WAVE Summit scheduled to be held at Jio World Centre in Mumbai from May 1-4.
A statement from the Ministry stated that the projects were shortlisted through an evaluation process that went over a period of nine months. The creative catalogue features a diverse range of innovative projects, including 12 feature films, 18 short films, TV Series: 9 TV/Limited Series and 3 AR/VR experiences. All 42 shortlisted film projects will be showcased to industry stakeholders through this unique initiative.
The shortlisted 18 short animation film creators and their projects include Shreya Sachdev – Vani, Shrikant S Menon – Odiyan, Prasanth Kumar Nagadasi – Best Friends, Shweta Subhash Marathe – MELTING SHAME, Anika Rajesh – Achappam, Martand Anand Ugalmugle – Chandomama, Kiruthika Ramasubramanian – A Dream’s Dream, Harish Narayan Iyer – KARABI, Triparna Maiti – The Chair, Arundhati Sarkar – So close yet so far, Gadam Jagadish Prasad Yadav – Symphony of Darkness, Vetrivel – The Last Treasure, Gargi Gawthe – Godva, Shreeyaa Vinayak Pore – Kali (Bud), Harshita Das – Luna, Sandhra Mary – MISSING, Richa Bhutani – Climatescape, and Hirak Jyoti Nath – Tales From The Tea House
The 12 finalists of animation feature films creators and their projects are Catharina Dian Wiraswati S – Fly!, Shubham Tomar – Mahzun, Srikanth bhogi – Rudhra, Anirban Majumder- BABAR AUR BANNO – A friendship saga, Nandan Balakrishnan – The Dream Balloon, Jacqueline C Ching – Lykke and the Trolls, Rohit Sankhla – Dwarka The Lost City of Shree Krishna, Bhagat Singh Saini – RED WOMAN, Abhijeet Saxena – Arise, Awake, Vamsi Bandaru – Ayurveda Chronicles – Search for the Lost Light, Piyush Kumar – Wrong programming..the unleashed wars of AI, and Khambor Batei – Kharjana – Lapalang – A Khasi Folklore Reimagined.
The nine shortlisted animation TV/Limited Series creators and their projects areJyothi Kalyan Sura – Jackie & Jilal, Tuhin Chanda – Chupi : Silence behind laws, Kishore Kumar Kedari – Age of the Deccan: The Legend of Malik Ambar, Bhagyashree Satapathy – Pāśa, Rishav Mohanty – Khatti, Sukankan Roy – Sound of Joy, Atreyee Poddar, Sangeeta Poddar and Bimal Poddar – MORAY KAKA, Prasenjit Singha – The Quiet Chaos, and Segun Samson,Omotunde Akiode – Maapu.
The 3 AR/VR experience creators and their projects includeSundar Mahalingam – Ashvamedha – The Unsealed Fate, Anuj kumar Choudhary – Liminalism, and Isha Chandna – Toxic Effect Of Substance Abuse On Human Body.