Festivals
Festivals – in competition – official selections
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Academy Award ® Qualifying, November 2020
Place: Santa Marina, USA
Website: https://facets.org/cicff/
Encounters Film Festival, (Academy Award ® Qualifying, BAFTA Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying, European Film Award Qualifying), October 2020
Place: Bristol, UK
Website: https://www.encounters.film/
RiverRun International Film Festival (Academy Award ® Qualifying), June 2020
Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Website: https://riverrunfilm.com/
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, November, 2021
Place: France
Website: https://www.mediterraneanfilmfestivalcannes.com/
Copenhagen Short Film Festival, October 2021
Place: Denmark
Website: https://csff.dk/
Athens Digital Arts Festival | Tāctus
Place: Greece
Website: https://2021.adaf.gr/
9th Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival] Notice from GUKIFF 2021
Place: Seoul, Korea
Website: https://www.movie-guro.or.kr/en/
11th VAFI & RAFI - International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, 2021
Place: Croatia
Website: https://filmfreeway.com/VAFIInternationalChildrenandYouthAnimationFilmFestivalVaradin
Cinemagic ‘On the Pulse’ Online Film Festival, 2021
Place: UK and Ireland
Website: https://cinemagic.org.uk/
Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE
Place: UK and Ireland
Website: https://filmfreeway.com/MontrealInternationalAnimationFilmFestivalANIMAZE
TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival, 2020
Place: Georgia
Website: https://filmfreeway.com/TbilisiAnimationFestival
Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA, 2020
Place: Corfu, Greece
Website: https://filmfreeway.com/TbilisiAnimationFestival
Santa Marina Film Festival, August 2020
Place: Santa Marina, Bulgaria
Website: https://santamarinafilmfestival.com/
Golden Kuker - Sofia, International Animation Film Festival, September 2020
Place: Sofia, Bulgaria
Website: https://2020.animationfest-bg.eu/en/films/selection/category/SHORT+FILM+MADE+FOR+KIDS/
https://2020.animationfest-bg.eu/en/home/
Cartoon Club, Festival Internazionale del Cinema d’Animazione, del Fumetto e , July 2020
Place: Rimini, Italy
Website: https://cartoonclubrimini.com/language/en/
Athens Marathon International Film Festival, June 2020
Place: Athens, Greece
Website: https://marathonfest.weebly.com/
21 Islands International Short Film Fest, April 2020
Place: NYC, USA
Website: https://pregonesprtt.org/21-islands-isff-2020/#1585945541582-0db5140a-9296
RiverRun International Film Festival, 2019
Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Websites: https://riverrunfilm.com/films/?genre=Animation, https://riverrunfilm.com/film/dragon-recipes/
Big Eyes, Big Minds - Singapore International Children's Film Festival, May 2020
Place: Singapore
Website: https://www.bigeyesbigminds.com/
MiCe, 2020
Place: Valencia, Spain
Website: http://www.micevalencia.com/
TAAFI - Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, 2020
Place: Toronto, Canada
Websites: https://www.animationmagazine.net/events/taafi-festival-to-screen-70-shorts-in-2020-program/, https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=113161~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&_ga=2.125337481.2218428.1593616245-848722759.1593616245
Animafest Cyprus, 2019
Place: Cyprus
Websites: https://www.checkincyprus.com/article/40286/animafest-2019-sinema-animation-me-fonto-tin-kypriaki-ypaithro, https://www.animafest.com.cy/images/editions/pdf/23X16%20Cat_web_2019.pdf
Thessaloniki Animation Festival, 2019
Place: Thessaloniki, Greece
Award: Best of TAF Kids Award
Websites: https://tafestival.gr/,
shorturl.at/opsvQ
Lobo Fest - Festival Internacional de Filmes, 2019
Place: Brasilia,DF, Brazil
Website: http://lobofest.com.br/filmes/receita-de-dragao/?fbclid=IwAR32IkrHNsmNkg0hG74C0Jwz3wCKGYsKTw0TAgmXIrSiV_D8Ju4aGUwm_zs
Animation Marathon, 2019
Place: Athens, Greece
Website: http://cdn.animationmarathon.eu/2019/en/movies/117/
BAICFF - Bay Area International Children's Film Festival, 2020
Place: Oakland, California, USA
Website: http://baicff.com/home/films/shorts-ages-program-1-baicff-2020/
KIDS FIRST! Film Festival, 2019
Place: Santa Few, New Mexico, USA
Websites: https://www.kidsfirst.org/detail/219420.html, https://www.kidsfirst.org/filmfestival/selections.html
International Film Festival of Larissa, October 2020
Place: Larissa, Greece
Website: http://www.iffl.gr
Athens Animfest, March 2020
Place: Athens, Greece
Websites: https://athensanimfest.eu/2020/, https://athensanimfest.eu/2020/en/movies/, https://athensanimfest.eu/2020/en/competition/15/
Palm Springs International Animation Festival & Expo 2019
Place: Palm Springs, California, USA
Website: https://www.awn.com/news/funan-and-i-lost-my-body-lead-film-selections-psiaf-2019
SHORT to the Point ISFF Awards, August 2019
Place: Bucharest, Romania
Website: http://theshortfilmfestival.com/2019/10/03/august-2019-nominees/
Not official selections - Finalist
Children Cinema Awards
Place: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website: http://kids.cawards.org/
Honorable Mention
Deep Focus Film Festival, 2021
Place: New York
Website: https://www.deepfocusfilmfestival.com/
Screenings - out of competition
Anthology Creative Aspects of South-East Mediterranean Animation, ASIFA International 60-year anniversary, screening at different festivals in 2021.
Place:
Website: https://asifa.net/asifa-celebrates-60-years-at-annecy/
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, April 8-25, 2021
Place:
Website: https://www.goshort.nl/en/
Cinekid Screening Club 2019
Place: Amstersam, Netherlands
Website: https://issuu.com/cinekid/docs/cinekid_catalogus_2019
Encounters 2019/Cyprus Focus
Place: Bristol, UK
Websites: https://2019.encounters.film/films/5d6e44f4faea0b002beacf43, https://www.philenews.com/downtown/anthropoi/article/778988?fbclid=IwAR0AiUc1aMxS758FvImkMIu1DbETT-7FdVQbxEPt_bSFceTXwbh0IFAj5N8#.XXzqA0nVDxt.facebook
International Animation Day, ASIFA Hellas
Websites: http://cinemagazine.gr/nea/arthro/international_animation_day_asifa-131007558/?fbclid=IwAR2y6QgfaN0MZEksgYfvH5mHVAleEyNDoFIVFJZFMKY7_SAht4c-keSatvk, http://www.ifa.gr/el/arts-et-culture/cinema/8683-journee-animationj-2019-el,
https://flix.gr/news/international-animation-day-greece.html, https://popaganda.gr/newstrack/i-asifa-hellas-giortazi-tin-pagkosmia-imera-animation/, https://www.empneusi.gr/news/eortasmos-pagkosmias-imeras-animation/
London International Animation Festival: Family Film Club
Place: Barbican Centre, London
Website: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2020/event/liaf-amazing-animations
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
Special educational program for schools and children
Place: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Website: https://www.goshort.nl/en/catalogue/
International Children's & Youth Film Carnival 2020
Place: Hong Kong
Website: https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/fp/en_US/web/fpo/programmes/2020icyfc/film16.html
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2020
Event: KIDS animated short films at online venue
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Website: https://www.shortshorts.org/
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