UPDATED: November 2, 2018

You’ve finished your animation masterpiece, so now what? Getting your film onto the festival circuit is an important step for many filmmakers, but with an almost endless amount of festivals out there, it can become a daunting task to figure out where to submit your project. Our hand-picked festival guide makes it easy by identifying distinguished and reputable animation-friendly international festivals and conferences to which you can submit your animated project. The list is updated regularly—we encourage you to bookmark and check back often for new places to submit your projects.

FEBRUARY 2019

NEW YORK INT’L CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL (New York City, USA)

February 22 to March 17, 2019

Film submissions: OPEN

MARCH 2019

IRISH ANIMATION AWARDS (Dingle, Ireland)

March 23, 2019

Film submissions: OPEN

APRIL 2019

STUTTGART INT’L FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILM (Stuttgart, Germany)

April 30 to May 5, 2019

Film submissions: OPEN

MAY 2019

ANIFILM (Trebon, Czech Republic)

May 7-12, 2019

Film submissions: OPEN

JUNE 2019

ANIMAFEST ZAGREB (Zagreb, Croatia)

June 3-8, 2019

Film submissions: OPEN

ANNECY INT’L ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL (Annecy, France)

June 10-15, 2019

Film submissions: OPEN