Submit Your Film to the 8th ANIMAFILM Festival!
The 8th ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival is Accepting Submissions!
The Azerbaijan Animation Association will host the 8th ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival from September 3 to 7, 2025, in Baku. Animation professionals, enthusiasts, and studios are invited to participate in the competition program.
Animated films can be submitted via the festival’s online platform, FilmFreeway.
Films must meet the following requirements:
- Can be submitted in local or international categories.
- Must be produced after January 1, 2024.
- Must be animated for at least 50% of their length. There are no restrictions on the animation techniques and themes used in the film.
- The deadline for entries is June 15, 2024.
The ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival is the first and only animation festival in Azerbaijan. Since 2018, the festival has brought together children and young people, directors, and animation studios; introduced them to international experiences; connected them with professional local and foreign animation masters; showcased hundreds of animated films; and held master classes, conferences, concerts, performances, and exhibitions.
Regional animation festivals have become a tradition to encourage the development of animation cinema and industry in different regions. In 2021, “ANIMAFILM in Sheki”, in 2023, “ANIMAFILM in Nakhchivan”, in 2024, “ANIMAFILM in Lankaran”, and in 2025, “ANIMAFILM in Ganja” were organised.
In 2024, the ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival was included in the “BAFTA Festivals List” by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
