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Animafantasia – International Student Animated Film Festival

16 October - 28 October 2023


Contact: Modesta Lupascu

E-mail: animafantasia.festival@gmail.com

Phone: -

Address: -
Iassy
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700451
Romania

Festival website

  • About
  • Submission Info

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ANIMATIED FILM FESTIVAL ANIMAFANTASIA has an important aim to be among the top student film festivals in the world, maintaining our position as the most important student festival in East Europe and continuing to reach larger audiences every year.

ISAFFA is well known as a progressive and inclusive festival that celebrates a wide variety of animation, standing in close contact with the audience and connecting the animation sector.

International Student Animated Film Festival Animafantasia, dating back to 2011, is the oldest and largest of its kind in the North-Eastern European region. The festival now takes place in October in the town of Iassy, Romania. We want to build an animated world in a few days.
The festival is a professional arena for the animation industry, as well as an important event for students and educational institutions within animation, graphic design and digital media production. Each edition, top animation industry professionals hold seminars and lectures, and the festival has previously hosted guests from the national creative area.

Don’t miss out on your chance to meet fresh animation talent from art schools in Iassy, Romania. Check out the latest animated gems, find out about current and future trends, meet up with up-and-coming talents, find out new associates and partners… in the fun and friendly atmosphere of the International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival.

ANIMAFANTASIA creates a collaborative global community for mission-driven STUDENT FILM ANIMATION. ANIMAFANTASIA advocates for a sustainable and inclusive environment for our industry within the cinema exhibition ecosystem and creates a powerful collective voice for young animators.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL ANIMAFANTASIA creates spaces of filmic exchange for our audiences with the new auteurs of world cinema, where they can share and discuss their different views and perspectives, paving the way for understanding among different cultures.

Year established: 2011

Is this festival exclusively animation?: Yes - this is exclusively an animation festival

Is there a marketplace at this festival?: No

Physical event or online?: Physical & Online Festival


Submission deadline:
30 September 2023

Entry fee:
FREE! There is no charge for this festival

Categories:

  • Best Animated Documentary
  • Best Animated Feature
  • Best Animated Music Video
  • Best Animated Short
  • Best Animated Short (Student / Graduation Film)
  • Best Experimental Animation
  • -

Submission methods:

  • Festhome
  • FilmFreeway
  • Online Link (& Password)

Requirements:
Each competing author/team of authors may register a maximum of 3 movies.
If more than one person authored the film, you confirm, by submitting the film, that you have the necessary consent from its co-authors to submit the film.
Meets eligibility any animated short film, created by students, graduates, PhD students from any university of arts in Romania / all over the world countries.
Length - Films should be up to 15 minutes.
Animation method: All animation methods are eligible: hand-drawn, 2D/3D computer animation, stop-motion, rotoscope, motion capture, compositing with live-action (live-action films must have a strong animation component).
All genres of animation are eligible: narrative, abstract, music video, advertisement, documentary, motion comics, non-play video game sequences, etc.


Link to Submit

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