AnimaSyros International Animation Festival + Agora 2024

Festival Description:

Animasyros International Animation Festival is the largest festival and Animation market of its kind in Greece and one of the 20 most important globally. It started in 2008 and it is annually held on the island of Syros the capital of the Cyclades, at the neoclassical town of Hermoupolis, and in other locations on the island.

The festival includes screenings, tributes to international animation festivals, artists and studios, media literacy activities for children, youngsters, adults, persons with disabilities, and senior citizens, parties, and tons of parallel events. 2022 marks the 8th year of the "Agora" animation market, a major concurrent event, steadily evolving into an important international hub of creative professional networking, targeting the development of synergies among animation professionals. The Animasyros Agora includes pitching sessions, presentations, and masterclasses by prominent representatives of the global animation industry.

Εvents are free to the public and take place at the imposing Apollo Theatre, the Hermoupolis Cultural Centre, the University of the Aegean premises, the central Miaouli Square, and various locations across the island of Syros.

2024 Call for Entries

The 17th edition of Animasyros will be held on 23 -29 September 2024. The main focus of this year's event, entitled "Africa: An Animated Continent of Animation”, is dedicated to contemporary African animation creation and production aiming to highlight the unique narratives and creative expressions of the region

Eligibility criteria

• The festival welcomes only ANIMATED films from all over the globe.
• The first public screening of submitted films must have occurred strictly AFTER the 1st of January 2022.
• The limit between shorts and features is set at 45min. (anything <45mins is considered short, everything >45mins is a feature).

Awards

• Best Feature (Audience Award)

• Best Short Film (Professional)

• Best Student Short Film

• The TV & Commissioned Film awards are split into:
  -Best Commissioned (adverts, informecials,etc)
  -Best Music Vide
  -Best TV Episode

• Best Greek Film

• Best K.ID.S Film

• Best Animapride Film (LGBTQI+ Film)

• Best Pitch for an Agora Project

Animasyros International Animation Festival & Agora is an independent action of the not-for-profit organisation based in Athens Greece PLATFORMA - Urban Culture Co. aiming at the promotion of the animated film.

• Regulations and submissions only via FilmFreeway
• Deadline: 1 July 2024 (regular), 31 July 2024 (late, Agora Projects only). There is no entry fee.

Archive

2021 Festival Coverage

• AnimaSyros Agora: The Full Programme

2020 Festival Coverage

• Festival Awards 
• Selection Results

2019 Festival Coverage:

This year's theme festival, AnimaGreen, is dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Animasyros approaches sustainable development not only in relation to the environment but as a process that ensures the preservation and spread of artistic heritage and creation through new technologies.

2019 marks the 5th year of “Agora”, the festival’s animation marketplace, a major concurrent event, steadily evolving into an important international hub of creative professional networking, targeting the development of synergies among animation professionals

• 2019 Selection Results

2018 Festival Coverage

• Negative Space, (OO) Get 11th Animasyros awards
• Full Schedule for the 11th Animasyros
• Selection Results for the 11th Animasyros festival
• Animasyros Athens Animation Agora (24-26 Sep): Full Schedule