Tofuzi International Festival of Animated Films 2026

About the Festival: The Festival encourages the exchange of creative experiences between Georgian and foreign artists, a search for new ideas, styles, and technologies as well as the integration of Georgian animation into the global cinema process. The Festival seeks to bring animation as an attractive sort of culture to the children of those regions of Georgia where any cultural events are very rare. Overall the Festival aims to popularize Animation Films among adults and children.

2026 Call for Entries

Only short animated films (under 25 minutes) completed after January 2025 will be considered.

Special nomination

The Grand Prix
The Best Director
The Best Script
The Best Music
The Best Technique

• Deadline: Premiere Deadline 30 June 2026,  Interim Deadline 20 July 2026,  Final Deadline 11 August 2026
  
• Submit via FilmFreeway

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2020 Festival Coverage

Winners:

Grand Prix
Film name: Cosmonaut / Director: Kaspar Jancis Country: Estonia
⭐Best Film For Adults: Ties, Director: Dina Velikovskaya / Country: Germany
⭐Best Film For Children: This side ,Other side, Director: Lida Fazl /C ountry: Iran
⭐Best Debut: : Bach-Hông, Director: Elsa Duhamel / Country: France
⭐Best TV -Series:  PATCHWORK SPIDER Director: Angela Steffen / Country: Germany
⭐Best Student Film: SH_T happens, Director: Michaela Mihalyi, David Štumpf Country: Czech Republic
⭐Best Experimental Film: Eclosion, Director: Rita Basulto Country: Mexico
⭐Best Film Created By Children The Blockage, Director: 4th class Lukasschool, Schaarbeek / Country: Belgium
⭐Best Directing: Daughter , Director: Daria Kashcheeva / Country: Czech Republic
⭐Best Script  The Adventures Of Gloria Scott - Murder in the Cathedral, Director: Matija Pisacic, Tvrtko Raspolic / Country: Croatia
⭐Best Technique :  Sororal, Director: Frédéric Even, Louise Mercadier / Country: France
⭐Best Music:  Last Supper Director: Piotr Dumala / Country: Poland

2019 Festival Coverage

• 2019 Tofuzi Winners

2018 Festival Coverage

• 2018 Tofuzi Winners
• 2018 Selection Results