Animafantasia – International Student Animated Film Festival
23 October - 10 November 2025
Contact: -
E-mail: animafantasia.festival@gmail.com
Phone: -
Address:
Iasi
Romania
- About
- Submission Info
ANIMAFANTASIA – International Student Animated Film Festival – has an important aim to be among the top student film festivals in the world, maintaining our position as the most important student festival in Eastern Europe and continuing to reach larger audiences every edition.
Since its foundation in 2011, the Animafantasia Festival has sought to promote film culture based on this main principle: that exposure to animation culture contributes to the awareness of communities and nations of the need to support their own cinematographic expressions, which are cultural and social ambassadors to the rest of the world. Animafantasia is a medium that reflects the values, traditions, and characteristics of cultures around the world, promoting understanding, trust, and peace among nations. It is fundamental for the advancement of humankind to provide a space for this interaction. ANIMAFANTASIA creates a collaborative global community for mission-driven.
ANIMAFANTASIA advocates for a sustainable and inclusive environment for our industry within the cinema exhibition ecosystem and creates a powerful collective voice for young animators.
ANIMAFANTASIA creates spaces of filmic exchange for our audiences with the new auteurs of world cinema, where they can share and discuss their different views and perspectives, paving the way for understanding among different cultures.
ANIMAFANTASIA shines a spotlight on student creativity and innovation in animation. With a focus on submissions, selection processes, and community engagement, our festival fosters a supportive space for attendees to connect and grow. We are lucky to have as our creed a well-defined and over-decade-long mission of championing the independent voice of animation creators. We imagined a different landscape for independent artists, one where the work they wished to make could be developed and supported outside of the studio system.We created a new space for imaginative possibility and creative community.
We call that space ANIMAFANTASIA.
Year established: 2011
Is this festival exclusively animation?: Yes - this is exclusively an animation festival
Is there a marketplace at this festival?: No
Submission deadline:
1 October 2025
Entry fee:
FREE! There is no charge for this festival
Categories:
- Audience Award(s)
- Best Animated Documentary
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Animated Feature (for Children)
- Best Animated Music Video
- Best Animated Short
- Best Animated Short (for Children)
- Best Animated Short (Student / Graduation Film)
- Best Animated TV Special
- Best Experimental Animation
- Best VR / Immersive Film
Submission methods:
- Festhome
- FilmFreeway
- Online Link (& Password)
Requirements:
Acceptance of the Regulations
• The board of ISAFFA will decide on any cases of doubt which have not been mentioned in these regulations.
• By submitting the Film Entry Form for ISAFFA, the entrants accept the terms of regulations as stated above.
• By submitting the Film Entry Form for ISAFFA, the entrants accept that the information given in the entry form will be saved in the festival’s database and published in the festival’s marketing material. The information can also be shared and used by third-party partners and co-workers of the festival.
Selection and screening:
• The pre-selection results will be announced on 23rd October 2025.
• All films selected for the competition will be screened at ISAFFA 2025. The Festival administration could also select films for other programmes for the festival.
Film eligibility:
Each competing author/team of authors may register a maximum of 3 movies.
If more than one person authored the film, you confirm, by submitting the film, that you have the necessary consent from its co-authors to submit the film.
Meets eligibility criteria for any animated short film, created by students, graduates, PhD students from any university of arts in Romania / all over the world countries.
Length - Films should be up to 15 minutes.
Animation method: All animation methods are eligible: hand-drawn, 2D/3D computer animation, stop-motion, rotoscope, motion capture, compositing with live-action (live-action films must have a strong animation component).
All genres of animation are eligible: narrative, abstract, music video, advertisement, documentary, motion comics, non-play video game sequences, etc.
Link to Submit
