Animocje - International Animated Film Festival 2025
Begins: April 8, 2025
The international animation festival returns April 8-13 to Bydgoszcz, Poland for short film competitions, animation screenings, masterclasses, and workshops.
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17 NFB Films Heading to OIAF 2024
Official competition selections include ‘Maybe Elephants’ by Torill Kove, ‘In the Shallows’ by Arash Akhgari and ‘Hairy Legs’ by Andrea Dorfman; 4 NFB shorts included in “What Is It Good For? Experiences Of War in Animation” special screening.
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20th Annual HollyShorts Winners Announced
BAFTA-winning director Nina Gantz’s stop-motion ‘Wander to Wonder’ takes home the award for Best Animation at the LA-based short film festival.
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Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
Begins: September 3, 2024
The festival, a meeting place for industry professionals and the public alike, the 22nd edition of the annual event returns to the Swiss town of Baden September 3-8.
Animocje International Animated Film Festival
Begins: April 14, 2024
The international animation festival returns April 14-20 to Bydgoszcz, Poland for short film competitions, animation screenings, masterclasses, and workshops.
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Prime the Animation! Eleven Festival
Begins: October 26, 2023
Prime the Animation! New Talent International Festival, taking place October 26-28, creates a space for encounter and exchange, allowing students and emerging professionals to share their most recent work and new projects.
Animanima Festival 2023
Begins: September 19, 2023
Animanima Festival returns to Čačak with a competitive program, talks, workshops, art exhibitions and more; the event runs September 19-23, 2023.
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World Festival of Animated Film Varna 2023
Begins: September 6, 2023
The event aims to showcase the cultural and artistic significance of the art of animation; the 19th edition returns to Varna September 6-10.
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Animatex 2023
Begins: September 7, 2023
The 4th edition of Egypt’s largest annual animation festival will be held in Cairo September 7-9.
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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.
Sander Joon’s ‘Sierra’ Takes Grand Prix at 2022 Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Signe Bauman’s ‘My Love Affair with Marriage’ named Best Feature Film, as the celebration of Nordic-Baltic animation wrapped up last weekend; Finnish animator Heikki Prepula received the Lifetime Achievement Award for a storied career that began in children’s TV in the 1960s.
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Anibar Animation Festival Announces 2021 Program
Festival’s 2021 theme of ‘isolation’ reflects challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting solitude and claustrophobia; hybrid event runs in-person and online July 23-30.
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Winners Announced for Animafest Zagreb 2020
Winners for the 30th World Festival of Animated Film include, ‘Just a Guy;’ ‘Freeze Frame;’ and ‘Symbiosis;’ the 31st edition of the festival will take place takes place June 7-12, 2021.
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Call for Entries: The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International
Entries are being accepted in six categories for TAAFI 2021, scheduled for February 19-21, 2021; submission deadline is November 15, 2020.
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BIAF 2020 Announces Short Film Selections
100 animated films will compete in six categories at the Academy Award-qualifying festival coming October 23-27.
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19th Countryside Animafest Cyprus – Views of the World Coming August 9-12
Festival will feature special screenings with films by Theodore Ushev, Stuart Pound, Elisabeth Hobbs, Kaspar Jancis, Steven Subotnic, Atsushi Wada, Simone Massi and Konstantin Bronzit.
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Ottawa International Animation Festival Announces 2020 Jury
The now virtual event, scheduled for September 23 – October 4, will feature screenings, virtual artist talks, workshops, and meetings with schools and recruiters.
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Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School Named Best Animation School at Animafest Zagreb 2020
Three films from the school were selected for the student films competition including ‘Marbles,’ ‘Portrait of a Woman,’ and ‘The Little Soul.’
44th Ottawa International Animation Festival Moving Online
Scheduled for September 23 – October 4, the event will feature screenings, virtual artist talks, workshops, and meetings with schools and recruiters.
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Lisbon Animation Festival Launches #MONSTRAatHOME
20th anniversary edition goes online with film competition and masterclasses; passes now on sale.
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Animafest Zagreb 2020 Announces Competition Selections
Festival releases list of entries chosen to compete in short film, student film, and Croatian film categories; annual festival takes place June 8-13.
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Call for Entries: The Bang Awards Festival – International Film Animation 2020
Submissions are now being accepted for the event’s 5th edition taking place September 2 - October 4; deadline for entries is August 31, 2020.
IMAGINARIA 2020 Now Open for Submissions
18th edition is now accepting animated work entries in multiple categories, including feature films, shorts, student films and a special kid’s competition; deadline is May 15.
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‘Girl in the Hallway’ Takes Top Award at Manchester Animation Festival
Valerie Barnhart’s powerful stop motion film wins for best short; Megan Earls’ ‘Border Line’ wins for best student film.
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Call for Entries: Animation Meets Classical Music – ITFS’s Bechstein Classic Animation Award
New festival award, honoring best use of music in animation, will be presented at upcoming 27th Stuttgart International Festival of Animation.
