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Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival 2026

01 September 2026 - 30 September 2026

City

Poland

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Website

http://www.animadoc.pl

Edition

Final submission deadline

2026-07-31

Submission/Registration Fee

Festival Description:

Organizer of the Rising of Lusitania-AnimaDoc Film Festival is Animation Across Borders. The base of the Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival is an international competition dedicated entirely to animated documentaries. The first recognized example of animadoc (animated documentary) is Winsor McCay's short film “The Sinking of the Lusitania” (1918, 12-minute-long), which uses animation to portray the 1915 sinking of RMS Lusitania.

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Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival Call for Entries

Festival call for entries - Currently not open. Submission details will be reported here when announced by the festival.

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The base of the Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival is an international competition dedicated entirely to animated documentaries
Under the name of “animadoc” / “animated documentaries,” the Organizer understands the movie that combines animation with the documentary context or documentary approach.
For the Competition, the fesitval accepts animated documentaries, from all over the world, done in any animation technique, not longer than 30 minutes (with closing credits), where the animation is at least 90% of the full movie length and realized after January 1st, 2024.

Submission to the competition is free of charge.

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