Animakom Festival
Event description
Animakom is an international animation film festival with live screenings and awards that will take place in Bilbao from the 12th to the 18th of December, 2022
2022 Festival Coverage
2021 Call for entries:
JURY AND AWARDS
An international jury proposed by the artistic director of ANIMAKOM will be appointed to judge two of the competitions (INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION and STUDENTS COMPETITION).
The jury shall undertake to award at least one prize in all categories. At its own discretion it may give more than one special mention in any of the categories.
The prizes initially established for the two competitions will be as follows:
a) International Competition
-GRAND PRIX ANIMAKOM
-SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
-SPECIAL JURY MENTION
b) Students Competition
-BEST STUDENT FILM
-SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
-SPECIAL JURY MENTION
c) Animated Video Music Competition
-There will be a single prize (BEST ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO) decided by the audience.
d) In addition, for any films competing in either of the three categories that are directed by a director born or resident in the Basque Country or be of Basque production, the LABORAL KUTXA AWARD will be awarded for the Best Basque Short Film, which will be awarded by a different jury designated for this purpose. The Festival shall choose nominees for this prize
- Regulations and entry form via FilmFreeway
- Deadline: 20 March 2021
2020 Festival Coverage
Between July 6th and 12th, the Bilborock Venue will host the forth edition of the Bilbao International Animation Community Festival, ANIMAKOM FEST, with daily sessions from 7pm.
With a schedule of more than 120 short films in four competitive sections (professional, students, basque short films and animated music videos), ANIMAKOM FEST had to postpone its celebration, initially planned to be held on April, due to the state of alarm.
As the main act, on Monday 6th, the Animakom Award will be delivered to the filmmaker Nina Paley in recognition of her career at an online ceremony due to Nina’s impossibility to get to the festival, projecting all her works online and in the venue, including the feature films “Sita Sings The Blues” and “Seder-Masochism”.
In addition to the screenings, the schedule will be completed with two exclusive masterclasses: on Friday 10th about the multi-awarded feature film “Klaus” from one of its animators, Juan Luis González, and on Saturday 11th a special one dedicated to the succesfull Netflix series “BoJack Horseman” with the online presence of its directors Amy Winfrey and Peter Merryman, and the screening of the episode “Free Churro”. .
ANIMAKOM FEST is a festival organized by Asociación Develop with the colaboration of the production companies Abrakam Estudio and Media Attack and promoted by Bilboko Udala, Diputación Foral de Bizkaia, Fundación SGAE, Laboral Kutxa, Mondragon Unibertsitatea and Escuela de Cine del País Vasco - ECPV.
2020 Call for entries (Archive)
ANIMAKOM FEST, Bilbao International Animation Community Festival invites call for entries. It takes place n Bilbao from the 28th of March to the 5th of April 2020.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
Festival’s submissions are open to films applying all animation techniques, including combinations with live action. Over 50% of the production must be animated, and the Festival reserves the right to determine whether an entry qualifies as animation.
Films should be completed after 1 January 2019.
COMPETITION CATEGORIES
The Festival will only accept SHORT FILMS (maximum running time 20 minutes) which can be submitted to the following competition categories:
1. International Competition
2. Students Competition –films produced at an educational institution
3. Animated Music Videos
On an exceptional basis, the Festival may also select episodes from series provided that they comprise self-contained narratives. The Festival reserves the right to determine whether an entry qualifies for the chosen competition category.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
- There is no entry fee.
- Submissions must be made online via filmfreeway.
- Deadline: 15 Jan 2020
The Festival does not pay screening fees for the works selected for the competition programs.
For each film the applicant is required to fill out a separate online entry form and submit a preview screener of the film (HD codec H264) or a link and a password to download the screener which must be available until 20th of March 2020.
The application should contain additional materials: director’s photograph; 3 still images from the film (min. 300 dpi); dialogue list in English. The work submitted must be the final edition. Unfinished films will not be taken into consideration.
Films with dialogues or narration in languages other than English should have English subtitles. Films with dialogue or narration in English are recommended to be submitted with a screener with English subtitles.
FILM SELECTION
Films will be selected by the Artistic Director in collaboration with selected professionals. Their duty will be to preview each work entered on time and decide upon final film selection. The list of films selected for the competition programs will be announced on the Festival’s official website: animakom.com
The Festival shall have the right to screen each of the films selected at least three times. The Festival cannot guarantee to reimburse the travel or accommodation expenses of the directors of selected films selected. However, if they decide to attend the Festival, the directors will be contacted in order to facilitate their stay in every way possible.
SCREENING COPIES
The copies used for screening will be the screeners in HD codec H264 used during the submission process. The Festival reserves the right to refuse a screening copy of dubious technical condition that may cause problems during the screening.
JURY AND AWARDS
An international jury proposed by the artistic director of ANIMAKOM will be appointed to judge two of the competitions (International Competition and Students Competition).
The prizes initially established for the two competitions will be as follows:
a) INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
-Grand Prix Animakom
- Special Jury Prize
- Special Jury Mention
b) STUDENTS COMPETITION
-Grand Prix Students Competition
- Special Jury Prize
- Special Jury Mention
For the Animated Music Videos competition, there will be a dedicated audience prize.
In addition, for any films competing in either of the three categories that are directed by a director born or resident in the Basque Country a prize will be awarded for Best Basque Short Film,The Festival shall choose nominees for this prize.
The awarding of this prize will be compatible with any of the other prizes.
The jury shall undertake to award at least one prize in all categories. At its own discretion it may give more than one special mention in any of the categories. Before the date of the festival, the Festival shall make known whether any of the prizes includes a monetary payment. The Festival may permit other Basque, Spanish or international organizations or institutions to present their own awards.
For this edition, the following independent prizes have already been confirmed:
-Best Female Director Award, awarded by a jury appointed by the organisers of Zinemakumeak Gara!.
-Best Script Award, awarded by a jury appointed by the Basque Screenwriters’ Guild (Asociación Profesional de Guionistas de Euskal Herria).
-Innovation Award, awarded by a jury appointed by Mondragon Unibertsitatea.
The awarding of these prizes is compatible with any of those awarded by the international jury.
NB: 2023 Festival Dates are tentative
Event Dates
- From 12/12/2023 to 18/12/2023
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