Programming includes four days of workshops, assemblies, and cross-border forums spanning funding, AI, sustainability, co-production export, sales, and regional pitching, with a new Annecy European Animation Summit anchoring the week as professionals look for shared answers to industry change.
To support the sweeping changes currently taking place in the global animation industry, this year’s Mifa will devote significant programming and attention to trade unions, associations, and European organizations working to support the industry's interests.
Throughout the week, various Mifa events and workshops will provide European professionals with the opportunity to network, discuss and jointly identify solutions to navigate the industry's profound transition.
Key activities include:
Monday, June 22
- Europa Cinemas: interactive workshop (members only)
- Mifa Invest: an exclusive program focused on the shifting balance between public and private funding in the animation industry. [Replay Video Library]
- Think Tank AI4Animation: a day of collective brainstorming to establish the foundations for a future white paper on AI in animation. [Replay Video Library]
Tuesday, June 23
- Animation in Europe General Assembly (members only)
Wednesday, June 24
- Annecy European Animation Summit: a new European flagship event dedicated to animation. [Replay Video Library]
- Unifrance x Anima Mundi – Export of European Co-Productions [Replay Video Library]
- Partners Pitches – CEE Animation Pitches
- CineRegio Workshop (members only)
Thursday, June 25
- Mifa Conference – Greening European Animation – ANiMPACT, Carbulator and collective change through cross-border cooperation. [Replay Video Library]
- 8th Meeting of European Animation Festival Directors (members only)
- Meet the... Sales agents – In partnership with Europa International
Source: Mifa 2026
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
