Rising of Lusitania - Animadoc Film Festival 2023

Festival Description:
Organizer of the Rising of Lusitania-AnimaDoc Film Festival is Animation Across Borders. The base of the Rising of Lusitania -AnimaDoc Film Festival is an international competition dedicated entirely to animated documentaries. The first recognized example of animadoc (animated documentary) is Winsor McCay's short film “The Sinking of the Lusitania” (1918, 12-minute-long), which uses animation to portray the 1915 sinking of RMS Lusitania.
2023 Call for Entries
- Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival will be held in one of the port cities in POLAND,07-13.09.2023.
- The base of the Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival is an international competition dedicated entirely to animated documentaries.
- Under the name of “animadoc” / “animated documentaries,” the Organizer understands the movie that combines animation with the documentary context or documentary approach.
- To the Competition, the festival accepts animated documentaries, from all over the world, done in any animation technique, of any duration, where the animation is at least 90% of the full movie length and realized after January 1st, 2021.
Submission to the competition is free of charge.
- Regulations and submissions via FilmFreeway
- Deadline: 18 July 2023.
2022 Festival Coverage
2021 Festival Coverage
2020 Festival Coverage
2019 Festival Coverage:
- The Driver Is Red, Egg, Life of Death Take Home Rising of Lusitania Awards
- Full Daily Schedule for the 2019 Rising of Lusitania Animadoc Fest
- 35 Animation Documentaries Selected for 2019 Rising of Lusitania Animadoc Film Festival
Event Dates
- From 07/09/2023 to 10/09/2023