ANIDOX and Viborg Animation Festival have initiated the award scheme – ANIDOX:VR Award, which distinctively addresses factual and visual storytelling in emerging media/VR.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Seoul Indie-AniFest

City: Seoul, South Korea

Seoul Indie-AniFest invites submissions for independent animated films from Korea and Asia.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

BLON Animation and Games Festival

City: Klaipeda, Lithuania

BLON Animation and Games Festival has both International, National, and Young Audiences competitions.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Wild Animation Festival

City: Princeton, Canada

Wild Animation Festival invites submissions for international shorts and also features a VR animation competition.

Sep

2027

PITCHING & INDUSTRY

Cartoon Forum

City: Toulouse, France

Cartoon Forum (established in 1990) accepts European TV series/special projects in development and production. A registration fee applies to selected projects.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Festival Stop Motion Montreal

City: Montreal, Canada

Festival Stop Motion Montreal is dedicated to the art of stop-motion for its September edition.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Red Rock Film Festival

City: Cedar City/St. George, UTAH

Red Rock Film Festival takes place in Cedar City, Utah.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Madrese International Short Film Festival

City: Tehran, Iran

The school's student short film festival (Madrese Film Festival) is held in Iran by a group of artists who had interested in student's Art Condition and with the help of many sponsors since 2013.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Mister Vorky Film Festival

City: Ruma, Serbia

Mister Vorky is an International Festival of One-Minute and Short Film, which promotes the best one-minute and short films from all continents.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Spark Animation Festival

City: Vancouver, Canada

Spark Animation Festival accepts animation shorts, student films, music videos, commissioned films, and animation features.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Chaniartoon International Comic and Animation Festival

City: Chania, Crete, Greece

Chaniartoon Festival invites international and Greek animation shorts and features to its competition.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

AnimaSyros International Animation Festival + Agora

City: Syros, Greece

AnimaSyros Festival invites submissions for international animation shorts, student shorts, films for children, TV& commissioned films. Its Agora component accepts animation projects in development.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Ottawa International Animation Festival

City: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF, established in 1976) features animation short & student competitions, commissioned works, children's film, and feature film competitions. A high number of submissions.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

StopTrik International Film Festival

City: Maribor, Slovenia

StopTrik IFF accepts international stop-motion films and hybrid experimental animation works.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival

City: Tbilisi, Georgia

TIAF- Tbilisi International Animation Festival features all kinds of animated films (shorts and features).

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

FLIPT! Austrian Flipbook Festival @ 15. StopTrik International Film Festival

City: Maribor, Slovenia

This year FLIPT! The Austrian Flipbook Festival will be hosted on the 15th. StopTrik International Film Festival 2025 in Maribor.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

BANG AWARDS - International Animated Film Festival

City: Torres Vedras, Portugal

Bang Awards International Animated Film Festival accepts international short films of all techniques.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Animation Block Party

City: New York City, USA / Online

Animation Block Party accepts very short animation films, including kid-themed films.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Factual Animation Film Festival

City: London, UK

FAFF celebrates factual and documentary animation and invites international animation shorts up to 20 minutes long.

Sep

2027

PITCHING & INDUSTRY

Young Horizons Industry (former Kids Kino Industry)

City: Online & Onsite (Warsaw, Poland)

Young Horizons International Film Festival is a series of programmes and projects aimed at supporting and promoting film and series development for young audiences.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Encounters Film Festival 2027

City: Bristol, UK

Encounters Film Festival stages one of the world’s leading international competitions for short film, animation and immersive moving image work. The international competition is an official gateway to the world’s most prestigious awards; the Academy Awards®, BAFTAs and the European Film Awards.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

ETER International Anima Festival

City: Lodz, Poland

ETER Festival accepts international animation shorts and National (Polish) films in its competitions.

Sep

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Linoleum Contemporary International Animation and Media Art Festival

City: Kyiv, Ukraine

LINOLEUM Festival accepts international and Ukrainian animation shorts of all techniques.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Animatou International Animation Film Festival

City: Genève, Switzerland

Animatou Festival features an international short animation competition, an experimental short competition, an animation doc, a children's animation comp, and a National (Swiss) competition.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Ars Independent Festival

City: Katowice, Poland

Ars Independent Festival accepts international animation shorts up to 30 minutes.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival

City: Bucharest, Romania

Animest was founded in 2006 and showcases films from around the world across eight competitive categories, including both short, student shorts, anidocs, and feature films.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Taichung International Animation Festival

City: Taichung, Taiwan

Taichung International Animation Festival accepts international and Taiwanese animation shorts up to 25 minutes, and feature animation films.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Tofuzi International Festival of Animated Films

City: Adjara, Georgia

International Festival of Animated Films “TOFUZI” encourages exchange of creative experience between Georgian and foreign artists.

Oct

2027

PITCHING & INDUSTRY

Baltic Pitching Forum

City: Vilnius, Lithuania

Baltic Pitching Forum accepts animation short projects (up to 30 minutes in length) in the early development stage.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Balkanima European Animated Film Festival

City: Belgrade, Serbia

Balkanima Festival accepts European animation short films, student shorts, and films for children.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Festival of Animation Berlin

City: Berlin, Germany

The Festival of Animation Berlin (FAB) invites international animation shorts (up to 15 minutes), commissioned films, and German animation films.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival

City: Yerevan, Armenia

ReAnimania (ReA, founded in 2008) includes international animation competitions for shorts, graduation films, feature films, commissioned films, and music videos.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Toon Dook International Animation Festival

City: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Toon Dook International Animation Festival accepts international short animated films, Kyrgyz student animation films, Central Asian animated films, and experimental AI animated films.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

VIEW Conference

City: Turin, Italy

VIEW Conference accepts animation shorts for its VIEW Award.

Oct

2027

PITCHING & INDUSTRY

Animarkt Stop-Motion Forum

City: Lodz, Poland

ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum accepts stop-motion animation projects (shorts, TV series and specials, feature films) for its pitching competition at the development stage.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

CINEKID Festival

City: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Cinekid Festival primarily hosts a Children's Film Competition and an international short film competition.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

International Animation Film Festival Nikozi

City: Nikozi, Georgia

International Animation Film Festival Nikozi curates a non-competitive programme of international animation shorts.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Biennial of Animation Bratislava

City: Bratislava, Slovakia

Biennial of Animation Bratislava is a biannual animation festival that accepts animated shorts and features for children and young audiences.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

ANIMA – Córdoba International Animation Festival

City: Cordoba, Argentina

ANIMA – Córdoba accepts international short animated films and Latin American animated features in its competition programs.

Oct

2027

AWARDS/PRIZES

Student Academy Awards

City: Beverly Hills, CA

Student Academy Awards is a platform for emerging global filmmakers by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Primanima World Festival of First Animations

City: Budaörs, Hungary

Primanima Festival primarily accepts student animation films and first films by animation directors in its competition programs.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

Punto y Raya Festival

City: Barcelona, Spain

PUNTO Y RAYA is an international platform devoted to the promotion, education and production of audiovisual art in its purest state: Form, Colour, Motion and Sound.

Oct

2027

PITCHING & INDUSTRY

Weird Animation, Video Games and New Media Market

City: Valencia, Spain

Weird is a professional animation, video games and new media market which takes place in Spain.

Oct

2027

ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS

TAF | Thessaloniki Animation Festival

City: Thessaloniki, Greece

TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival accepts animation shorts (also student films and kids short animation films), as well as Balkan Animation Films as a separate category.

Oct

2027

AWARDS/PRIZES

LUMEN Prize for Art and Technology

City: London

The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology celebrates and promotes artists working with technology globally through its annual juried competition and exhibitions

Oct

2027

PITCHING & INDUSTRY

DOK Short n' Sweet

City: Leipzig, Germany

DOK Short n’ Sweet is a short film pitch focusing on the financing and distribution of short documentary, animated documentary and animated films.

Oct

2027

PITCHING & INDUSTRY

Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA)

City: Rome, Italy

Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo accepts animated series in advanced development, production, post-production, or completed, produced or co-produced by an Italian production company.

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