International Animated Film Festival Animocje (Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Animowanych Animocje)

International Animated Film Festival Animocje

Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Animowanych Animocje

Also known as: Animocje, IAFF Animocje, MFFA Animocje
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Animocje is an international festival of animated cinema in Bydgoszcz, Poland, organised by the Municipal Cultural Center in Bydgoszcz since 2011; its founder and coordinator is Weronika Płaczek. The programme favours ambitious, formally daring animation and looks at the links between animation and music, games, visual arts and acting. Short films compete in the Main Competition, with a Grand Prix and a Best Polish Film award, alongside the Music Films Competition and the Films for Children and Young Adults Competition. Audience-voted Play-off screenings before the festival can send a wild-card film into the competition. Since 2014 Animocje has presented an award for special achievements in animated film dubbing.

Feature screenings, curated short film programmes, workshops, masterclasses and meetings with filmmakers complete the programme, with screenings centred on Kino Orzeł. Year-round screenings for children and adults run under the name Animocje 365. The 16th edition takes place on 20–25 April 2027.

Country

Poland

Categories

Animation, Music Video, Short

Dates

20 April 2027 — 25 April 2027

Awards and prizes

Prizes go to the directors of competition films. Main Competition: Grand Prix (PLN 10,000) and Best Polish Film (PLN 10,000). Music Films Competition: Best Music Film (PLN 3,000). Films for Children and Young Adults Competition: Best Film for Children and Young Adults (PLN 3,000). Special award of the Junior Jury (PLN 2,000). Audience Awards. The jury may award further cash prizes and honourable mentions. The cash prize fund of the 2027 edition is PLN 37,000. The festival also presents an award for special achievements in animated film dubbing.

Festival rules

Short film competitions of the 16th edition (20–25 April 2027). Eligible films: animated films up to 30 minutes including credits, made in any technique, with animation making up at least 50% of the running time, produced on or after 1 January 2025. Films shown in previous Animocje competitions are not eligible. Films may be submitted by art and film schools, production companies, film institutions, individual filmmakers and other rights holders, to one category only: Main Competition, Music Films Competition, or Films for Children and Young Adults Competition. The organiser may move a film to another category with the submitter's consent. Submission is free, via FilmFreeway or the festival's online entry form. The deadline for the 2027 edition is 15 November 2026. Films not in Polish need integrated English subtitles; the application includes at least three stills, a director's photo, a synopsis, a director's bio and an English dialogue list. A selection committee appointed by the organiser chooses the films; selected entrants are notified by e-mail by 10 February 2027 and send a DCP and a digital file. Selected films cannot be withdrawn later than 14 days after the selection is announced. The Polish version of the regulations is binding.

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