Hi all-
I’m still here, sometimes updating every few months in a big sweep vs. continually. I’m posting some great film festivals as I update. I am also catching some that now charge fees. If I miss any- please let me know. I promise I am not trying to sneak anything by anyone.
Also, if you have an upcoming festival deadline, and don’t charge a fee to enter, please send the information my way. There is a form on the website that asks all the necessary info if that makes it easier. Basically I post the name, the deadline, a link to submit, and a synopsis.
best of luck,
(tmr)
NORTHWESTERN ANIMATION JAM 10/15/23
Calling all animators and Chicagoland cartoon creators! The Northwestern Animation Jam aims to celebrate the art of animation and the talents of student animators and the Chicagoland animation community as a whole. Our student-run festival is currently accepting submissions for animated shorts and features made by students and filmmakers living in the Midwest. Deadline for submissions is Sunday, October 15th, 2023. There is no entry fee, films don’t have to be recent productions. Selected filmmakers will also have the opportunity to participate in a panel or Q&A session.The festival will be held at Northwestern University’s Annie May Swift Hall at the Evanston Campus, IL on Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 at 7pm. Submit your work here: https://tinyurl.com/nuanimationjam If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at nuanijam@gmail.com.
Animac 10/15/23
Animac is the International Film Festival of Animation in Catalonia. Animac is a rigorous, dynamic and welcoming festival continually making efforts to improve, generating new audiences and attracting those who love animation. Animac is a non-competitive film festival aimed at artists who use animation as a tool for personal expression. We go beyond the limits of traditional narrative and we seek visionaries who make independent and daring works full of energy and who take their expressive potential to the limit. Animac is also a meeting place for artists, a laboratory in which ideas are generated and relations between the different artistic disciplines are established. It is a place to dream and screen stories of the future.
Short Short Story Film Festival 10/16/2023
The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes, celebrating brevity in filmmaking with both live-action and animated films. Two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, both showcase dozens of films tightly sequenced in under ninety minutes, each with a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics. The festival has taken place every November since 2007 (except for a Covid hiatus in 2020), in cities and towns throughout the northeastern United States. More information on submission process is below, including online form, requirements, and secure WeTransfer link to send film files.
McGuffin Youth Film Festival (Moscow) 10/22/2023
Today all teenagers use video as the main communication tool and create ideas by means of camera and editing. That’s why every year since 2016 we hold Moscow International McGuffin film festival for teens and youngsters.
Tokyo Anime Award Festival 10/31/23 short film animation
Tokyo Anime Award Festival calls for feature and short animated films with high potential and strong messages from all over the world. Our aim is to screen high-quality animated films superior in originality, provide opportunities to inspire audience as well as creators, cultivate new talents, and contribute in the development and promotion of animation cultures and industry.
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (Finland) 10/31/23
DocPoint doesn’t have an open call of submissions for foreign films. The international programme is entirely curated by our Head of Programming Inka Achté. If you wish to offer your film for consideration, please send a screener to Inka before the 31st of October 2023 at inka.achte@docpoint.fi.
Apedemak Sudan International Animation Film Festival 10/31/23
An annual festival in Sudan to display short animation films around the world and gradually encourage Sudanese short animation projects until spreading the culture of animation art in Sudan and supporting talents in that field
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