[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-1725":3},{"festival":4,"years":19,"news":25,"about":26},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":11,"logoAppearance":12,"logoOg":17,"about":18,"isManaged":15},1725,"international-animated-film-festival-animator-poland","open","International Animated Film Festival Animator","Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Animowanych Animator",[],"\u002Fimg\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Finternational-animated-film-festival-animator-poland-fu32m82p.png",{"mode":13,"edge":14,"edgeLight":15,"plateLight":16,"plateDark":16,"crop":14,"og":14},"mono-light",null,false,"none","\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F70819.jpg?v=0b038a05","Animator presents animation alongside retrospectives, premieres and classics in Poznań, Poland, with sections exploring games and virtual reality. Its programme includes international competitions for short films, features and animated series, a Polish animation competition, and activities for children and animation professionals. Estrada Poznańska organizes the festival, whose first edition dates to 2008 and the celebrations of 60 years of Polish animation. The 20th edition dates are 3–11 July 2027 in Poznań. Its Future Dreamers thematic competition focuses on animated science fiction shorts made within the past 20 years, examining imagined futures, technologies and forms of life.",[20,23],{"year":21,"hasAwards":15,"hasSelection":22},"2026",true,{"year":24,"hasAwards":15,"hasSelection":22},"2021",[],{"aboutHtml":27,"countries":28,"focus":30,"categories":31,"nextDates":39,"awardsPrizes":40,"rules":41,"website":42,"contacts":43,"editDate":87},"\u003Cp>Animator presents animation alongside retrospectives, premieres and classics in Poznań, Poland, with sections exploring games and virtual reality. Its programme includes international competitions for short films, features and animated series, a Polish animation competition, and activities for children and animation professionals. Estrada Poznańska organizes the festival, whose first edition dates to 2008 and the celebrations of 60 years of Polish animation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The 20th edition dates are 3–11 July 2027 in Poznań. Its Future Dreamers thematic competition focuses on animated science fiction shorts made within the past 20 years, examining imagined futures, technologies and forms of life.\u003C\u002Fp>",[29],"Poland",[],[32,33,34,35,36,37,38],"Animation","Feature","Short","Student","Television","Virtual Reality","Web and New Media","3 July 2027 — 11 July 2027","2027 awards (gross amounts): International short competition — Grand Prix \u002F Golden Pegasus, EUR 11,000 to the director; Wojciech Juszczak Award for a music film or music, EUR 650 (to the director or composer, or EUR 325 each); Marcin Giżycki Award for Best Student Film, EUR 650 to the director. International feature competition — Grand Prix, EUR 8,000 total: EUR 4,000 to the director, EUR 2,300 to the main producer and EUR 1,700 to the distributor. Polish competition — Golden Animusz \u002F Grand Prix for Best Polish Short Film, PLN 15,000 to the director; Discovery of Polish Animation special award, PLN 3,000 to the director. Animated series — main award, EUR 1,250 to the episode director; Children’s Jury Award for a children’s animated series, EUR 650 to the episode director. Future Dreamers thematic competition — EUR 1,250 to the director. Audience awards cover the short-film ballot (international shorts, Polish films and series) and feature films. Additional awards are possible, and the organizer reserves the right to change their number or amounts.","2027 edition: 3–11 July in Poznań. Entries close on 12 January 2027 through the festival’s FilmFreeway profile. Entry is free. The organizer pays no licensing fee for competition films. Entrants must hold the necessary film, music and promotional-material rights and accept the regulations; incomplete or technically unsuitable submissions may be rejected.\n\nInternational short competition: films of up to 40 minutes, produced after 31 December 2024 (2025–2027), with at least 51% animation in any technique. Previous short-competition selections cannot re-enter. Series, trailers, advertisements and title sequences are excluded.\n\nInternational feature competition: films longer than 40 minutes, produced in 2025–2027, with at least 51% animation. Previous competition entries cannot re-enter. The selection committee chooses no more than five features.\n\nPolish competition: animated shorts up to 40 minutes, produced in 2025–2027 in Poland, or by Polish filmmakers abroad with Polish producer co-production participation; at least 51% animation. Films from the preceding Polish competition cannot re-enter. Series, trailers, advertisements and title sequences are excluded. Polish shorts entered in the international short competition require a separate Polish-competition entry.\n\nAnimated series competition: one selected episode per television or internet series, including pilots, specials, miniseries and television films, produced in 2025–2027 and with at least 51% animation. The description must demonstrate its place within an existing or planned series. Standalone short films are not eligible.\n\nFuture Dreamers: science-fiction animated shorts of up to 40 minutes, made within the last 20 years, with at least 51% animation in any technique. Selection is by the festival programme team.\n\nSubmission materials: complete FilmFreeway entry; a Full HD (1920×1080) MP4 or MOV screening copy; at least three good-quality stills (four for features), a synopsis of up to 1,000 characters, a director biography of 500–1,000 characters and a director photograph, with stills and photographs at least 300 dpi; and an English dialogue\u002Fsubtitle list. Polish entries require Polish and English synopses and biographies. Screening copies require English subtitles. Missing requested information must be supplied within seven days; the regulations also set 31 March 2027 as the latest date for completing selected-film promotional materials.\n\nSelected entrants receive email notification at least 90 days before the festival. Only accepted competition\u002Fnon-competition entrants receive results; the selection list is published by 14 May 2027. Exhibition copies are due within seven days of acceptance and no later than 18 May 2027. International shorts: competition@animator-festival.com; Polish films: animatorpl@animator-festival.com; features, series and Future Dreamers: office@animator-festival.com. Non-delivery can lead to exclusion.\n\nExhibition formats: Full HD or higher, MP4\u002FMOV (H.264); DCP plus a high-quality video copy is preferred for shorts and features, accepted for series and Future Dreamers, and required for the Polish competition. Supply clean exhibition copies without embedded English subtitles, with matching separate English SRT files or DCP subtitle supplements. Non-Polish entrants supply a timed English subtitle\u002Fdialogue list for Polish subtitling.\n\nLicences: non-exclusive, free of charge and worldwide. Competition entries permit up to four festival screenings; shorts, Polish films, series and Future Dreamers also permit five promotional screenings within 16 months, no later than 31 August 2028. Jury-only secure online viewing is authorized for 14 June–9 July 2027. Non-selected international shorts and Polish entries may receive two Animator Unscreened screenings; audiences select one film for the corresponding competition. Selected shorts, features, series and Future Dreamers cannot be withdrawn after selection; the Polish rules prohibit withdrawal after submission. Promotional materials and trailers or excerpts of up to ten seconds may be used without territorial or time limits under the main competition regulations. Award-winning main-competition films permit ten Animator On Tour cinema and\u002For online screenings; Future Dreamers entrants grant ten cinema tour screenings. Further screenings require separate written consent, and television presentations require separate agreements.\n\nEntrants pay exhibition-copy transport and relevant customs costs. Insured physical copies are returned at the organizer’s expense within two weeks after the festival for shorts, features and series, and three weeks for Polish films; damage claims must be made within one month of return and before the next screening. The short, feature and series rules provide one accreditation per selected filmmaking team, with accommodation support at the organizer’s discretion; Polish selected filmmakers receive accreditation.\n\nAwards are gross amounts subject to tax deductions. Required signed tax declarations must be returned within two months or the prize is forfeited; payment follows within two months of a valid declaration. Jury decisions are final; additional awards and changes to awards or regulations are possible. Estrada Poznańska processes entry data with consent and the stated GDPR rights; FilmFreeway entails processing outside the EEA. Polish law applies and disputes go to the competent court in Poznań; the international and Future Dreamers regulations specify the Polish-language version as binding. The official regulations govern all details.","https:\u002F\u002Fanimator-festival.com\u002F",[44,48,52,56,59,62,65,68,71,74,77,80,83],{"type":45,"value":46,"note":47},"Email","hello@animator-festival.com","General enquiries and submissions",{"type":49,"value":50,"note":51},"Phone","+48 61 850 16 55","Festival office and programme",{"type":53,"value":54,"note":55},"Address","Estrada Poznańska, ul. Masztalarska 8, 61-767 Poznań, Poland","Festival organizer and office",{"type":45,"value":57,"note":58},"f.kozlowski@animator-festival.com","Filip Kozłowski — programme",{"type":45,"value":60,"note":61},"m.mucha@animator-festival.com","Małgorzata Mucha — production and programme",{"type":45,"value":63,"note":64},"n.olszak@animator-festival.com","Nikola Olszak — production and programme",{"type":45,"value":66,"note":67},"m.duszynska@animator-festival.com","Marta Duszyńska — production and programme",{"type":45,"value":69,"note":70},"a.hafke@animator-festival.com","Alicja Hafke — film department",{"type":45,"value":72,"note":73},"j.piotrowiak@estrada.poznan.pl","Joanna Piotrowiak — festival director",{"type":45,"value":75,"note":76},"competition@animator-festival.com","International short competition — exhibition copies",{"type":45,"value":78,"note":79},"animatorpl@animator-festival.com","Polish competition — exhibition copies",{"type":45,"value":81,"note":82},"office@animator-festival.com","Features, series and Future Dreamers — exhibition copies",{"type":84,"value":85,"note":86},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfreeway.com\u002FANIMATORFestival","Official film submissions",1791948456]