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05
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Animayo Festival 2027

City: Gran Canaria, Spain
Animayo Festival (since 2006) features an international animation competition, including awards for Best Music Video and Video Games.
05
May
2027
PITCHING & INDUSTRY

Animation Production Days

City: Stuttgart, Germany
Animation Production Days (APD) is open to European producers and emerging European talents for animation projects. 
07
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Trollywood Animation Festival

City: Trollhättan, Sweden
Trollywood Animation Festival accepts international animation shorts, music videos, student films and feature films.
11
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Sommets du cinéma d'animation

City: Montreal, Canada
The Sommets du cinéma d'animation accepts exclusively Canadian (co-) productions of animation shorts, music videos, and educational films.
12
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival 2027

City: Sofia, Bulgaria
Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival invites international animation shorts, student films, films for kids, music videos, and TV series episodes.
13
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival

City: Baku, Azerbaijan
ANIMAFILM Festival invites international animation shorts, student films, TV series, and National (Azerbaijan) animation films.
14
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Animatricks Animation Festival

City: Helsinki, Finland
Animatricks Animation Festival features International, National (Finnish), and Junior competitions.
18
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

International Film Festival for Children and Youth "Hero"

City: Russia
The international film festival for children and youth "Hero" takes place on the territory from Eastern Siberia to Sakhalin.
21
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival

City: New York, United States
ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival invites submissions for independent, experimental, student films as well as music videos and commissioned work created in the USA.
25
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Vienna Shorts Festival 2027

City: Vienna, Austria
Vienna Shorts festival includes an Animation Avantgarde competition, dedicated to international animation and experimental film.
25
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Cartoons on the Bay

City: Pescara, Italy
Cartoons on the Bay accepts international animation features, TV shows, short, and interactive animation.
26
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Chilemonos International Animation Festival

City: Santiago, Chile / Online
CHILEMONOS Festival welcomes both international and Latin American animated short films.
27
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

KAFF Kecskemét Animation Film Festival

City: Kecskemét, Hungary
KAFF Kecskemét Animation Film Festival is two festivals in parallel, one competition for Hungarian and one for European animation films.
27
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival 2027

City: Budapest, Hungary
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival, Hungary's only Oscar-qualifying festival, showcases the newest and most exciting Hungarian and international short films.
28
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Zlin Film Festival

City: Zlín, Czech Republic
The mission and goal of the ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL is the presentation of contemporary world film for children and youth in the Czech Republic as well as an exhibition of Czech films.
30
May
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Krakow Film Festival 2027

City: Krakow, Poland
Krakow Film Festival (established in 1960) accepts international documentaries, animations, and short films.
03
Jun
2027
ACADEMIC

Animafest Scanner

City: Zagreb
Animafest Scanner Symposium is an annual symposium on animation (during Animafest Zagreb) with an open call for papers.
07
Jun
2027
PITCHING & INDUSTRY

Next Lab Generation Workshop

City: Online / Madrid
Next Lab is an initiative that integrates a workshop, an event and a digital platform for animation projects.
07
Jun
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Animafest Zagreb 2027

City: Zagreb, Croatia
Animafest Zagreb (established in 1972) features international short and student films, children's films, and a Croatian film competition, with a large number of submissions.
11
Jun
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

University Animation Festival (FUA!)

City: San José, Costa Rica
FUA! accepts animated shorts created in an academic context, in any technique.
13
Jun
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market

City: Annecy, France
Annecy Festival (established in 1960) hosts a variety of animation competitions (shorts, features, TV films, commissioned films, music videos) and has one of the highest submission numbers for animated films.
23
Jun
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Palm Springs International Animation Festival

City: Palm Springs, United States
Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival & Expo accepts international animation shorts and features, with specialized awards for different techniques and topics (docs, LGBT+).
26
Jun
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

ASIFAC Animation Festival and Conference (Asifa South)

City: Atlanta, US
ASIFAC Animation Festival and Conference accepts animation shorts under 15 minutes, with a separate category for 15-30 minute films ('features').
29
Jun
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2027

City: Žilina, Slovakia
Fest Anča International Animation Festival welcomes animated shorts, student shorts, children's films, and music videos -including a Slovak animated short competition.
03
Jul
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Animator Festival 2027

City: Poznań, Poland
The International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR offers both International and Polish animation competitions, with corresponding awards.
08
Jul
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Insomnia International Animation Film Festival

City: Kaluga area, Russia
Insomnia International Animation Film Festival accepts international animation shorts from both professionals and emerging talents.
08
Jul
2027
AWARDS/PRIZES

Graphic Stories Cyprus

City: Nicossia, Cyprus
The international contest is part of the Conference on Graphic Design and Visual Communication, Graphic Stories.
12
Jul
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Anibar International Animation Festival

City: Peja, Kosovo
Anibar Festivas invites submissions for its international animation competition. It also features human rights, music videos, and kids' and teens' animation competitions.
19
Jul
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Stop Motion OUR FEST Festival 2027

City: Buenos Aires, Argentina / Online
The international Stop motion OUR FEST is an animation festival located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
19
Jul
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival

City: Los Angeles, California
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival accepts computer-animated films or films that include computer graphics.
20
Jul
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Supertoon International Animation Festival

City: Šibenik, Croatia
Supertoon International Animation Festival specializes in short animated films (also student films, music videos and films for children).
03
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

ANIMAPHIX International Animated Film Festival

City: Bagheria / Palermo, ITALY
ANIMAPHIX Festival accepts international animation shorts (including experimental shorts), animation docs, and films for children and young audiences.
03
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Anima Latina | Latin American Animated Film Festival

City: Buenos Aires, Argentina
ANIMA LATINA features competitions for Latin American and Argentinian animation shorts, series, and feature films.
04
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

ANIMIX - International Animation and Comics Festival

City: Tel Aviv, Israel
Animix Festival accepts animation shorts, student shorts, animation docs, experimental, music videos, and feature animation films.
06
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Flipbook Film Festival

City: Skopje, North Macedonia
Flipbook Film Festival is an annual cultural event devoted specifically for animated films made by European authors taking place in Skopje, North Macedonia.
07
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Countryside Animafest Cyprus

City: Salamiou Village, Cyprus
Countryside Animafest Cyprus accepts international narrative and non-narrative animation shorts, as well as National (Cypriot) shorts.
07
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

La Guarimba International Film Festival 2027

City: Amantea, Italy
La Guarimba Film Festival main objective is to bring the cinema back to the people and the people back to the cinema.
19
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Animist Tallinn International Animation Festival

City: Tallinn, Estonia
Animist Tallinn accepts international animation shorts in any animation technique.
19
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Hiroshima Animation Season

City: Hiroshima, Japan
Hiroshima Animation Season includes international short and feature competitions, Pan-Pacific and Asia Youth competition, and a Japanese commissioned film competition.
23
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival

City: Conversano, Italy
IMAGINARIA Festival invites international animation shorts and student films, films for children, and music videos.
26
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Turku Animated Film Festival (TAFF)

City: Turku, Finland
Turku Animated Film Festival welcomes international animation shorts (not commissioned or educational), and features student and Finnish film awards.
30
Aug
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

OFF – Odense International Film Festival 2027

City: Odense, Denmark
Odense International Film Festival (OFF) invites submissions for international shorts, features animation and documentary, and includes a Danish competition.
01
Sep
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival

City: Poland
The Rising of Lusitania-AnimaDoc Film Festival invites animation documentaries only, no longer than 30 minutes (including student films and mockumentaries).
02
Sep
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

World Festival of Animated Film Varna

City: Varna, Bulgaria
The World Festival of Animated Film, WFAF, accepts international and Bulgarian animation shorts and features, as well as children's films and student animation films.
02
Sep
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Festival Internacional de Animacion

City: Montevideo, Uruguay
Festival Internacional de Animación invites animation shorts and TV/web films, up to 20 minutes.
02
Sep
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

AnimaQUEER

City: Florianópolis, SC Brazil
AnimaQUEER is a queer-themed animation film festival. That is, only animated films whose narrative revolves around sexual diversity will be presented, with LGBTQIAPN+ main characters, or with stories that revolve around their sexuality.
03
Sep
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Animinimist Festival

City: Tallinn, Estonia
Animinimist Festival (a sister festival of Animist) accepts animation films for young audiences.
04
Sep
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Women Over 50 Film Festival

City: Brighton and Depot, Lewes, UK + Online
WOFFF is an inclusive festival which celebrates older women in all their diversity.
06
Sep
2027
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Drama International Short Film Festival

City: Drama, Greece
DRAMA International Short Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest short film festivals, taking place in Drama, Greece.
06
Sep
2027
PITCHING & INDUSTRY

Drama Pitching Lab

City: Drama, Greece
In the context of the Educational Platform DRAMA TALENT LAB, the International Film Festival in Drama organises a Pitching Lab Workshop to provide pitching techniques to directors / producers.
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