Dear filmmakers, producers, distributors and friends of animated films, the 7th Anim'est International Animation Film Festival will be waiting for your shorts & features in the next few months. The deadline for submitting your films to the 7th edition of the festival is June 15th.
We are glad to announce the opening of the call for a brand new competitive section: Minimest - reserved for shorts appropriate for children aged 4-12 years old. An award will be presented to one of the shorts, based on a decision made by a jury of children.
Also, starting with 2011, the winner of the Anim'est Trophy is shortlisted for the annual Cartoon d'Or Award.
With a smart and nonconformist audience, Anim'est has become Bucharest's most loved film festival and a growing name on the animation scene of Europe, recognized as a member of the Cartoon European Association of Animation Film since the 5th edition. Our presentations, workshops, masterclasses and round tables provide a great opportunity to get in touch with the latest creations and make contacts (here's how we enjoyed anim'est 2011)
Among the great names who have visited Anim'est since the first edition in 2006, we proudly mention Bill Plympton, Georges Schwizgebel, Phil Mulloy, Shane Acker, John Dilworth, Joan C. Gratz, Mike Reiss, Alex Budovsky, Juan Pablo Zaramella, Alexander Damm, Gil Alkabetz, Simone Massi, Regina Pessoa, Erik van Schaaik and our partner festivals, animation schools and guest studios.
You are invited to submit films produced after January 1st, 2010, to one of the Anim'est competition categories awarded in prize money and animation software:
a) Short film – less than 50’: short animated films made after January 1st 2010, which have not previously competed in any anim’est festival.
b) Feature film – more than 50’: animated feature films made after January 1st 2010, which have not previously competed in any anim’est festival.
c) Music video and advertising: short animated films made after January 1st 2010, primarily together with existing music covering minimally 80% of the footage or a short commercial film made upon a request to support the sale of a product or service or to promote a brand, program or event.
d) Student film: short animated films made by a student or a film school (graduation films or not) after January 1st 2010, which have not previously competed in any anim’est festival.
e) Romanian short film: Romanian animated films (local productions or co-productions) completed after January 1st 2010.
f) Balkanimation: short animated films completed after January 1st 2010, from the Balkan countries (Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia - Herzegovina, Macedonia, Romania).
g) Minimest: short animated films presenting an interest for a public of children aged 4 to 14, made after January 1st 2010, which have not previously competed in any anim’est festival.
With the exception of Romanian productions, in order to be selected in competition, the films must not have been screened before in Romania.
We encourage you to use the electronic entry form on our site, a fast, efficient and eco-friendly way of submitting all of the details for your films!
In order to send your films (and entry forms if you choose the printed version), please use the address below, no later than June 15th, 2012: ASOCIATIA ESTENEST, Strada Dr. Taberei nr 92, Bl. C 7, Sc. F, Ap. 235, Sector 6, Bucuresti, Zip code: 061406, Romania, Attn: Mihai Mitrica.
For further questions, visit our website or contact us at:contact@estenest.ro or +40746 785 180
You can find the complete Festival Regulations here.
