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ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival

ASIFA-East-Animated-Film-Festival
Category
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS
Date

22/02/2027

City
New York, United States
Email
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Website
https://asifaeast.com/
Edition
56
Final submission deadline
2027-02-22
Submission/Registration Fee
Yes

Festival Description

ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival invites submissions for independent, experimental, student films as well as music videos and commissioned work created in the USA.

East Animated Film Festival (ASIFA) Call for Entries

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

(Archive)

Eligibility:

- The film must have been completed after July 1, 2025.
- Films previously submitted to the ASIFA-East Animation Festival are not eligible.
- Submissions are currently limited to films produced in the United States.
- Films cannot exceed 22 minutes in length. Films longer than 22 minutes must provide a representative 5–10 minute excerpt for jury viewing.

Categories:

- Independent Film
- Commissioned Work
- Music Video
- Experimental Film
- Undergraduate Student Film

  • Only accepted from the Northeast region, specifically the following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, and Pennsylvania. Undergraduate Student Films over 10 minutes long must include an EXCERPT of 5 minutes, in order to be considered.

- Graduate Student Film

  • Only accepted from the Northeast region, specifically the following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, and Pennsylvania. Graduate Student Films over 10 minutes long must include an EXCERPT of 5 minutes, in order to be considered.

Important Information:

- Submissions via FilmFreeway

- Deadlines: January 1, 2027 - Earlybird Deadline, February 1, 2027 - Regular Deadline, February 22, 2027 - Late Deadline

 
 

Event Dates

  • 21/05/2027

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