Awards allocatedCompetitive
- "Zero Plus" International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen & Tobolsk Cities (Siberia)
- Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
- Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- Anima – Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Brussels
- Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- Animex – International Festival of Animation & Computer Games, Middlesbrough
- ANIMOK, Viborg International Animation Festival for Children and Youth, Viborg
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival, Aosta
- Cannes Cinema: Ecrans Juniors, Cannes
- Carrousel International du Film – Festival international de cinéma jeunesse de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
- Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane, Bellinzona
- Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne and Île-de-France
- Children Kinofest, 20 cities in Ukraine
- Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- Docpoint / Dokkino, 21 cities all over Finland
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Dytiatko - Int. Children's Media Festival, Kharkiv
- Espinho International Animated Film Festival Cinanima, Espinho
- Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- Festival Augenblick, Strasbourg
- Festival de Cinéma d'Alès Itinerances, Alès
- Festival du Cinema Jeune Public, Lausanne
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Festival international de Cinéma du grain à démoudre, Gonfreville l'Orcher (Normandie)
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- Filmkorte, Flensburg
- Free Zone Film Festival, Beograd, Nis, Novii Sad, Kragujevac
- Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- Gijón Int. Film Festival, Gijón, Asturias
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- IndieJunior, Lisboa
- IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- Int. Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA, Amsterdam
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
- International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS), Section "Tricks for Kids", Stuttgart
- International Festival of Animated Films for Children, Bratislava
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- International Filmfestival Berlin, Generation, Berlin
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Würzburg
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- Junges Filmfestival Köln Cinepaenz, Cologne
- JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- Kineko International Children's Film Festival Tokyo, Tokyo
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- Leeds Young Film Festival, Leeds
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg
- MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- Milano Film Fest, Milano
- Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- Nordic Filmdays Luebeck/ Section Films for Children & Young People, Luebeck
- Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- Piccolo Grande Cinema, Milano
- Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- Reel 2 Real – International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
- Salam – International Children and Youth Film Festival, Baku
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
- Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (TAICFF), Tel Aviv
- Torino Film Festival, Torino
- Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- Unabhängiges FilmFest / Independent FilmFest, Osnabrück
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- VAFI & RAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Varaždin and Rijeka
- Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- Youngabout - International Film Festival for Young People, Bologna
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film
Zagreb, Croatia
02/06/2025 - 07/06/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): June 2026
Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Antauer, Margit
Deadline for film entries: 01/02/2025 (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