Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2026

Festival Description:

Animateka is a week-long international festival of animated film that takes place every year in Ljubljana's Kinodvor and Slovenska kinoteka. It focuses primarily on the latest production of East and Central European short films. European student films and International films for children.

(Cover photo: Animateka 2025 ceremony / photo: Katja Goljat)

Animateka Festival Call for Entries

2027 Animateka Festival call for entries - Currently not open. Submission details will be reported here when announced by the festival.

(2026 Archive)

Main Competition Programme (short animated films from Central, South, and Eastern Europe)
The competition is open to short animated films (the duration of which must not exceed 30 minutes of total running time per film) produced or co-produced in the following countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, and the Ukraine.

The Elephant in Competition (international programme of short animated films for children)
The competition is open to short animated films (the duration of which must not exceed 30 minutes of total running time per film) for children, regardless of the production country.

European Young Talents Competition Programme (short animated films made by European students)
The competition is open to short animated films (the duration of which must not exceed 30 minutes of total running time per film) made by students within educational institutions in the EU or the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, the Ukraine, and UK.

VR@ANIMATEKA Competition Programme (international programme of animated VR works)
The competition is open to short animated projects made for VR, specifically to VR works in the VR (6DOF), VR (3DOF), Interactive 360°, and 360° Video format (the duration of which must not exceed 30 minutes of total running time per project).

All films must be completed in 2025 or 2026. Only films that have not previously been screened at the Animateka festival may be selected.

• Festival Regulations
• Entry Form
• Deadline: 15 July 2026

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