The Next 20 Festivals
- Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- Milano Film Fest, Milano
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival, Aosta
- Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
- Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- Pula Film Festival, Children's and Youth Film Programms, Pula
- Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw
- Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film
Zagreb, Croatia
08/06/2026 - 13/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): June 2027
Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Antauer, Margit
Deadline for film entries: 01/02/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Animations, Features, Shorts
Number of films (app.): 350
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Distributors
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Notes/description: One of the most famous world animation film festivals World Festival of Animated Film.
From 2015 on Animafest presents both short (less than one hour) and long (60 min. +) animated films every year: "Animafest Zagreb merges its two editions. Minutes don't matter any more. Just animation."
Besides film screenings the festival presents videogames and interactive content; multi-screen animation installations, water screen projections, interactive phone application and audiovisual live performances.
Contact:
c/o Zagreb Film
Kneza Mislava 18
HR-10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Phone: ++385-1-450191
Fax: ++385-1-4501193
Internet: www.animafest.hr
