Animation Festivals & Events Deadlines

Current deadlines. For the full list of animation festivals (with or without active deadlines) go to our Next Animation Festivals list

Oscar-qualifying festivals for animation shorts

BAFTA-qualifying festivals for animation shorts

Tricky Women / Tricky Realities Animation Festival 2027

11 October 2026

City

Vienna, Austria

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website

http://www.trickywomen.at

Edition

Final submission deadline

2026-10-11

Submission/Registration Fee

Festival Description

The festival is always held in Vienna in March around International Women´s Day. TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES is worldwide the only big recurring festival of animated films by female*/trans/inter creators

2027 Tricky Women / Tricky Realities Animation Festival Call for Entries

Tricky Women Tricky Realities focuses on animated works made by women and/or genderqueer artists and therefore fills a unique position within the international festival landscape.

Our parameters are that at least 50% of the artwork is animated and at least 50% of the directresses are female and/or genderqueer artists.
finished after January 1st, 2025

Categories

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
UP & COMING COMPETITION

Out of competition

The special calls are not limited to current works – feel free to send us as many of your films as you like, whether recent or older (except for already submitted works).