Animation Festivals: A to Z

Animation festivals and events have grown exponentially, especially as independent animation production has risen. We compiled a list of animation festivals and events worldwide (including short and film festivals with a strong animation component or awards). Information was taken from public official sources (festival websites, film submission platforms, official correspondence, etc.). We excluded major film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Sundance, etc.) that still have an animation award, since they are easy to track. We also made sure to include predominantly physical, on-site events.

All submission and deadline info is regularly updated, based on official information sent/publicly posted; the call for entries for all animation festivals and associated events are hosted at Zippy Frames for free (and sponsored placements are accordingly labeled) 

Festival listing does not necessarily imply festival endorsement, but we have been privileged enough to attend throughout the years (since 2010) a diverse number of exquisite events in Europe and beyond -animation festivals and events are a rare breed of high-quality programming work, a laid-back community atmosphere, and a lot of fun.

Here's our list of Animation Festivals and events, from A to Z, followed by our specific coverage (submission and deadline details, selected films and awards).

Submitting a film? Our Next Deadlines page lists the calls closing soon, and Next Festivals tracks what is coming up. For the shorts race, see our list of Oscar-qualifying festivals.

Animation Festivals

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Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival (ANIAFF) 
Nagoya, Japan / Nov
ANIAFF aims to be the world’s leading animation film festival that contributes to the development and promotion of the animation culture and industry.
Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival (ANIAFF)

Ajayu International Animation Festival
Puno, Peru / Nov
Dedicated exclusively to animated cinema, it aims for the visibility of animated works from the southern Andean territories, with an international animation compeitiotn as well.
Ajayu International Animation Festival

Almaty Animation Festival
Almaty, Kazakhstan / Sep
A Kazakhstan-based international event in the animation industry, including screenings of author's and commercial cartoons, workshops, lectures and seminars
Almaty Animation Festival

Anibar International Animation Festival
Peja, Kosovo / Jul
Anibar brings animation films to Kosovo every year. The festival is spread out throughout the city, with international, Balkan and human rights animation competitions.
Anibar International Animation Festival

Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films
Liberec, Czech Republic / May / Academy Award-Qualifying
Anifilm Festival features international competitions for narrative and non-narrative short films, as well as music videos, video games, and feature animation.
Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films

Anilogue International Animation Festival
Budapest, Hungary / Feb
Anilogue is an annual international animation festival taking place in Budapest, Hungary.
Anilogue International Animation Festival

Anima Latina | Latin American Animated Film Festival
Buenos Aires, Argentina / Aug
Τhe Latin American Animated Film Festival ANIMA LATINA takes place in Buenos Aires.
Anima Latina | Latin American Animated Film Festival

ANIMA – Córdoba International Animation Festival
Cordoba, Argentina / Oct
ANIMA – Córdoba accepts international short animated films and Latin American animated features in its competition programs.
ANIMA – Córdoba International Animation Festival

Anima: The Brussels Animation Film Festival
Brussels, Belgium / Feb / Academy Award-Qualifying / BAFTA-Qualifying
Anima Festival (established in 1982) accepts international animation shorts, student shorts, and children's films, as well as animated features. It has a separate Belgian animation competition. 
Anima: The Brussels Animation Film Festival

ANIMAC International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia
Lleida (Catalonia - Spain) / Feb
ANIMAC International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia is a non-competitive film festival aimed at artists who use animation as a tool for personal expression.
ANIMAC International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia

Animae Caribe 
Caribbean / Oct
Animae Caribe is a movement, a gathering, a way of working collaboratively between creative entities to use animation, game design, and technology to empower entertain and educate a section of society that does not have access or means to the fruits of digital media and technological tools.
Animae Caribe

Animafest Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia / Jun / Academy Award-Qualifying / BAFTA-Qualifying
Animafest Zagreb (established in 1972) features international short and student films, children's films, and a Croatian film competition, with a large number of submissions.
Animafest Zagreb

ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival
Baku, Azerbaijan / May / BAFTA-Qualifying
ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival in Azerbaijan promotes creativity with animation.
ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival

ANIMAGE International Animation Festival
Recife-Brazil / Nov
The ANIMAGE International Animation Festival of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil includes competitive screenings of national (Brazilian) and international animation shorts.
ANIMAGE International Animation Festival

Animanima International Animation Festival
Čačak, Serbia / Nov
ANIMANIMA has existed since 2007. I is an event with profiled programs, curated or thematic programs, special screenings, author retrospectives, a program for children and youth, and more.
Animanima International Animation Festival

ANIMAPHIX International Animated Film Festival
Bagheria / Palermo, ITALY / Aug
ANIMAPHIX International Animated Film Festival aims to promote and disseminate the art and culture of animation cinema in Sicily.
ANIMAPHIX International Animated Film Festival

AnimaQUEER
Florianópolis, SC Brazil / Sep
AnimaQUEER is a queer-themed animation film festival. Only animated films whose narrative revolves around sexual diversity will be presented, with LGBTQIAPN+ main characters, or with stories that revolve around their sexuality.
AnimaQUEER

AnimaSyros International Animation Festival + Agora
Syros, Greece / Sep
AnimaSyros Festival invites submissions for international animation shorts, student shorts, films for children, TV& commissioned films. Its Agora component accepts animation projects in development.
AnimaSyros International Animation Festival + Agora

Animate OPEN
Quad, Derby (UK) / Feb
The Animate OPEN is looking for artists’ animation that explores form and technique and has an experimental approach.
Animate OPEN

Animateka International Animated Film Festival
Ljubljana, Slovenia / Nov
Animateka Festival accepts short animated films from Central, South, and Eastern Europe for its main and student competition, and international short films for its children films competition.
Animateka International Animated Film Festival

Animatex Animation Festival
Cairo, Egypt / Feb
Animatex Egypt offers both international and Arab independent animation competitions.
Animatex Animation Festival

Animation Block Party
New York City, USA / Online / Sep
Animation Block Party is an annual animation event in NY, US.
Animation Block Party

Animation Dingle
Dingle, Kerry, Ireland / Mar / Academy Award-Qualifying
Animation Dingle festival includes both International and Irish student competitions and awards.
Animation Dingle

Animation First Festival
New York / Feb
Animation First is the only festival in the US dedicated to showcasing French animation. It consists mostly of curated animation programmes.
Animation First Festival

Animator Festival
Poznań, Poland / Jul / Academy Award-Qualifying
The International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR offers both International and Polish animation competitions, with corresponding awards.
Animator Festival

Animators Guild India Festival
Pioneer Hall, Bandra West, Mumbai / Dec
Animators Guild India Fest (AGIF) was created to showcase a wide variety of genre-defining short films and projects being produced worldwide.
Animators Guild India Festival

Animatou International Animation Film Festival
Genève, Switzerland / Oct
Animatou is a festival dedicated to bringing the best of Swiss and international animation to spectators of all ages and promoting an awareness of art films rarely screened in commercial cinemas.
Animatou International Animation Film Festival

Animatricks Animation Festival
Helsinki, Finland / May
Animatricks Animation Festival features an International, a National (Finnish) and a Junior competition.
Animatricks Animation Festival

Animayo Festival
Gran Canaria, Spain / May / Academy Award-Qualifying
Animayo Festival (since 2006) features an international animation competition, including awards for Best Music Video and Video Games.
Animayo Festival

Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival
Bucharest, Romania / Oct / Academy Award-Qualifying
Animest was founded in 2006 and showcases films from around the world across eight competitive categories, including both short, student shorts, anidocs, and feature films.
Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival

Animinimist Festival
Tallinn, Estonia / Sep
Animinimist Festival (a sister festival of Animist) accepts animation films for young audiences.
Animinimist Festival

Animist Tallinn International Animation Festival
Tallinn, Estonia / Aug
Animist Tallinn accepts international animation shorts in any animation technique.
Animist Tallinn International Animation Festival

ANIMIX - International Animation and Comics Festival
Tel Aviv, Israel / Aug
Animix Festival accepts animation shorts, student shorts, animation docs, experimental, music videos, and feature animation films.
ANIMIX - International Animation and Comics Festival

Animocje International Animated Film Festival
Bydgoszcz, Poland / Apr
International Animated Film Festival Animocje (established in 2011) has an animation competition and a separate films for children and young adults competition.
Animocje International Animated Film Festival

Anishort - International Festival Of Short Animated Films
Prague, Czech Republic / Bratislava, Slovakia / Tallinn, Estonia / Warsaw, Poland / Oct
International Festival Of Short Animated Films - Anishort is an international competition that supports animated short films and their creators.
Anishort - International Festival Of Short Animated Films

Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market
Annecy, France / Jun / Academy Award-Qualifying / BAFTA-Qualifying
Annecy Festival (established in 1960) hosts a variety of animation competitions (shorts, features, TV films, commissioned films, music videos) and has one of the highest submission numbers for animated films. 
Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market

ASIFAC Animation Festival and Conference (Asifa South)
Atlanta, US / Jun
ASIFAC Animation Festival and Conference is a two-day event in Atlanta hosted at Kennesaw State University.
ASIFAC Animation Festival and Conference (Asifa South)

Athens Animfest
Athens, Greece / Apr
Athens ANIMFEST (Greece) has an international animation competition, with awards extending to student animation and experimental films.
Athens Animfest

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Balkanima European Animated Film Festival
Belgrade, Serbia / Oct
Balkanima Festival accepts European animation short films, student shorts, and films for children. 
Balkanima European Animated Film Festival

BANG AWARDS - International Animated Film Festival
Torres Vedras, Portugal / Sep
Bang Awards International Animated Film Festival focuses on the latest technologies and targets an audience immersed in digital arts, multimedia, illustration, and film animation.
BANG AWARDS - International Animated Film Festival

Best Austrian Animation Festival
Vienna, Austria / Nov
The first online festival for the Art of Animation from Austria.
Best Austrian Animation Festival

Biennial of Animation Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia / Oct
International Festival of Animated Films for Children takes place in Bratislava.
Biennial of Animation Bratislava

Big Cartoon Festival
Moscow, Russia & Online / Oct
The Big Cartoon Festival features an international animation competition and a National (Russian) competition, with corresponding awards.
Big Cartoon Festival

BITBANG International Animation Festival
Buenos Aires, Argentina / Oct / Academy Award-Qualifying
BITBANG International Animation Festival has both short and Latin American animation competitions, as well as a children's animation competition.
BITBANG International Animation Festival

BLON Animation and Games Festival
Klaipeda, Lithuania / Sep / BAFTA-Qualifying
BLON Animation and Games Festival has both International, National and Young Audiences competitions
BLON Animation and Games Festival

Brighton International Animation Festival
Brighton, UK / Apr / BAFTA-Qualifying
Brighton International Animation Festival hosts both shorts, features and queer animation films.
Brighton International Animation Festival

Bucheon International Animation Festival BIAF
Bucheon, South Korea / Oct / Academy Award-Qualifying
Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) accepts animation shorts, student shorts, TV & commissioned films, and has a separate Korean animation shorts competition.
Bucheon International Animation Festival BIAF

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CANIMAF Festival
Yaounde /Douala, Cameroon / Dec
CANIMAF African Animation Festival will take place in Yaounde and Douala, Cameroon.
CANIMAF Festival

Canlandıranlar International Animation Film Festival
Istanbul, Türkiye / Oct
Established in 2011, the Canlandıranlar International Animation Film Festival has both an international and national (Turkish) competition.
Canlandıranlar International Animation Film Festival

Cardiff Animation Festival
Cardiff, Wales / Apr / BAFTA-Qualifying
Cardiff Animation Festival (CAF)
Cardiff Animation Festival

CARTÓN - Festival Internacional De Cortos De Animación De Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina / Nov
CARTON is an international animated film festival whose main objective is to bring together animators, directors, producers, cartoonists, and the entire community to see, enjoy, and promote the world of animation as a means of communication and expression of ideas. Artistic, technical, and political.
CARTÓN - Festival Internacional De Cortos De Animación De Buenos Aires

Chaniartoon International Comic and Animation Festival
Chania, Crete, Greece / Sep
Chaniartoon Festival is designed to showcase animation short films from all around the world, made both by students and professionals. There will be a special section for Greek animation movies.
Chaniartoon International Comic and Animation Festival

Chilemonos International Animation Festival
Santiago, Chile / Online / May / Academy Award-Qualifying
CHILEMONOS Festival welcomes both international and Latin American animated short films. 
Chilemonos International Animation Festival

Cinanima Festival
Espinho, Portugal / Nov / Academy Award-Qualifying
Cinanima Festival (established in 1976) features short, student, and feature films, as well as a separate National (Portuguese) competition.
Cinanima Festival

Cine-Court Anime - Animation Festival of Roanne
Roanne, France / Mar
Ciné court animé is an international animation short film festival that takes place in Roanne, France.
Cine-Court Anime - Animation Festival of Roanne

Countryside Animafest Cyprus
Salamiou Village, Cyprus / Aug
Countryside Animafest Cyprus is Cyprus’ official animation event. It was founded to showcase animation films from around the world, presenting the finest productions and focusing on non-commercial author films.
Countryside Animafest Cyprus

CRAFT International Animation Festival
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia / Oct
CRAFT International Animation Festival will be held in Yogyakarta (Java, Indonesia).
CRAFT International Animation Festival

CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival
Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico / Nov
CutOut Fest is a festival known for its inspiring programme of workshops, artists talks, lectures, film screenings and art exhibits offered at no cost.
CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival

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Dublin Animation Film Festival
Dublin, Ireland / Nov
Dublin Animation Film Festival, affectionately known as “DAFF” is an annual film festival that is dedicated to showcasing the very best of Irish animation.
Dublin Animation Film Festival

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El Festival Pixelatl
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico / Nov
El Festival Pixelatl invites animation shorts on any subject and in any technique, in narrative and non-narrative animation. 
El Festival Pixelatl

ETER International Anima Festival
Lodz, Poland / Sep
ETER International Anima Festival is a new chapter in Łódź’s animated film festival scene.
ETER International Anima Festival

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Factual Animation Film Festival
London, UK / Oct
FAFF celebrates factual and documentary animation. FAFF takes place both online and offline, enabling filmmakers in this blossoming medium to connect and collaborate.
Factual Animation Film Festival

Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
Baden, Switzerland / Sep / Academy Award-Qualifying / BAFTA-Qualifying
Fantoche Festival features an International animation competition, a Swiss competition, and a Kids Film animation competition.
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival

Feinaki Beijing Animation Week
Beijing, China / Nov
Chinese animation festival held since 2019.
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week

Fest Anča International Animation Festival
Žilina, Slovakia / Jun / Academy Award-Qualifying
Fest Anča International Animation Festival is unique in being the only Slovak multimedia festival focused on animated film targeted mainly at a mature audience.
Fest Anča International Animation Festival

Festival Internacional de Animacion
Montevideo, Uruguay / Sep
The International Animation Festival (FIA by its initials in Spanish) is a space for the diffusion and exhibition of animated shorts made by students and graduates of animation schools, high school students, independent animators and producers from all over the world.
Festival Internacional de Animacion

Festival Internacional Stop Motion Mx
Mexico city / Nov
Festival Internacional Stop Motion Mx specializes in stop-motion animation for professionals and students alike.
Festival Internacional Stop Motion Mx

Festival national du film d'animation
Rennes, France / Apr
A showcase for French animation, the National Animation Film Festival was created in 1983; over the years it has become the unmissable event for professionals and amateurs of all ages.
Festival national du film d'animation

Festival of Animation Berlin
Berlin, Germany / Oct
The Festival of Animation Berlin (FAB) is the first film festival dedicated to animation film in Germany's capital city of Berlin.
Festival of Animation Berlin

Festival Stop Motion Montreal
Montreal, Canada / Sep
Festival Stop Motion Montreal is dedicated to the art of stop-motion for its September edition.
Festival Stop Motion Montreal

Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Fredrikstad, Norway / Oct
Fredrikstad Animation Festival (FAF)'s objective is to promote the screening of animation and increase awareness of animated expressions in Nordic-Baltic countries.
Fredrikstad Animation Festival

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GLAS Animation Festival
Santa Cruz, California / Dec
Glas Animation Festival hosts both narrative and non-narrative animation shorts competitions, as well as commissioned shorts and hybrid films (animation and live-action).
GLAS Animation Festival

Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival
Sofia, Bulgaria / May
The International Animation Film Festival „Golden Kuker hosts short, student animation, feature films, animation eco films, music videos and films for kids.
Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival

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Hiroshima Animation Season
Hiroshima, Japan / Aug / Academy Award-Qualifying
Hiroshima Animation Season includes international short and feature competitions, Pan-Pacific and Asia Youth competition, and a Japanese commissioned film competition. 
Hiroshima Animation Season

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Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival
Conversano, Italy / Aug / Academy Award-Qualifying
IMAGINARIA is the first and only international animated film festival of Apulia region.
Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival

Insomnia International Animation Film Festival
Kaluga area, Russia / Jul
Insomnia International Animation Film Festival is the first Russian noncommercial open-air animation festival.
Insomnia International Animation Film Festival

International Animation Film Festival Nikozi
Nikozi, Georgia / Oct
International Animation Film Festival Nikozi represents a call for reconstruction, mutual respect, cooperation and friendship.
International Animation Film Festival Nikozi

Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA
Kérkyra, Greece and Online / Nov
The aim of the Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA (Corfu, Greece) is to present the best from the field of animation from all around the world.
Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA

ITFS Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
Stuttgart, Germany / Apr / Academy Award-Qualifying
ITFS  (founded in 1982) features distinct competitions for international animation shorts, student shorts, films about the environment, children's films, and an animation feature competition. 
ITFS Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film

K

Kaboom Animation Festival
Amsterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands / Mar / Academy Award-Qualifying / BAFTA-Qualifying
Kaboom Animation Festival accepts animated shorts, student films, animation docs, and features.
Kaboom Animation Festival

KAFF Kecskemét Animation Film Festival
Kecskemét, Hungary / May
KAFF Kecskemét Animation Film Festival is two festivals in parallel, one competition for Hungarian and one for European animation films.
KAFF Kecskemét Animation Film Festival

KuanDu International Animation Festival
Taipei, Taiwan / Oct
Kuan Du Int'nl Animation Festival accepts both professional and student films all over the world.
KuanDu International Animation Festival

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Lanterna Mágica International Animation Festival
Goiania, Brazil / Mar
Lanterna Mágica is an international animation festival with both international and Brazilian animation competitions.
Lanterna Mágica International Animation Festival

Linoleum Contemporary International Animation and Media Art Festival
Kyiv, Ukraine / Sep / BAFTA-Qualifying
LINOLEUM Festival accepts international and Ukrainian animation shorts of all techniques.
Linoleum Contemporary International Animation and Media Art Festival

London International Animation Festival
London, UK / Nov / BAFTA-Qualifying
London International Animation Festival is open to submissions for all animated films, including music videos, animated documentaries, and children's films.
London International Animation Festival

M

Manchester Animation Festival
Manchester, UK / Nov / Academy Award-Qualifying / BAFTA-Qualifying
Manchester Animation Festival accepts animation films in short, student, commissioned, and immersive film competition categories.
Manchester Animation Festival

Monstra - Lisbon Animation Festival
Lisbon, Portugal / Mar
MONSTRA | Lisbon Animation Festival is an event where animated films meet other media and arts.
Monstra - Lisbon Animation Festival

N

New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival
Chitose Hokkaido, Japan / Nov
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival is an animation festival dedicated to animated films held at the terminal building of New Chitose Airport (Hokkaido, Japan), which connects Hokkaido with the rest of the world.
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival

Niigata International Animation Film Festival
Niigata, Japan / Mar
The Niigata International Animation Film Festival in Japan focuses on animated feature films.
Niigata International Animation Film Festival

Northern Animation Network
Various / Oct
N.A.N. (Northern Animation Network) is a consortium of four Nordic and Baltic animation festivals with a shared submission system, but with animation competitions tailored to each festival.
Northern Animation Network

O

Ottawa International Animation Festival
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada / Sep / Academy Award-Qualifying
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF, established in 1976) features animation short & student competitions, commissioned works, children's film, and feature film competitions. A high number of submissions. 
Ottawa International Animation Festival

P

Palm Springs International Animation Festival
Palm Springs, United States / Jun
Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival & Expo is a global competition in animation and exhibition of the most talented artists in the world.
Palm Springs International Animation Festival

Paris International Animation Film Festival
Paris, France / Jan
The Festival of Animated Film of Paris propose you to (re)discover the diversity and abundance of national and international independent animated creation, (national and international ) on short format.
Paris International Animation Film Festival

Piccolo Festival dell' Animazione
Various, Italy / Nov
Piccolo Animation Festival (Piccolo Festival di Animazione) takes place around Italy.
Piccolo Festival dell' Animazione

Pixel Vienna Animation Festival
Vienna, Austria / Nov
PIXEL Vienna is the Annual Austrian Computer Graphics and Animation Conference and Festival taking place in the beautiful setting of Vienna.
Pixel Vienna Animation Festival

Primanima World Festival of First Animations
Budaörs, Hungary / Oct
Primanima Festival primarily accepts student animation films and first films by animation directors in its competition programs.
Primanima World Festival of First Animations

Prime the Animation Festival
Valencia, Spain / Oct
Prime the Animation! Festival accepts animation work from students and new animation directors.
Prime the Animation Festival

PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival)
Tallinn, Estonia / Nov / Academy Award-Qualifying / BAFTA-Qualifying
PÖFF Shorts, an integral part of Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF),  features a separate international animation competition (including a separate children's competitive programme).
PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival)

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ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival (ReA)
Yerevan, Armenia / Oct
ReAnimania (ReA, founded in 2008) includes international animation competitions for shorts, graduation films, feature films, commissioned films, and music videos.
ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival

REX Animation Film Festival
Stockholm, Sweden / Nov
REX Animation Film Festival is the only film festival in Sweden dedicated solely to animated films
REX Animation Film Festival

Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival
Poland / Sep
The organizer of the Rising of Lusitania-AnimaDoc Film Festival is Animation Across Borders. The basis of the Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival is an international competition dedicated entirely to animated documentaries.
Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival

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Shcha 7 sec Animated Film Festival
Berlin, Germany / Jul
Submit animation films up to 7 seconds to the Shcha Festival.
Shcha 7 sec Animated Film Festival

SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival
Los Angeles, California / Jul / Academy Award-Qualifying
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival accepts computer-animated films or films that include computer graphics.
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival

Sommets du cinéma d'animation
Montreal, Canada / May
The Sommets du cinéma d'animation is an international festival dedicated to animation in all its forms, from heritage films to new media through current production.
Sommets du cinéma d'animation

Spark Animation Festival
Vancouver, Canada / Sep / Academy Award-Qualifying
Spark Animation Festival accepts animation shorts, student films, music videos, commissioned films, and animation features.
Spark Animation Festival

Stop Motion OUR FEST Festival
Buenos Aires, Argentina / Online / Jul
The international Stop motion OUR FEST features an International and an Latin American stop-motion competition..
Stop Motion OUR FEST Festival

StopTrik International Film Festival
Maribor, Slovenia / Sep
StopTrik IFF accepts international stop-motion films and hybrid experimental animation works. 
StopTrik International Film Festival

Sudan International Animation Festival - Apedemak
Cairo, Egypt / Apr
This annual event brings animation films from around the world to Sudanese audiences and connects Sudan's animation production to an international platform.
Sudan International Animation Festival - Apedemak

Supertoon International Animation Festival
Šibenik, Croatia / Jul
Supertoon International Animation Festival specializes in short animated films (also student films, music videos and films for children).
Supertoon International Animation Festival

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T-Short Animated Film Festival
Kinemathek Karlsruhe cinema, Germany / Nov
The T-Short Festival is an annual screening of the best works in world animation.
T-Short Animated Film Festival

TAF | Thessaloniki Animation Festival
Thessaloniki, Greece / Oct / BAFTA-Qualifying
TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival accepts animation shorts (also student films and kids short animation films), as well as Balkan Animation Films as a separate category.
TAF | Thessaloniki Animation Festival

Taichung International Animation Festival
Taichung, Taiwan / Oct
TIAF ‬is the only city film festival in Taiwan that features solely animation
Taichung International Animation Festival

Tashkent International Animation Forum (TIAF)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan / May
TIAF is the first international animation festival in Central Asia, bringing together competitive screenings, education, workshops, and meetings between professionals and amateurs.
Tashkent International Animation Forum (TIAF)

Tehran International Animation Festival
Tehran, Iran / Jan
Tehran International Animation Festival (TIAF) specializes but is not limited to children and young adults; submitters can submit all kinds of animation films. .
Tehran International Animation Festival

TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival
Tbilisi, Georgia / Sep
TIAF- Tbilisi International Animation Festival features all kinds of animated films (shorts and features). 
TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival

Tofuzi International Festival of Animated Films
Adjara, Georgia / Oct
International Festival of Animated Films “TOFUZI” invites films from all animation techniques, and hosts adult and chidren competition categories. 
Tofuzi International Festival of Animated Films

Toon Dook International Animation Festival
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan / Oct
Toon Dook International Animation Festival is a dynamic new event in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, dedicated to showcasing the richness and diversity of contemporary animation.
Toon Dook International Animation Festival

Tricky Women / Tricky Realities Animation Festival
Vienna, Austria / Mar
Tricky Women (started in 2001) focuses on animated works made by women and/or genderqueer artists.
Tricky Women / Tricky Realities Animation Festival

Turku Animated Film Festival (TAFF)
Turku, Finland / Aug
Turku Animated Film Festival welcomes international animation shorts (not commissioned or educational), and involves student and Finnish film awards.
Turku Animated Film Festival (TAFF)

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University Animation Festival (FUA!)
San José, Costa Rica / Jun
FUA! accepts animated shorts created in an academic context, in any technique.
University Animation Festival (FUA!)

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Viborg Animation Festival
Viborg, Denmark / Sep / BAFTA-Qualifying
VAF features both short film, graduation film and experimental film awards in its competition slots.
Viborg Animation Festival

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West Lake International Animation Festival
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou / Oct
West Lake International Animation Festival is an animation art exchange platform integrating competitions, screenings, exhibitions, and forums, which is held every two years.
West Lake International Animation Festival

Womanimation! Film Festival
Boston, MA / Apr
Womanimation is a festival showcasing acclaimed animated films created by women from around the world.
Womanimation! Film Festival

World Festival of Animated Film Varna
Varna, Bulgaria / Sep
The World Festival of Animated Film, WFAF, is an event for all kinds of filmmakers from around the globe, with our sole aim to showcase both the cultural and artistic significance of the Art of Animation.
World Festival of Animated Film Varna

Other film festivals,  animation markets, labs, and events with an animation component

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accordi @ DISACCORDI - International Short Film Festival
Naples, Italy / Nov
accordi @ DISACCORDI (Consonances and Dissonances) is an audience-friendly festival that focuses on quality programming of all genres of the seventh art, from comedy to drama, animation to documentary, and art to experimental movies
accordi @ DISACCORDI - International Short Film Festival

Amarcort Film Festival
Rimini, Italy / Nov
Amarcort Film Festival is the only festival in the world dedicated to Federico Fellini.
Amarcort Film Festival

ANIDOX Lab Residency
Viborg, Denmark / Nov
ANIDOX: LAB is an international professional development programme for documentary and animation filmmakers and creative producers developing animated documentary projects.
ANIDOX Lab Residency

ANIDOX: VR Award
Viborg, Denmark / Sep
ANIDOX and Viborg Animation Festival have initiated the award scheme – ANIDOX:VR Award, which distinctively addresses factual and visual storytelling in emerging media/VR.
ANIDOX: VR Award

ANIDOX:LAB
Viborg / Copenhagen / Online / Oct
ANIDOX:LAB is the Animation Workshop / VIA University College’s animation documentary professional training programme
ANIDOX:LAB

Animafest Scanner
Zagreb / Jun
Animafest Scanner symposium is again at the forefront of the discourse and the interaction of theoretical and practical approaches to animation.
Animafest Scanner

Animarkt Stop-Motion Forum
Lodz, Poland / Oct
ANIMARKT STOP MOTION FORUM is Poland’s first and Central and Eastern Europe’s prime international event devoted exclusively to stop motion and puppet animation
Animarkt Stop-Motion Forum

Animation Production Days
Stuttgart, Germany / May
Animation Production Days (APD) is the most important co-production and financing market for animation in Germany. It brings together co-production, financing and distribution partners for animation projects in efficient one-to-one discussions.
Animation Production Days

Animotion Film Festival
Florence, Italy / May
Animotion Film Festival is a competitive Film Festival dedicated to 2D-3D Animation and stop-motion films.
Animotion Film Festival

Annie Awards
Los Angeles, CA / Feb
Annie Awards (established in 1972) invite submissions of animation shorts (including student shorts) and features, without prior theatrical US release. A fee applies.
Annie Awards

Ars Independent Festival
Katowice, Poland / Oct
Ars Independent is a multimedia and pop culture festival of films, animations, music videos, and video games.
Ars Independent Festival

Athens International Children’s Film Festival
Athens, Greece / Nov
The Athens International Children’s Film Festival aims to support and promote creative film production for children, teenagers and their families around the world.
Athens International Children’s Film Festival

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Baku International Film Festival
Baku, Azerbaijan / Nov
The Baku International Short Film Festival was established in 2004 by the "Sinema" center of Young Cinematographers
Baku International Film Festival

Baltic Pitching Forum
Vilnius, Lithuania / Oct
The Baltic Pitching Forum helps filmmakers to gain international recognition in the European marketplace
Baltic Pitching Forum

Black Sea Animation Workshop
Istanbul, Turkey / Nov
The Black Sea Animation Workshop is open for animation short projects in development.
Black Sea Animation Workshop

British Animation Awards
London, UK / Mar / BAFTA-Qualifying
The British Animation Awards (BAA) covers all aspects of the UK Animation scene, from student work to commercials, children’s entertainment, short and experiential films, music videos and new technologies.
British Animation Awards

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Cartoon Forum
Toulouse, France / Sep
Car­toon Forum (established in 1990) accepts European TV series/special projects in development and production. A registration fee applies to selected projects.
Cartoon Forum

Cartoon Movie
Bordeaux, France / Mar
Created in 1999, Cartoon Movie is an intense and efficient pitching event intended to create a synergy between producers, investors and distributors of feature-length animation films.
Cartoon Movie

CARTOON Next
Marseille, France / Apr
Cartoon Next offers 3 days dedicated to the evolution of the creative and digital industries.
CARTOON Next

CARTOON Springboard
Madrid, Spain / Nov
Cartoon Springboard accepts European projects (TV series/specials, feature animation) from recently graduated young animation talents.
CARTOON Springboard

CEE Animation Forum 
Pilsen, Czech Republic / Online / Nov
CEE Animation Forum accepts European animation film projects (feature films, series and TV Specials, short films,  student short films) at the development stage.
CEE Animation Forum

CEE Animation Workshop
Online & Onsite / Feb
CEE Animation Workshop is a year-long programme for developing projects and enhancing the skills of producers in the field of animation.
CEE Animation Workshop

Chainsaw Game and Music Festival
Online / Dec
The Chainsaw Game and Music Festival brings together the world's best Games, Music, and Music Videos of all genres into an international event to share new worlds and unique audiovisual experiences in Anaheim, California.
Chainsaw Game and Music Festival

CINEKID Festival 
Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Oct
Cinekid Festival primarily hosts a Children's Film Competition and an international short film competition.
CINEKID Festival

CINEKID Junior Co-Production Market
Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Oct
The Cinekid Junior Co-production Market is an integrated two-day co-production market that enables financiers, broadcasters and producers to assess new and innovative children's projects across the film and television sectors.
CINEKID Junior Co-Production Market

CINEKID Script Lab -
Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Oct
Cinekid Script LAB is a six-month script-training programme for writers with a children's film project.
CINEKID Script Lab -

Cinemira Budapest International Children's Film Festival
Budapest, Hungary / Oct
Cinemira International Children's and Youth Film Festival is designed for professionals who are creating films for young audiences.
Cinemira Budapest International Children's Film Festival

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 
Clermont-Ferrand, France / Jan / Academy Award-Qualifying
The annual Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, held at the start of the year, is one of the most coveted venues for international short-film animation premieres. 
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

ClujShorts ISFF
Cluj Napoca, Romania / Mar
ClujShorts International Short Film Festival is a cultural event that takes place annually in Cluj Napoca, Romania.
ClujShorts ISFF

CODA Co-Development Animation Award 
Online / Nov
CEE Animation, in partnership with national film institutions and organizations from Central and Eastern Europe, has launched the call for the CODA – Co-Development Animation Awards, a new funding initiative designed to support early-stage animation development and strengthen cross-border collaboration across the regio
CODA Co-Development Animation Award

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DOK Leipzig 
Leipzig, Germany / Oct / Academy Award-Qualifying / BAFTA-Qualifying
DOK Leipzig (established in 1955) runs a separate international animation competition and also welcomes animation documentaries of all lengths.
DOK Leipzig

Drama International Short Film Festival
Drama, Greece / Sep / Academy Award-Qualifying
DRAMA International Short Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest short film festivals, taking place in Drama, Greece.
Drama International Short Film Festival

Drama Pitching Lab
Drama, Greece / Sep
In the context of the Educational Platform DRAMA TALENT LAB, the International Film Festival in Drama organizes a Pitching Lab Workshop to provide pitching techniques to directors/producers.
Drama Pitching Lab

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Encounters Film Festival
Bristol, UK / Sep / BAFTA-Qualifying
Encounters Film Festival (established in 1997) features a separate international competition for animation shorts.
Encounters Film Festival

Etiuda & Anima Festival
Krakow, Poland / Oct
Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, organized in Krakow since 1994, is the oldest international film event in Poland confronting the achievements of art and film school students from all over the globe with the works of the authors of artistic animation including professional, student and independent filmmakers.
Etiuda & Anima Festival

European Animation Awards
Krakow, Poland / Oct
Professionals / educators / students within the European Community are invited to join the European Animation Association, vote in 16 achievement and production categories, and attend the annual awards ceremony.
European Animation Awards

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Filmfest Dresden
Dresden, Germany / Apr
FILMFEST DRESDEN short film festival focuses on short film in all its facets since 1989.
Filmfest Dresden

Flipbook Film Festival
Skopje, North Macedonia / Aug
Flipbook Film Festival is an annual cultural event devoted specifically for animated films made by European authors taking place in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Flipbook Film Festival

FLIPT! Austrian Flipbook Festival @ 15. StopTrik International Film Festival
Maribor, Slovenia / Sep
This year FLIPT! The Austrian Flipbook Festival will be hosted on the 15th. StopTrik International Film Festival 2025 in Maribor.
FLIPT! Austrian Flipbook Festival @ 15. StopTrik International Film Festival

Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival 
Budapest, Hungary / May / Academy Award-Qualifying / BAFTA-Qualifying
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival, Hungary's only Oscar-qualifying festival, showcases the newest and most exciting Hungarian and international short films.
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival

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Go Short Festival 
Nijmegen, The Netherlands / Apr / Academy Award-Qualifying
Go Short is the main short film festival in the Netherlands.
Go Short Festival

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IndieJúnior - International Children’s and Youth Film Festival of Porto
Porto, Portugal / Jan
IndieJúnior Allianz is an International Children’s and Youth Film Festival in Porto.
IndieJúnior - International Children’s and Youth Film Festival of Porto

Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin
Berlin, Germany / Nov / Academy Award-Qualifying
Interfilm Festival (established in 1982) accepts animation shorts in its international and German Competitions. Animated films are screened as part of the hybrid (live-action and animation) competition programs.
Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin

International Film Festival for Children and Youth "Hero"
Russia / May
The international film festival for children and youth "Hero" takes place on the territory from Eastern Siberia to Sakhalin.
International Film Festival for Children and Youth "Hero"

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KUKI International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin
Berlin, Germany / Nov
KUKI, the International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin, has been campaigning for a diversity of perspectives since 2008.
KUKI International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin

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La Guarimba International Film Festival
Amantea, Italy / Aug
La Guarimba Film Festival's main objective is to bring the cinema back to the people and the people back to the cinema.
La Guarimba International Film Festival

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Madrese International Short Film Festival
Tehran, Iran / Sep
The school's student short film festival (Madrese Film Festival) is held in Iran by a group of artists who are interested in students' art and, with the help of many sponsors, has been held since 2013.
Madrese International Short Film Festival

MEDIAWAVE Film and Music Gathering
Komárom, Hungary / Apr
The MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering.
MEDIAWAVE Film and Music Gathering

Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA)
Rome, Italy / Oct
Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo accepts animated series in advanced development, production, post-production, or completed, produced or co-produced by an Italian production company.
Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA)

Mister Vorky Film Festival
Ruma, Serbia / Sep
Mister Vorky is an International Festival of One-Minute and short films, which promotes the best one-minute and short films from all continents.
Mister Vorky Film Festival

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New York International Children's Film Festival
New York, NY / Feb / Academy Award-Qualifying
The New York International Children's Film Festival seeks entries for animated short and feature films.
New York International Children's Film Festival

Next Lab Generation Workshop
Online / Madrid / Jun
Next Lab is an initiative that integrates a workshop, an event, and a digital platform for animation projects.
Next Lab Generation Workshop

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Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
Olympia, Pyrgos, Greece / Nov
Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People was created in 1997 and aims to contribute to the development of audiovisual programs for children and young people in Greece.
Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People

Overcome Film Festival
Online / Oct
The Overcome Film Festival is the international event for all storytellers, filmmakers, and artists to tell the world their stories of survival and triumph over adversity.
Overcome Film Festival

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Photometria In Motion
Ioannina, Greece / Apr
Photometria International Photography Festival is organized by “Entefxis.” A non-profit organization.
Photometria In Motion

Punto y Raya Festival
Barcelona, Spain / Oct
PUNTO Y RAYA is an international platform devoted to the promotion, education, and production of audiovisual art in its purest state: Form, Color, Motion and Sound.
Punto y Raya Festival

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Quirino Awards and Co-Production Market
Tenerife, Spain / May
The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards celebrate animation production in the 23 Ibero-American countries.
Quirino Awards and Co-Production Market

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(Re)animacija Festival
Nikšić, Montenegro / Mar
(RE)ANIMACIJA – Festival of European Animated Film and Illustration.
 Hosts an international thematic competition for illustration and animation
(Re)animacija Festival

Red Rock Film Festival
Cedar City/St. George, UTAH / Sep
Red Rock Film Festival takes place in Cedar City, Utah.
Red Rock Film Festival

Riga International Short Film Festival 2Annas
Riga, Latvia / Apr
Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS is one of the leading short film festivals in the Baltic States.
Riga International Short Film Festival 2Annas

Rise & Shine Animation Pitching Lab
Online & Onsite / Oct
Animation pitching Lab for young talents and their short films from the CEE region.
Rise & Shine Animation Pitching Lab

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Short Short Story Film Festival
US (Various) / Nov
The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes.
Short Short Story Film Festival

ShorTO Film Market
Turin, Italy / Nov
Think Outside the Keyframe is an international co-production pitching forum for upcoming animation short films. Selected participants will have five minutes to pitch their project to an audience of film professionals. Short film projects of any animation genre are eligible to participate.
ShorTO Film Market

Shorts Not Pants Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario / Nov
Established in 2012 as a quarterly screening series in Toronto, Canada, Shorts That Are Not Pants is now a festival weekend held each November.
Shorts Not Pants Film Festival

Student Academy Awards
Beverly Hills, CA / Oct
Student Academy Awards is a platform for emerging global filmmakers by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work.
Student Academy Awards

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UNDER_the_RADAR_Vienna
Vienna, Austria / Apr
UNDER_the_RADAR is the Austrian interdisciplinary film/media festival and conference, intersecting experimental film and media with animation, art, exploratory filmmaking, and digital culture.
UNDER_the_RADAR_Vienna

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Video Hackers Film Festival
Online / Dec
For 10 years, the Video Hackers Film Festival has been exploring the relationship between cinema, technology, and creativity.
Video Hackers Film Festival

Vienna Shorts Festival
Vienna, Austria / May / Academy Award-Qualifying
Vienna Shorts Festival includes an Animation Avantgarde competition, dedicated to international animation and experimental film.
Vienna Shorts Festival

VIEW Conference
Turin, Italy / Oct
VIEW Conference accepts animation shorts for its VIEW Award.
VIEW Conference

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Weird Animation, Video Games and New Media Market
Valencia, Spain / Oct
Weird is a professional animation, video games, and new media market that takes place in Spain.
Weird Animation, Video Games and New Media Market

West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival
Morgantown - West Virginia, USA / Mar
Established in 2010, the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival celebrates exceptional, compelling, original, and innovative works in film, video, and animation.
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival

Women Over 50 Film Festival
Brighton and Depot, Lewes, UK + Online / Sep
WOFFF is an inclusive festival which celebrates older women in all their diversity.
Women Over 50 Film Festival

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Young Horizons Industry (former Kids Kino Industry)
Online & Onsite (Warsaw, Poland) / Sep
Young Horizons International Film Festival is a series of programmes and projects aimed at supporting and promoting film and series development for young audiences.
Young Horizons Industry (former Kids Kino Industry)

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Zlin Film Festival
Zlín, Czech Republic / May
The mission and goal of the ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL is to present contemporary world film for children and youth in the Czech Republic, as well as to exhibit Czech films.
Zlin Film Festival

 

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