Anima, The Brussels Animation Film Festival, is open for submissions!

The festival, which is scheduled to take place from 9th - 18th February 2018, is looking for stunning and unexpected animated films to be part of its programme!

Besides its national and international competitions, the festival nominates a selection of films from its European prize-winners for the Cartoon d'Or and is also qualified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the short animated film category.

Submission Process:

The Festival considers all films in the following categories, completed after 30/06/2016:

- International professional short films
- International student or graduation films
- International short films for a young audience
- Feature films
- Feature films for a young audience
- Belgian short films
- “Animated Night” short films
- Commercials and music videos (out of competition)

You can now submit your entry online via their website: Register Your Film for Anima

The best part? There's no entry fee!

Closing date for submissions is 1st October 2017.

To find out more about the competition terms, rules and the various awards, please visit: www.animafestival.be