Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival

Brussel, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Europe

25 Feb, 2022 - 06 Mar, 2022

Academy Award ® Qualifying

Keywords

cgi animation, computer animation, student film, stop motion, stop motion animation, 2d animation, hand drawn animation, animation, short film

Category

Feature, Short, Virtual Reality

Genre

Documentary, Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sport, Action, Drama, Adult, Crime, Experimental, Fantasy, Historical/Epic, Horror, Musical/dance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western

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Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival

Brussel, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Europe

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General Information

founded

1942

edition

40th

organizer

Philippe Moins

Founder of the festival / Artistic consultant

Contact details

Folioscope

24 boulevard de l’Empereur

BrusselsBrussels-Capital Region, Belgium 1000

info@folioscope.be

+32 2 213 19 40

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About the festival

The ASBL Folioscope organizes Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival every year. The Festival presents animated films exclusively, namely films created frame by frame (traditional animated cartoons or using puppets, plasticine etc. or digital films), and not shot in live action.

These films are diverse in length and come from all around the world. They can vary from advertising films or video clips to feature films and they are for all audiences, from very young children to a professional audience or films for adults or the whole family. All the films are carefully selected by the Festival team each year and divided into various categories and programmes, including, for example, the famous "Best of Shorts", "It’s Belgian" or "Focus"…

Anima is the only festival of its kind in Belgium. It always takes place during the ‘Carnaval’ school holidays, and usually in the former Flagey radio building in Brussels. Normally, there are also decentralization programmes in a number of locations in Wallonia and Flanders. Exceptionally, due to health reasons, the 40th edition will take place online only.

Anima is one of the most important festivals in Europe and is qualified to nominate its candidates for the Oscar® for best animated short film. It is also famous for its friendly atmosphere and its pancakes!

Folioscope also organizes the Anima Saturdays (one session per month) and the Anima on Tour screenings, and helps to promote animation in Belgium and abroad in all possible ways.

Mission

Anima, The Brussels Animation Film Festival, seeks to promote animated films from all over the world and encourage dialogue between professionals, filmmakers and the public.

About

The ASBL Folioscope organizes Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival every year. The Festival presents animated films exclusively, namely films created frame by frame (traditional animated cartoons or using puppets, plasticine etc. or digital films), and not shot in live action.

These films are diverse in length and come from all around the world. They can vary from advertising films or video clips to feature films and they are for all audiences, from very young children to a professional audience or films for adults or the whole family. All the films are carefully selected by the Festival team each year and divided into various categories and programmes, including, for example, the famous "Best of Shorts", "It’s Belgian" or "Focus"…

Anima is the only festival of its kind in Belgium. It always takes place during the ‘Carnaval’ school holidays, and usually in the former Flagey radio building in Brussels. Normally, there are also decentralization programmes in a number of locations in Wallonia and Flanders. Exceptionally, due to health reasons, the 40th edition will take place online only.

Anima is one of the most important festivals in Europe and is qualified to nominate its candidates for the Oscar® for best animated short film. It is also famous for its friendly atmosphere and its pancakes!

Folioscope also organizes the Anima Saturdays (one session per month) and the Anima on Tour screenings, and helps to promote animation in Belgium and abroad in all possible ways.

Mission

Anima, The Brussels Animation Film Festival, seeks to promote animated films from all over the world and encourage dialogue between professionals, filmmakers and the public.

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Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

Films can be entered for Anima if they correspond to the definition of animation given by the International Animated Film Association in an extraordinary General Meeting in Zagreb on 19.6.1980: “The art of animation involves the creation of animated images using various techniques other than live action.” Films using these techniques mixed with live action are also accepted. Anima reserves the right to show other films if they are deemed to be worthy of interest within the framework of the Festival.

For more information, please visit the site of Anima.

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Categories and fees

International Professional Short Films
Regular (4th October, 2021) €0
Runtime 0 - 30 minutes
Age restriction No age restriction
Country Any country
Director's age No restriction
Director's gender Any gender
Student films No
First films No
Prize Yes

https://blog.festicine.pro/festicine-festicine/up/anima/Règlement_2022_EN.pdf

International Student Films
Regular (4th October, 2021) €0
Runtime 0 - 45 minutes
Age restriction No age restriction
Country Any country
Director's age No restriction
Director's gender Any gender
Student films No
First films No
Prize Yes

The number of entries is limited to 20 per school. However, students can enter their films individually. Detailed regulations: https://blog.festicine.pro/festicine-festicine/up/anima/Règlement_2022_EN.pdf

International Short Films for a Young Audience
Regular (4th October, 2021) €0
Runtime 0 - 30 minutes
Age restriction No age restriction
Country Any country
Director's age No restriction
Director's gender Any gender
Student films No
First films No

Short animations for young audience. Detailed regulations: https://blog.festicine.pro/festicine-festicine/up/anima/Règlement_2022_EN.pdf

Feature Animation Films
Regular (4th October, 2021) €0
Age restriction No age restriction
Country Any country
Director's age No restriction
Director's gender Any gender
Student films No
First films No
Prize Yes

Feature animations Detailed descriptions: https://blog.festicine.pro/festicine-festicine/up/anima/Règlement_2022_EN.pdf

Feature Films for a Young Audience
Regular (4th October, 2021) €0
Runtime 45 - 200 minutes
Age restriction No age restriction
Country Any country
Director's age No restriction
Director's gender Any gender
Student films No
First films No

Animated feature films for young audience.

National Short Films
Regular (4th October, 2021) €0
Runtime 0 - 30 minutes
Age restriction No age restriction
Country Belgium
Director's age No restriction
Director's gender Any gender
Student films No
First films No

Any Belgian animated short film can enter the national competition. An animated film is considered Belgian when the producer/main director is of Belgian nationality or has been living in Belgium for at least two years. In the case of a co-production, only predominantly Belgian productions will be allowed to compete. In this case, please indicate the respective shares of production. Only predominantly French Community productions will be able to compete in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Grand Prix. In the case of a film co-produced by the two Communities, please indicate the co-producers and specify their respective shares.

"Animated Night” Short Films
Regular (4th October, 2021) €0
Runtime - 30 minutes
Age restriction No age restriction
Country Any country
Director's age No restriction
Director's gender Any gender
Student films No
First films No

An endless stream of films, guaranteed to take you to the point of exhaustion! Films that are unclassifiable, politically incorrect and radical.

Virtual Reality Short Films
Regular (4th October, 2021) €0
Runtime - 30 minutes
Age restriction No age restriction
Country Any country
Director's age No restriction
Director's gender Any gender
Student films No
First films No

VR animated shorts.

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