SiamANIMA - Siam International Animation Festival

SiamANIMA - Siam International Animation Festival

Also known as: Siam International Animation Festival, Siam Anima
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SiamANIMA, the Siam International Animation Festival, is a Thai festival of auteur-driven short animation that sets out to connect Southeast Asian animators with the international animation scene. It runs four competitions: a Southeast Asian competition for professional and student work by directors from the region, an International Professional competition, an International Student competition and a Children's competition. Curated special programmes, some of them from partner festivals, feature screenings, workshops, masterclasses, talks, an exhibition and an art market run alongside the competitions.

The festival grows out of Beyond Animation, an event organised by the French Embassy in Thailand from 2022 to 2024, and is run by Klowerº, an animation and sound artist duo, together with the animation company Graphy Animation. The dates of the first edition are 10–21 September 2025: it is centred at the Thai Film Archive in Salaya and extends to partner venues in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Ang Thong. In 2026 the organisers run SiamANIMA Micro-Screenings, which bring festival programmes to micro-cinemas, film clubs and universities across Thailand.

Country

Thailand

Categories

Animation, Short, Student

Awards and prizes

Awards of the 2025 edition, decided by juries of film and animation professionals invited by the organisers. Every award comes with a jury statement. Southeast Asian Animation Competition: Southeast Asia Animation Award and special mentions. International Professional Animation Competition: Grand Prix and special mentions. International Student Animation Competition: Student Award and special mentions. Children's Animation Competition: Children's Animation Award and special mentions. In 2025 the jury members also gave individual jury awards, and a Sound Design Award was presented.

Festival rules

Rules of the 2025 edition (1st SiamANIMA). Competitions: Southeast Asian Animation Competition (professional and student) for directors who are nationals of Brunei, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand or Vietnam; International Professional Animation Competition, open to directors of any nationality; International Student Animation Competition, for films made at or under the supervision of an educational institution (proof of student status may be requested); Children's Animation Competition, for animation made for children. Films in any animation technique, completed after 1 January 2023 and no longer than 15 minutes. Southeast Asian directors may enter an international competition instead; each film is submitted to one category only. Films can be submitted by producers, directors, individual artists, distributors or other rights holders. Submission is free and online only, through the festival website. Films whose original language is not English need English subtitles; for the Children's competition an English dub is recommended, English subtitles are accepted. Selected films may be screened up to eight times during the festival; additional screenings are agreed with the submitter.

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