Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival 2026

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.

Call for Entries 2026

• 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.

• Best Professional AnimaDoc
• Best Student AnimaDoc
• Best MOCK<anima>DOC
• PANORAMIC VIEW FROM THE COMMAND DECK (non-competitive)

• Regulations and submissions via FilmFreeway
• Deadline: 31 July 2026

2025 Festival Coverage

• Animation Docs Selection

2024 Festival Coverage

• Winners 2024
• Selection Results

 2023 Festival Coverage

• Interview with María Lorenzo Hernández - Fashion Victims 2.0
• Reviews by Piotr Kardas, the festival director
• Winners 2023
• Selection Results 2023

The festival trailer

Piotr Tokarz - born in '94, a student at the Wrocław Academy of Fine Arts, majoring in Media Art. He started to be interested in animation during his studies, but before that he tried his hand at creating films, mainly music videos. On a daily basis, he works as a graphic designer, and in his spare time he realizes himself in the artistic field. In his works, he experiments with various techniques, looking for an appropriate visual means to express himself.

2022 Festival Coverage

• Award Winners
• Selection Results

 2021 Festival Coverage

• 2021 Festival Winners
• Selection Results

2020 Festival Coverage

• All Selected Films 

 2019 Festival Coverage:

• The Driver Is Red, Egg, Life of Death Take Home Rising of Lusitania Awards
• Full Daily Schedule for the 2019 Rising of Lusitania Animadoc Fest
• 35 Animation Documentaries Selected for 2019 Rising of Lusitania Animadoc Film Festival