Animation Festivals & Events Deadlines

Cinemira International Children's and Youth Film Festival is designed for professionals who are creating films for young audiences.

Animotion Film Festival is a competitive Film Festival dedicated to 2D-3D Animation and Stop Motion Films.

The Animest International Animation Film Festival, established in 2006, has become Bucharest’s recognized event on the international animation scene.

The main gathering of Mexican creators and the global animation, comic and videogame industries.

The ANIMAGE International Animation Festival of Pernambuco in Recife Brazil includes competitive screenings of national (Brazilian) and international animation shorts.

The Baltic Pitching Forum helps filmmakers to gain international recognition in the European marketplace

WOFFF is an inclusive festival which celebrates older women in all their diversity.

Cinanima International Animated Film festival in Espinho, Portugal, is an Oscar-qualifying festival.

New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival is an animation festival dedicated to animated films held at the terminal building of New Chitose Airport (Hokkaido, Japan), which connects Hokkaido with the rest of the world.

Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) is an Academy AwardⓇ Qualifying International Animation Festival, which includes general competition section, feature films, short films, graduation films, Korean short films, TV&Commissioned films.

International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima consists of 2 international competitions: of films from film and art schools – ETIUDA, of animation (professional, student and independent) – ANIMA and since 2017 national competition for animation - ANIMA.PL

ANIMARKT STOP MOTION FORUM is Poland’s first and Central and Eastern Europe’s prime international event devoted exclusively to stop motion and puppet animation

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