Deadline: 30 September 2024
The ASBL Folioscope organizes Anima, the Brussels Animation Film Festival, which seeks to promote animated films from all over the world and encourage dialogue between professionals, filmmakers, and the public.
The Festival presents an official selection with a national and international competition for short and feature films, an information category with retrospective and themed programmes, and a series of conferences entitled Futuranima. Anima is also recognized as a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the Oscar for best animated short film.
The 44rd edition of the Brussels International Animation Film Festival will take place from February 28 to March 9, 2025.
Categories
- Official selection – in competitionÂ
- International professional short films
- International student films
- International short films for children
- Feature films
- National short films
- Official selection – out of competitionÂ
- Depending on the programme, the Festival may also add programmes or films out of competition in the following categories:
- International professional short films
- International short films for children
- Feature films
- National short films
- Animated documentaries
- Music videos and commercials
- Depending on the programme, the Festival may also add programmes or films out of competition in the following categories:
- Information CategoryÂ
- Special programmes, documentaries, tributes and retrospectives: animated films selected on account of their interest, regardless of length, production date or country of origin. Also, films which do not use frame by frame techniques but which are considered to be of interest within the context of the Festival’s programme may be screened.
- Futuranima
- A series of conferences focusing on the animation business and its activities (masterclasses, workshops, debates, professional meetings), which enlighten the audience to the art of animated film, its techniques, history and future.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Anima Festival is open to all animated films completed 18 months before the beginning of the Festival, regardless of format, origin or technique.
- There is no registration fee to enter films for the Festival.
- A producer/director wishing to enter a film for selection must send the Festival, within the deadline, the entry form, duly completed online, along with some HD photos of the film (JPEG, 300dpi only).
- Any Belgian animated short film can enter the national competition.
- The number of entries is limited to 20 per school. However, students can enter their films individually.
For more information, visit Anima.
