CINANIMA - International Animation Film Festival 2023
Begins: November 13, 2023
The Oscar qualifying event returns to Espinho, November 13-19 to promote animation and its creators with a commitment to educating professionals and the public.
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Animest International Animation Film Festival 2023
Begins: October 6, 2023
The 18th edition of Animest, the only Oscar qualifying event in Romania, will take place October 6-15.
Binocular Briefs – July 2023
A monthly survey of under-the-radar animated shorts currently travelling the festival circuit or new to online viewing.
OIAF Announces 2023 Official Shorts Selections
Out of 2,165 entries from 85 countries, 40 films will compete in the Commissioned, Narrative, Non-Narrative, and Student categories; the festival runs September 20-24.
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2023 Fest Anča Winners Announced
Elodie Dermange’s ‘Armat’ and Adela Križovensk’s ‘Doubt’ take top honors at Slovakia’s newly designated Oscar-qualifying event; winners were announced at the event’s closing ceremonies on July 1.
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Call For Entries: NIAFF 2024
Submissions now being accepted for next year’s event in Niigata; inaugural Grand Prix winner ‘Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman’ by Pierre Földes revealed from 2023 edition.
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Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival 2023
Begins: October 5, 2023
The international festival features cutting edge, quirky and boundary pushing animation runs October 5-8.
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OIAF Reveals 2023 Official Inaugural Teen Audiences 13+ Competition Selections
Young Audiences 7+ selections for competition also announced, to be judged by the OIAF Kids Jury; the festival runs September 20-24.
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StopTrik International Film Festivals 2023
Begins: September 27, 2023
The festival Comes to Maribor, Slovenia September 27 – October 1, and Łódź, Poland December 8-10.
OIAF 2023 Reveals Animated Series Competition Selections
Eight animated works have been chosen, ranging from ‘Outrageous to Absurd;’ the festival runs September 20-24.
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Fantoche 21st International Animation Film Festival
Begins: September 5, 2023
A meeting place for the international film and creative industries, the annual event returns in September to the Swiss town of Baden.
Countryside Animafest Cyprus
Begins: August 9, 2023
The annual festival returns to Crete this August and features a poster designed by Academy Award-winning animator Michael Dudok de Wit.
Animaze – Montreal International Animation Film Festival
Begins: September 17, 2023
The 10th anniversary event heads to Montreal September 17-19.
Animation Block Party
Begins: August 18, 2023
The annual animation film festival celebrates 20 years in New York at Brooklyn’s BAM August 18-20.
OIAF 2023 Passes Now on Sale
The 5-day September festival and TV animation conference, which features screenings, exhibits, workshops, and entertainment, invites Canadian creators to kickstart their animated series concept with the annual Pitch THIS! event – submissions deadline is June 16; kids ages 8-12 can apply to participate in the OIAF Kids Jury - submissions deadline is July 12.
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Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2023 Shares Poster by Michael Dudok de Wit
The Oscar-winning animator drew inspiration from the village of Salamiou’s landscape, creating ‘Views of World’ for the 22nd edition of the festival returning August 9-12.
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LatinX in Animation Announces Animation Program for LALIFF 2023
LXiA reveals an expansive, exciting slate of premieres, in-person panel discussions, an animated shorts program, and virtual ‘cafecitos’ coffee chats, running June 1-3; LALIFF runs May 31-June 4.
‘Our Uniform’ and ‘Amarradas’ Take Top Honors at 2023 Animayo Awards
Yegane Moghaddam’s film wins the Grand Jury Prize and the Award for Best Mixed Technique, while Carmen Córdoba wins for Best Spanish Short Film, at the Oscar qualifying event.
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Cartoons on the Bay Honors Stop-Motion Producer Ian Mackinnon
The creative director and co-founder of Mackinnon & Saunders Studio will accept the Studio of the Year Award 2023 at the International Festival of Animation, Transmedia and Meta-Arts, taking place in Pescara May 31-June 4.
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Annecy 2023 Spotlights Mexican Animation
Nine animation programs highlight techniques, themes, and the divergence of the country’s multi-faceted culture, with selections highlighting the beginnings of Mexican animation, its indigenous people’s influences on the art form, the emergence of Mexican television content and the untold stories of the country’s structural violence.
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Michael Hirsh to Receive Animaze’s Lifetime Achievement Award
The Nelvana co-founder and Canadian animation industry leader will also deliver the event’s Keynote; the Montreal International Animation Festival takes place September 17 – 19.
‘Dog Apartment,’ ‘Nayola’ Take Top Honors at ITFS 2023
The festival wrapped its 30th edition with an April 30 ceremony honoring winners of the main competitions, with Priit Tender and José Miguel Ribeiro, respectively, taking home the big awards.
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Call for Submissions: OIAF TAC Pitch THIS! 2023
The program, open exclusively to Canadian creators, pairs 10 semi-finalists with industry mentors for a chance to pitch animated series concepts – submissions begin May 1; The Ottawa International Animation Festival runs September 20-24.
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Julia Morizawa’s ‘Dragonfly’ to Premiere at 39th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
The short, part of the festival’s May 7 ‘Lost and Found’ animation program, tells a young girl’s story of discovering her mother’s survival of the 1945 Tokyo Firebombing.
2023 ‘Mifa Pitches’ Selections Revealed
The market's annual event showcases the best animated film projects, both new and in development; this year, out of 651 submissions, 32 projects have been chosen and will be presented June 13-15 during the Annecy Festival.
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