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The non-red carpet celebration of worldwide stop motion animation strikes again! We're looking for the best 3-dimensional hand-made films, experimental and traditional alike.

For a festival noted for puppet and 2D animation, the emphasis on 3D this year was a big departure.   Anifilm program director Pavel Horacek explained “Animators sometimes unjustly view 3D computer animation as a bad, cold, commercial technique, usually associated with mainstream entertainment.

The 25^th birthday celebration edition of the International Trickfilm Festival in Stuttgart, Germany was bigger than ever with an expanded game zone and more than 200 individual events. Running concurrently with the Trickfilm Festival for four days, the FMX Conference on Animation, Effects, Games, and Immersive Media provided an excellent over view of the industries’ present state and even more important its future.  This year FMX was completely sold out with 4,000 visitors who listened to 264 speakers.

This year is Cinanima's 42nd anniversary and we are very delighted to announce that entries are open for the 2018 Edition. CINANIMA is an OSCAR® qualifying Festival!

The 2018 edition of Anima Brussels was an exceptional mixture of special events and competition screenings.  First and foremost was the salute to Estonian animation in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Estonia.

On February 13^th 2018 Inni Karine Melbye, the mother of Norwegian animation, became a glowing star in the Northern Lights when she passed away after a six month illness

Call for entries for the 2018 edition of KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival in Amsterdam
 

Animakom, the second edition, is an international animation festival with live screenings and with awards that will take place in Bilbao from 11 to 15 April 2018. The submission deadline is 20 February 2018.

LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES - Anifilm, International Festival of Animated Films, Trebon 2018! 

Christmas is fast approaching so if you are looking for that perfect gift for the independent animator in your life or you feel like you deserve a treat, than look no further than Ben Mitchell’s new book INDEPENDENT ANIMATION Developing, Producing, and Distributing Your Animated Films.

World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb invites you to submit your films for the 28th edition of the Festival, taking place 4-9 June 2018 in Zagreb.