Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2026

Festival Description

Countryside Animafest Cyprus is the official Cyprus Animation Festival. It aims to cultivate the art of animation, by raising audience awareness and promoting cultural, financial and social development in the field of independent animation filmmaking. Its various activities throughout the year include the annual Countryside Animafest Cyprus, expert seminars and workshops, academic forums, special screenings, etc. In this way, the festival initiates international collaborations and provides opportunities for artistic growth.

The festival showcases a selection of the world’s latest productions, focusing on independent, non-commercial films. Countryside Animafest Cyprus, is one of the longest-running film festivals in Cyprus and it’s taking place in the village of Salamiou, a small rural community in the mountainous inland of Paphos. This innovative characteristic of the festival has contributed significantly in the appreciation of independent animation cinema in Cyprus among a very wide audience spectrum and has revitalised many small rural communities around the country.

Countryside Animafest Cyprus Call for Entries

2027 Call for Entries — Currently not open. Submission details will be reported here when announced by the festival

(2026 Archive)

Films can be submitted to the following categories.

1. International Narrative Shorts (Grand Prix – Dimitri Eipides)

2. International Non-Narrative Shorts (Grand Prix – Dimitri Eipides)

3. International Shorts for Young Audience

4. National (Cyprus) Shorts

Short films must not exceed 40 minutes in length. Films submitted for Countryside Animafest Cyprus must have had the première after 1 January 2025. Films from before that date will only be accepted in consultation with the festival. 

• Full regulations
• Entry form
• Deadline: 31 March 2026 (international competition), 16 June 2026 (national competition)

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