Awards allocatedNext Deadlines for Your Films
- DL: 18.03.2026 - Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- DL: 30.03.2026 - Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- DL: 31.03.2026 - La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- DL: 01.04.2026 - Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- DL: 09.04.2026 - Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- DL: 17.04.2026 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- DL: 01.05.2026 - Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- DL: 11.05.2026 - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- DL: 11.05.2026 - Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- DL: 23.05.2026 - London International Film Festival, London
- DL: 25.05.2026 - Tauron Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- DL: 31.05.2026 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- DL: 01.06.2026 - Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- DL: 02.06.2026 - Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- DL: 15.06.2026 - Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- DL: 25.06.2026 - Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- DL: 30.06.2026 - San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- DL: 30.06.2026 - Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
- DL: 04.07.2026 - Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
- DL: 10.07.2026 - DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film , Leipzig
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