Anima: The Brussels Animation Film Festival 2024

Festival Description

Anima, The Brussels Animation Film Festival, seeks to promote animated films from all over the world and encourage dialogue between professionals, filmmakers and the public. The Festival presents an official selection with a national and international competition for short and feature films, an information category with retrospective and themed programmes, and a series of conferences entitled Futuranima. Anima is also recognized as a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the Oscar for best animated short film

2024 Call for Entries
Anima will showcase science fiction, a genre which is once more gaining public attention. The 2024 edition of the festival will run from 23 February to 3 March 2024 and will include more than 120 screenings of animated films at Flagey in Brussels over the course of ten days punctuated by festive and fun-filled events.

Anima will also highlight Hungary’s bustling film industry and will feature a host of new feature films for children and adults, screenings of thematic and light-hearted short films, professional meetings on sound and music, a space devoted to new experiences in animated film, and a new optical playground.

Anima considers all films completed after June 2022 (18 months before the beginning of the festival) and belonging to the following categories as eligible for competition:

Official selection - in competition
1) International professional short films
2) International student films
3) International short films for a young audience
4) Feature films
5) National short films.

Out of competition
Animation Documentaries
Music Videos and commercials
Virtual reality short films

• Entry Form
  
• Rules & Regulations
• Deadline: 1 October 2023

Cyril Pedrosa (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Wolfwalkers) has designed the 2024 Anima Festival poster.

2023 Festival Coverage

• Anima Festival 2023 Report: Shorts Programmes
• Queer Animation at Anima Brussels 2023
• Anima Festival 2023 Winners
• Anima Brussels 2023: The Industry Events to Attend
• 'Nayola' Opens Anima Brussels Festival
• Selection Results

2022 Festival Coverage

• Belgian Animation: Our Top 2022 Picks
• 2022 Festival Awards
• The Summit of Gods Opens Anima Festival
• On the Relevance of Metaphorics: Apropos of Anima Brussels 2022
• Czech Animation Celebrated at Anima Brussels 2022
• Selection Results

2021 Festival Coverage

• 2021 Festival Awards

• Anima Festival Opens with Wolfwalkers (CANCELLED)
• 169 Animation Films for Anima Brussels 2021
• Five Masterclasses for Anima Brussels 2021
• Anima Festival to Showcase Korea in its 2021 edition

2020 Festival Coverage

• 2020 Anima Brussels Awards
• Marona's Fantastic Tale to Open Anima Brussels 2020
• Selection results for Anima Brussels 2020
• Belgian and International Animation Professionals at Futuranima Brussels
• Northern Lights Focus, Melusine Production at Anima Brussels
• Animation for Adults at Anima Brussels
• Check the schedule for 2020 Anima Festival

2019 Festival Coverage:

• Rosto Reruns, Bloem, Funan Win Anima Festival Awards
• Anima Festival Opens with Another Day of Life
• Anima Festival: Focus on France

2018 Festival Coverage:

• Guide to talks and masterclasses of the 37th Anima Brussels festival
• Anima Festival Showcases Estonia in its 2018 Edition
• Cowboys and Indians Doc on Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier premieres at the 2018 Anima Brussels fest
• Selected short films
• Feature films
• Full Schedule