CEE Animation Forum 2022

Event Description

CEE Animation is an umbrella of regional activities for promotion and development of the animation and its talents in more than 20 countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The objective of CEE Animation is to raise the competencies of professionals and give them equal access to financing and the markets as their Western peers, by fostering co-production and sustainable business models.

Each year, the organisers invite almost 200 film professionals to follow the competition between the most promising European animation projects. The exceptions were the past two years, which were transferred to an online environment due to the pandemic situation. As a result of new proven technical possibilities, the jubilee event will take place in a hybrid format from 10 – 12 May in Liberec, Czech Republic.

2022 Call for Entries

Submissions are open to European animated projects, which are currently in development, in 5 categories:

• Feature Films (minimum length of 60 minutes; in concept, in development or in production)
• Series and TV Specials (web and TV series of any format and single films, minimum length of 20 minutes; all stages of development except for concept stage)
• Short Films (maximum length of 20 minutes; all stages of development except for concept stage)
• Rising Stars (student short films, maximum length of 20 minutes, all stages of development except for concept stage)
• XR immersive media (VR, AR, 360 and other immersive formats; in development or in production)

Only producers (or other project rights-holders) can submit projects on behalf of the project team. For the category Rising Stars (student films), the applicant has to have the consent of their school to apply and present the project to the public.

Both members of the project team (director/scriptwriter and producer) must be citizens of the EU or other eligible countries, listed below:

EU Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
EFTA countries which are part of the European Economic Area (EEA): Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway
Acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia

• Event Guidelines
• Submission Form
• Deadline: 16 January 2022

2021  Event Coverage

2020 Event Coverage  

• Our Report from CEE Animation Forum 2020
• The Garden of Heart, Igi in the 2020 CEE Animation Forum Winners
• 29 Animation Projects  To be Pitched for CEE Animation Forum 2020

2019 CEE Coverage

• CEE Report (Part 1): TV Animation Projects
• CEE Report (Part 2): Short Films
• CEE Animation Forum Winners
• CEE Animation Forum 2019: Tutors Talk
• 33 Projects for Central Eastern European Animation Forum

2018 Event Coverage

• 21 Selected Projects for Visegrad Animation Forum 2018

2017 Event Coverage (Visegrad Animation Forum)

• Salvation Has No Name, Castaways Top Visegrad Winners
• 2017 Selected Projects

2016-2015 Event Coverage:

• Winners

For details on the year-round CEE Animation Workshop, look here