ITFS Coming April 25-30.
Begins: April 25, 2023
A gathering of the international animation scene since 1982, the festival returns to Stuttgart, celebrating 30 years.
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Annecy Festival 2024
Begins: June 9, 2024
The annual festival returns to Annecy June 9-15, 2024.
The Rookie Awards 2023 Competition Now Open
The 13th annual global contest for aspiring creative media and entertainment artists is accepting entries now through June 1.
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Call for Entries: OIAF 2023 Open for Submissions
The annual five-day event returns September 20-24; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through May 31.
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Call for Entries: Fantoche 21st International Animation Film Festival
A meeting place for the international film and creative industries, the annual event returns in September to the Swiss town of Baden; submissions for the short film competition are now being accepted through May 14.
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Call for Entries: The 27th Edition of Cartoons on the Bay
Submissions are now being accepted for the International Festival of Animation coming to Pescara, Italy, with new Pulcinella Awards that look to the future and innovation, and a new competition category dedicated to ‘Youth Shows’ for kids ages 11+; deadline for entry is March 31.
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THE 2023 HUMANITAS PRIZES ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
Have you written a script that embraces our common humanity? Do yourself and the world a favor! Enter it!
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Pink Floyd Animation Contest Stirs Controversy by Exploiting Artists
The animation community is calling foul play on an animated music video competition being held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the legendary English rock band’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ album.
Submissions Now Open: 2023 LXiA Spark Animation Grant
Supported by Netflix, the community outreach program awards 3 emerging independent Latinx animation filmmakers with money, mentorship, and support for production of an animated short film; the submission deadline is February 3.
Project Submissions Open: Animation Production Days 2023
A joint venture of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and FMX, ADP runs April 25-28; deadline for submission of projects in film, TV series, mobile content, games, cross- and transmedia is February 9.
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Call For Entries: NIIGATA International Animation Festival
Submissions are open for the new feature animation festival coming March 2023 to Niigata, Japan, home to Toei Animation Studio; submission deadline is December 23.
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Call for Submissions: 21st Annual VES Awards
The submission deadline is November 30; you have less than one month left to submit work for consideration.
Celsys Opens International Comic/Manga School Contest 2023
Students worldwide are invited to submit a comic, manga, bande dessinée, webtoon, storyboard, or illustration for a chance to get published and win prizes.
New ‘VES Emerging Technology Award’ Announced
New honor recognizes individual creators of technology behind the visuals, such as product developers, R&D technical directors, and software engineers; inaugural award will be bestowed at the next VES Awards ceremony in February 2023.
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Applications Open: WIA Scholarship Program 2023
Program ups the bounty for prospective recipients with new industry supporters, including Animation Focus, Animation Mentor, ArtStation, Autodesk, Foundry, and LAIKA, contributing workshops, tutoring sessions, software packages, hardware, and cash prizes for the 2023 cycle.
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Call for Entries: Annecy 2023
Animation’s premier festival now accepting submissions in multiple categories, including short films, TV films, commissioned films, graduation films, feature films and VR works; registration dates for Mifa Pitch Sessions coming soon.
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Call for Entries: Pixar and AMD’s ‘RenderMan Challenge’
Creators are invited to participate in the latest contest to achieve their cinematic visions – artists get access to ‘The AMD Creator Cloud’ for high-performance project rendering; submissions are being accepted through November 15.
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KitBash3D Launches ‘Mission to Minerva’ 3D Art Competition
Artists get a free 3D asset Kit and free training tutorials to help complete the mission: build a galaxy and submit via social media by December 2 for the chance to win prizes. Top entertainment recruiters and art directors from ILM, Riot Games, NASA, Netflix, and CD Projekt Red will view and judge entries.
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Call for Entries: 20th Edition of ‘24 HOURS Animation Contest’
Join the challenge – student teams are invited to create a 30-second film within a designated 24 hours; the deadline to register is October 13 at 11:59 PM PST.
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Enter Now: ‘The Simpsons’ Halloween Fan Art Contest
Submit ‘your creepiest, scariest, and most creative fan art of Krusty the clown;’ winning artwork to be aired during the end credits of this month’s special Halloween episode, ‘Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It’ on FOX.
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Native American Animation Lab now Accepting Applications
The intensive annual workshopping event, offering one-on-one mentoring and group development sessions, heads online December 5-9; early entry deadline is October 3.
Call For Entries: Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2023
Submissions for Short and Feature animated films are now being accepted for the 10th edition of TAAF running March 10-13, 2023, in Ikebukuro Tokyo.
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Call For Entries: Animac 2023
The non-profit cultural event welcomes animation enthusiasts and artists to a non-competitive celebration of animation in Lleida, Spain - February 2023; the public selects all submission category winners – the deadline to register is October 31.
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Call for Entries: 50th Annie Awards
ASIFA-Hollywood’s celebration honors excellence in animation and returns in-person to UCLA’s Royce Hall in February 2023; entry deadline is December 13.
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Renderosity's 2022 Animation Halloween Contest
Begins: October 4, 2022
Our upcoming contest starts on October 4th!
