Balkanima European Animated Film Festival

Festival Description:

Balkanima Festival is a European Animated Film Festival. It is held every year in the first or second week of October, organized by the Academic Film Center of the Students City Cultural Center and with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia. The goal of the festival is to present authors of (short) animated films from the European continent and also support the authors of (short) animated films from Southeast Europe (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Greece, Albania, Moldova and Turkey).

Balkanima European Animated Film Festival Call for Entries 

 Festival Balkanima 2025 will be held from 7th till 11th of October 2025 in Belgrade, at Students' City Cultural Center.

 Festival has three competition programs:
-short animated film (maximum length 20 minutes)
-student animated film (film school work or a diploma work)
-animated film for children

Eligibility is open to animations of European production that are not longer than 20 minutes, made using the frame-by-frame technique, computer animation, and a combination of live footage and animation, where a complete part of live footage doesn't exceed 50% of the film's total length.

Films must be produced after 1st January 2024 to be eligible for the festival. Author can submit more than one film as they correspond with rules and regulations.

• Festival regulations and submission via FilmFreeway
• Deadline: 31 July 2025

NB: 2026 Festival Dates are tentative