World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb invites submissions for the 32nd edition of the Festival, taking place 6–11 June 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia.

Eligibility

• Festival’s submissions are open to films applying all animation techniques, including combinations with live-action as well as documentary.
• Films should be completed after 1 January 2021 and also should have not been entered for previous editions of the Festival.

Prize

Animafest 2022 has six (6) main competition categories and the total prize fund amounts to 10,500 Euro. Among this grant 2,500 Euro is for the Grand Prix award (for both short and feature films)

The 2022 competition includes the following categories:

• Short Films
  • Short Film Competition
  • Also, Student Film Competition (films produced at an educational institution)
  • Films for Children Competition
  • In addition, Croatian Film Competition (films with majority producer of Croatian and/or films by Croatian directors)
• Feature Films (minimum running time 40 minutes)
  • Feature Film Competition
• VR/360/Interactive Projects
  • VR Animation Competition — open to immersive works (created for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or Samsung Gear VR) that include animation as the main component

The list of films selected for the competition and world panorama programs will have an announcement on the Festival’s official website no later than 1 April 2022. All applicants will be notified regarding the selection results.

Each director whose film is selected for the official festival program will be contacted by the Festival management for hospitality arrangements.

Submission Deadlines

• 1 February 2022 — for short films in all categories
• 15 March 2022 — for feature films and VR projects