CEE Animation Forum 2026
Event Description
CEE Animation is an umbrella of regional activities for the promotion and development of 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 organizers invite almost 200 film professionals to follow the competition between the most promising European animation projects.
(photo: 2025 CEE Animation Forum winners)
2026 Event Coverage
2026 Call for Projects
Submissions are open to international animated projects in 4 categories:
- Feature Films (minimum length of 60 minutes; in concept or in development),
- Series and TV Specials (TV and web 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- or pre-production)
- Student Short Films (maximum length of 20 minutes; all stages of development -except for concept stage- or pre-production)
An animated project is a project in which at least 50% of the film under consideration is executed using animation film technology or takes the form of multimedia audio-visual work with emphasis on the graphical aspect.
Participation Fee
Successful applicants whose projects are selected have to pay the participation fee by 15 August 2026. Upon selection of the project, fees apply as follows:
- Category FEATURE FILMS fee: EUR 350 per project
- Category SERIES / TV SPECIALS fee: EUR 350 per project
- Category SHORT FILMS: EUR 200 per project
- Category STUDENT SHORT FILMS: EUR 100 per project
The fee includes 2 accreditations to the CEE Animation Forum 2026: online pitch consultancy session before the event, onsite technical support and pitch rehearsal, onsite presentation of selected project in front of the audience, pre-scheduled one-to-one feedback meetings with jury members of your category, access to the programme of the CEE Animation Forum 2026, promotion of your project (PR, webpage, social medias). Costs of travel and accommodation are paid by the participants.
Selected projects will compete for a number of valuable awards, including the official CEE Animation Forum Awards, the CEE Animation Workshop Award (scholarship), and various partners’ awards. The total value amounts to 50,000 EUR in cash and non-monetary awards.
- All Guidelines
- Submission form
- Deadline: 10 May 2026
2025 Event Coverage
- 'I'm Not Nearly Cool Yet', 'Ergot' (In Focus: CEE Animation 2025)
- 'Until Death Unites Us' (In Focus: CEE Animation 2025)
- Winners
- 29 Animation Projects Selected for CEE Animation Forum
2024 Event Coverage
- 'Salma', 'Ant', 'Toink' Triumph at the 2024 CEE Animation Forum
- 31 Animation Projects Selected for CEE Animation Forum
- CEE Animation Welcomes New Members
2023 Coverage
- CEE Animation Winners
- 4 Animation Projects to Look for in the 2023 CEE Animation Forum
- All Selected Projects
2022 Event Coverage
- 2022 Winners
- Juries and programme highlights
- 4 Projects from CEE Animation Forum: A Closer Look
- Selected Projects
2021 Event Coverage
- CEE Animation Forum 2021: Our Top Pics
- Industry Programme
- Projects Selected
- 7 Animation Features: A Closer Look
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
2017 Event Coverage (Visegrad Animation Forum)
2016-2015 Event Coverage:
For details on the year-round CEE Animation Workshop, look here
Event Dates
- From 10/11/2026 to 12/11/2026
