Animation Festivals Directory

Submission deadline:
23 June 2025

Entry fee:
FREE! There is no charge for this festival

Categories:

• Audience Award(s)
• Best Animated Short
• Best Animated Short (for Children)
• Best Animated Short (Student / Graduation Film)
• 1 - BEST SHORT FILM – GREAT ANIMAGE AWARD – Prize: ANIMAGE TROPHY and R$ 4.000
• 00 (Four Thousand Reais – Brazilian Currency) 2 - BEST CHILDREN'S SHORT FILM – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy 3 - BEST BRAZILIAN SHORT FILM – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy 4 - BEST SHORT FILM - AUDIENCE AWARD – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy 5 - BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy 6 - BEST DIRECTION – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy 7 - BEST SCREENPLAY – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy 8 - BEST ART DIRECTION – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy 9 - BEST ANIMATION TECHNIQUE – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy 10 - BEST SOUND MIXING – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

Submission methods:

• FilmFreeway

Requirements:
RULES AND REGULATIONS

The ANIMAGE – 15th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco will take place in Recife, Brazil, from October 7 to 12, 2025.

It will include competitive screenings of national and international animation short films, in addition to special screenings, feature films, masterclasses, talks, and workshops.

1 - ORGANIZATION

The ANIMAGE - 15th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco is an accomplishment of Rec-Beat Produções and Leão Produções.

2 – COMPETITIVE SCREENING CATEGORIES

2.1 - Short film - Films with a running time of up to 30 minutes (including credits)
2.2 - Children's Short Film - Films for children's audience with a running time of up to 30 minutes (including credits)
2.3 - Student Short Film – Films with a running time of up to 30 minutes (including credits) made by students and schools.

3 - AWARDS

3.1 - The awards will be given by an official jury, comprising 03 (three) individuals invited by the festival organization, amongst film critics and film industry professionals, from whom it is required not to have any direct relation to any of the works shown on competition.

3.2 - The jury will be responsible for selecting the winners of the ANIMAGE TROPHY and PRIZE MONEY winner, according to the category and value defined below.

3.2.1 - BEST SHORT FILM – GREAT ANIMAGE AWARD – Prize: ANIMAGE TROPHY and R$ 4.000,00 (Four Thousand Reais – Brazilian Currency)

The jury will avouch for the picking of the winner films of the ANIMAGE TROPHY according to the categories listed below, except AUDIENCE AWARD category, which will be elected by direct public vote.

3.2.2 - BEST CHILDREN'S SHORT FILM – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

3.2.3 - BEST BRAZILIAN SHORT FILM – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

3.2.4 - BEST SHORT FILM - AUDIENCE AWARD – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

3.2.5 - BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

3.2.6 - BEST DIRECTION – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

3.2.7 - BEST SCREENPLAY – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

3.2.8 - BEST ART DIRECTION – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

3.2.9 - BEST ANIMATION TECHNIQUE – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

3.2.10 - BEST SOUND MIXING – Prize: ANIMAGE Trophy

3.3 - Once the winner movies are determined by the official jury, they cannot be subjected to appeal.

3.4 - Additional cash prizes, if any, will be announced on the official festival website.

3.5 - The prize money defined above refer to the gross amount of the prize. The net value is subjected to the tax discount fixed by Brazilian laws and bank fees for remittance. Who are awarded must submit an invoice with the same value of the correspondent prize. The invoice must be issued by a reputable company which works on the artistic and/or cultural field, that operates in the artistic and/or cultural field, is defined in its bylaws, and is duly registered with the federal, state, and municipal tax authorities.

3.6 - The Festival board will be able to, if desired, set up prizes or an honorable mention to individuals and/or works that are considered important and relevant to the Festival and also to the appreciation and stimulation of the animation film industry.

4 - DEADLINES AND DATES

ENROLLMENTS AND SUBMISSION PERIOD:
April 17 to June 23, 2025

DISCLOSURE OF THE SELECTED WORKS:
July 23, 2025

COMPETITIVE SCREENING:
October 7 to 10, 2025

DISCLOSURE AND EXHIBITION OF THE PRIZEWINNERS:
October 12, 2025

PRIZE MONEY PAYMENT DEADLINE:
April 21, 2026

5 - ENROLLMENT AND MATERIAL REMITTANCE

5.1 - Only films produced from January 1, 2024 are selectable.

5.2 - The enrollment is free of charge and must be done online, using the submission form available on https://filmfreeway.com/ANIMAGEFestival (FilmFreeway). The person in charge of the registration must have rights of exhibition of the film and for indicating the data for payment of the premium, being responsible for the receipt and transfer.

5.3 - Attention: It will only accept films submitted in HD format (1920x1080 or higher resolution), extension .MOV and codec H264 and/or DCP.

5.4 - Films submitted in previous editions of the festival will not be accepted.

5.5 - Taking into account that internet access is limited in some countries, it is allowed in this case to send the film(s) by mail in HD format (1920x1080) or higher resolution, using the extension .MOV and codec H264), on portable storage units (USB flash drive, external hard drive, among others) or DVD (in data format).

5.6 - The Festival reserves the right to refuse a screening copy of dubious technical conditions that may cause problems during the screening.

5.7 - CONCERNING FILMS SENT BY MAIL:

5.7.1 - The shipping costs and tax fees on the material for selection are to be paid by the sender. The Festival board will not pay customs rates. The sender must exclusively bear the entire expenses correspondent to selectable material shipping.

5.7.2 - Works submitted after the enrollment deadline will not be considered by the Festival’s Selection Committee.

5.7.3 - Attention: If a registered film sent by mail is shipped out of a foreign country, we request the following declaration to be written on the envelope: "FILM/VIDEO FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL VALUE". Declare maximum package value of US$ 1, 00.

5.7.4 - The shipping costs and tax fees on the material for selection are to be paid by the sender. Any film received with consignment to be collected will be returned.

5.7.5 - The envelope must be addressed to:

REC-BEAT PRODUÇÕES
FESTIVAL ANIMAGE
Rua da Aurora, 325, Edif. Ébano, Loja 0003, Caixa Postal nº 1448
Boa Vista – Recife / Pernambuco
Brazil
Zip Code 50050-000

5.8 - The selected film files MUST NOT HAVE subtitles printed on vídeo.

5.9 - Each participant can enroll as many works as wanted, each one with its own separate enrollment form and technical information form. If it is the case of a mail-sent material, all the films are allowed to be shipped all together, on the same envelope.

5.10 - In no event are paid exhibition fees or exhibition rights for the selected or invited films by the Festival.

6 - SELECTION

6.1 - A Selection Committee, chosen by the Festival board, will avouch for the films selection on each category.

6.2 - The selected titles will be informed through the Festival's social media and website on July 23, 2025. Only the selected films will also receive this official communication by email. The Selection Committee's decisions cannot be subjected to appeal.

6.3 - The Festival is responsible for the subtitling of all the selected foreign films that contain dialogue, narration, charts or musical score that may be relevant to the understanding of the work, in any other language than Portuguese. In order to make this possible, it is mandatory the remittance of the original script, with timecode indications, while the online enrollment is made.

6.4 - The festival´s organization only notifies the selected movies by email. The list of selected films will be published at our website and social media.

7 – DEVOLUTION OF SENT MATERIAL

Participants must agree that all material sent for selection will not be returned. It will, instead, be incorporated into the ANIMAGE collection, subjected to present or future screenings, special editions of the Festival or cultural ends, with no commercial purposes.

8 – SCREENINGS

All files will be previously tested by the Festival board, after the transfer and/or download process is finished. In event of technical issues concerning sent material, participants must send a new version, following our technical specific outlines.

9 – INVITATIONS

ANIMAGE's board is allowed to invite directors and their films bearing the costs of airfare and accommodation. However, the feasibility and amount of invites will be determined by the Festival board.

10 - GENERAL CONDITIONS

10.1 - Only frame-by-frame animated short films will be accepted, regardless of the technique used, whether made for cinema, television, or online platforms.
10.2 - Animation must account for at least 75% of the film’s total running time.
10.3 - Directors that wish to enroll films on ANIMAGE FESTIVAL must agree on transferring to Rec-Beat Discos and Artistic Productions and Leão Productions the right of, without any charge, exhibit and divulge, in any kind of media, film's images (pictures and excerpts of a maximum of 30 seconds), by Rec-Beat itself or others, at any time, without no limitation on how many times these excerpts will be used. No kind of amends or remuneration can be demanded by the participants.

10.4 - The participants must be fully responsible for the use of other's musical scores or images in their films, as well as any onus related to copyright infringement. Each applicant declares to be the author or rights owner of the submitted film(s) and to own all literary, dramatic and musical rights and gives them to the festival for use free of charge for the purpose of competing at the festival. The producers and directors of award-winning films can mention the name of the prize, the year and the name of the festival.

10.5 - The Festival board is not responsible for any miscarriage and other material shipping costs necessary to the enrollment.

10.6 - The board is also not responsible for works that, for any technical reason, may not be able to be reproduced or the ones that are not followed by the enrollment form filled correctly and completely. Thus, test your FILE/DVD before sending it, and check all the documentation for mistakes.

10.7 - The successful enrollment of a film in ANIMAGE Festival depends on full acceptance of these Rules and Regulations. A film that is submitted and subsequently selected for the Competitive Screening cannot, under any circumstances, be withdrawn, and its exhibition at ANIMAGE cannot be denied.

10.8 - The Festival’s board is the one and only responsible for the programme picking and scheduling, and a group of professionals is designated to each specific function to do so.

10.9 - The special cases that may not be represented on these Rules and Regulations will be analyzed by the board of ANIMAGE - 15th International Animation Festival, and the decisions taken by this board are sovereign. Therefore, the board bears total civic responsibility for the implications of its decisions.

10.10 – In the event of force majeure situations that prevent the festival from taking place on the scheduled dates, the organizers reserve the right to change the dates or format of the event, informing the participants accordingly.

10.11 - For any questions or clarifications, please send an email to inscricao@recbeat.com

Download the entire Rules and Regulations here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uAivFMcf5d2U9iIioNgmKLsnvBX8OTG3?usp=sharing

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