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Columbus International Film & Animation Festival 2027

Columbus-International-Film-Animation-Festival-2027
Category
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS
Date

31/12/2026

City
Columbus, United States
Email
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Website
http://columbusfilm.org/
Edition
75
Final submission deadline
2026-12-31
Submission/Registration Fee
Yes

Festival Description

Columbus International Film & Animation Festival (established in 1952) accepts international animation shorts, music videos, student films, and feature films.

2027 Columbus International Film & Animation Festival Call for Entries

Eligibility:

- Films must be a Columbus premiere.

Categories:

- Student Competition Short
- Animation Feature
Over 45 minutes

- Animation Short
Under 45 minutes

- Narrative Feature
- Narrative Short
- Documentary Feature
- Documentary Short
- Experimental/New Media
Short-form digital creative work that could include Gaming Videos, Camera trickery, TikToks, Experimental and Expressionistic Media.

- Ohio Feature Films
- Ohio Shorts
- Music Videos
- AI-Produced Film
- Micro Media

Important Information:

- Submissions via FilmFreeway

- Deadlines: July 17, 2026 - Early Bird Deadline, October 16, 2026 - Regular Deadline, November 13, 2026 - Late Deadline, December 31, 2026 - Extended Deadline

 
 

Event Dates

  • 24/04/2027

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