Spark Animation Festival 2026

Event Description

Founded to promote and foster Vancouver’s computer graphics community, Spark CG has organized the SPARK ANIMATION and SPARK FX (visual effects) conferences and festivals since 2008. In addition to the two annual signature events, Spark CG also hosts events that attract internationally renowned speakers and local industry professionals. To serve and support the dynamic local animation and computer graphics community, Spark CG is constantly highlighting leading artistic and technological advancements through conferences, film festivals, and events that provide insight into the evolution and latest techniques in animation and visual effects. Since its inception, the SPARK CG Society has been committed to equality and better inclusion.

The festival remains Western Canada’s largest animation event, recognized globally as both Oscar®-Accredited and Canadian Academy-Accredited. 

2026 Spark Animation Festival Call for Entries 

We are looking for local, national, and international animated projects including:
• Animated Feature Films
• Animated Short Films
• Animated Student Films
• Commercials (including PSAs & Self-Promotion)
• Music Videos
• Game Cinematics, Teasers & Trailers (real-time or pre-rendered)
• VFX Narrative Short Films

Accepted Styles:
• Computer Animation (2D & 3D)
• Traditional Animation
• Stop-motion Animation

Projects must have festival premieres in British Columbia, Canada. Projects already available online or on streaming platforms still qualify as long as the platform is not a British Columbia, Canada-based festival. To be considered for competition, projects must have been completed after 1 January 2025.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Works created with the assistance of Artificial intelligence (AI), in part or in full, are eligible for submission however, filmmakers/submitters must disclose the use of AI in the film's "Overview" and/or "Specifications," section specifying that AI was utilized in the creative process and the extent to which it was used. These projects will not be eligible for competition but may be considered for out-of-competition programming.

• Festival Regulations & Entry form via FilmFreeway
• Deadline: Regular 17 July 2026, Extended 31 July 2026