CRAFT International Animation Festival
28 October - 1 November 2025
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E-mail: craftanimationfestival@gmail.com
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Indonesia
- About
- Submission Info
CRAFT is a celebration of craftsmanship and talent, but also to commune with authenticity, diversity and physicality.
CRAFT International Animation Festival has THREE parallel competitions and one special program:
- International competition of stop-motion & traditional techniques in animation (no digital 3D/2D, or with using only partly) – open to the whole world
- Only for the animated movies from Southeast Asian countries – competition of all techniques in animation (including digital 3D/2D)
- No dialogues shorts animated movies for kids – stop-motion & traditional techniques in animation (no digital 3D/2D, or with using only partly) – open to the whole world
- Digital panorama – a non-competitive program open to the whole world (we don’t pay fees for the screening)
Year established: 2017
Is this festival exclusively animation?: Yes - this is exclusively an animation festival
Is there a marketplace at this festival?: Yes
Physical event or online?: Physical & Online Festival
Submission deadline:
30 March 2025
Entry fee:
(US Dollar) $3-5
Categories:
- Audience Award(s)
- Best Animated Music Video
- Best Animated Short
- Best Animated Short (for Children)
- Best Animated Short (Student / Graduation Film)
- Grand Prix for the Best Movie
- Strong Craft Basis Award for the Best Student Movie
- Craft Special Mention for Technique
- Special Mention for Taking Environmental or Social Issues
- Audience Award
- Grand Prix for the Best Movie
- Strong Craft Basis Award for the Best Student Movie; Craft Special Mention for Technique
- Special Mention for Taking Environmental or Social Issues
- Three Special Mentions are granted by children
Submission methods:
- FilmFreeway
Requirements:
Rules & Terms
I. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF STOP-MOTION & TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES IN ANIMATION (NO DIGITAL 3D/2D, OR WITH USING ONLY PARTLY) – OPEN TO THE WHOLE WORLD:
>TRADITIONAL/CLASSICAL & STOP-MOTION ANIMATION is understood by Organizers as the animation created with traditional methods, where the computer was used only during the post-production stage or CGI was used to a minimum extent, or not at all.
>INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF TRADITIONAL/CLASSICAL & STOP-MOTION ANIMATION is open for professionals, students and independent artists from all around the world.
>To the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION we accept animated movies, not longer than 30 minutes (with closing credits).
II. ONLY FOR THE ANIMATED MOVIES FROM SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES - COMPETITION OF ALL TECHNIQUES IN ANIMATION (INCLUDING DIGITAL 3D/2D):
>SOUTH-EAST ASIA COMPETITION is open for ALL TECHNIQUES – digital, non-digital, stop-motion and mixed.
>SOUTH-EAST ASIA COMPETITION is open for professionals, students and independent artists from Southeast Asian countries.
>SOUTH-EAST ASIA comprising ONLY Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, as well as Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
>To the SOUTH-EAST ASIA COMPETITION we accept animated movies, not longer than 30 minutes (with closing credits).
III. NO DIALOGUES SHORTS ANIMATED MOVIES FOR KIDS - STOP-MOTION & TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES IN ANIMATION(NO DIGITAL 3D/2D, OR WITH USING ONLY PARTLY) – OPEN TO THE WHOLE WORLD:
>To the SHORTS FOR KIDS COMPETITION, we accept animated movies for children, WITH NO DIALOGUE, not longer than 30 minutes (with closing credits).
IV. DIGITAL PANORAMA - A NON-COMPETITIVE PROGRAM OPEN TO THE WHOLE WORLD (WE DON'T PAY FEES FOR THE SCREENING) - ONLY DIGITAL 2D/3D
IF THERE WILL BE NO CHANCE TO ORGANIZE THE FESTIVAL OFFLINE, THE SUBMITTER AGREES TO BE PART OF THE ONLINE EDITION, WITH GEO-BLOCKED (ONLY INDONESIA) AND A PROTECTED STREAM.
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