Game Pitch Arena 2025 & Student Computer Games Competition winners selected

9. 5. 2025

This year, the International Festival of Animated Films Anifilm has provided space not just for experienced indie developers, but also for the new generation of creators of games. Two different formats – Game Pitch Arena and the newly added Student Games Competition – served as a platform for the presentation, support and further development of original gaming projects from Central Europe.

Game Pitch Arena: Second edition of the successful pitching session

Liberec hosted the second edition of Game Pitch Arena organised in collaboration with Cyber Sail. The event is intended for independent developer studios that can present their projects before a jury of experts – publishers, investors and gaming industry professionals. The aim is to present a gaming concept and business plan and establish contacts that will help projects secure support for realisation and release in the market.

The winning projects received substantial support – the PPF Foundation, Anifilm’s main partner, will provide a grant of EUR 10,000. Law firm Mavericks will offer legal services worth EUR 1,000 and BEEP STUDIO will do sound postproduction and trailer mixing for selected titles.

Game Pitch Arena 2025 awarded projects 

1st place (shared):

  • Space Candy – Kateřina Hanáčková, AOKU GAMES

  • PARAVOID – Michal Tancjura, JamiieDev

3rd place:

  • CRAVE – Lukáš Čulík, Hang the Eyelids

Supported project

  • Mișu’s Adventure – Maria Hodor

Once again this year, Game Pitch Arena confirmed its role as an important platform for support of independent creations and as a networking event for developers and key players in the gaming industry. 

Student Computer Games: New competition section at Anifilm

Alongside Game Pitch Arena, Anifilm premiered its new competition section of student digital games, where projects by students of games study programmes from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Germany were presented.

Anifilm created space for the presentation of unique and innovative gaming projects created at universities and promoted dialogue between aspiring creators, professional public and gaming professionals.

Results of the Student Computer Games Competition 2025:

1st place:

  • Arctis  – Martin Hromádka, Eliška Kerbachová

2nd place (honourable mention):

  • Blight Fog – Miroslav Prokop

3rd place (honourable mention):

  •  Antopolis – Veronika Chocenská

The new competition section is proof that support to emerging creators has an irreplaceable place in the gaming industry and that student projects can be original, technologically advanced and creatively innovative.