Animation Festivals & Events Deadlines

The Animest International Animation Film Festival, established in 2006, has become Bucharest’s recognized event on the international animation scene.

The main gathering of Mexican creators and the global animation, comic and videogame industries.

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

WOFFF is an inclusive festival which celebrates older women in all their diversity.

Cinanima International Animated Film festival in Espinho, Portugal, is an Oscar-qualifying festival.

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.

Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) is an Academy AwardⓇ Qualifying International Animation Festival, which includes general competition section, feature films, short films, graduation films, Korean short films, TV&Commissioned films.

International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima consists of 2 international competitions: of films from film and art schools – ETIUDA, of animation (professional, student and independent) – ANIMA and since 2017 national competition for animation - ANIMA.PL

Prime the Animation! focuses on discovering and promoting new international talents.

StopTrik IFF is a Slovenian/Polish animation festival and community that celebrates amazing film art of stop motion animation.

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.

Animateka is a week-long international festival of animated film, takes place every year in Ljubljana's Kinodvor and Slovenska kinoteka.

Piccolo Animation Festival (Piccolo Festival di Animazione) takes places around Italy.