Animation Festivals Directory

Grand OFF – World Independent Film Awards is the most important initiative promoting independent cinema in Poland and one of the most important cultural events related to independent cinema in the world. The mission of Grand OFF is to put independent cinema in the spotlight that both films and their makers deserve. This goal is achieved by a meticulous process of nominating submitted movies by the members of Grand OFF Jury, representing cinema professionals from 24 countries. This procedure culminates in a festive award ceremony, taking place in Warsaw since 2006 and attended each time by 400 distinguished representatives of the cinema world. A week later the awarded films are presented in more than 50 Polish cities.

In the beginning, European films were nominated in 9 categories: fiction, directing, script, cinematography, editing, actor, actress, documentary, animation and since 2012 we have one more: scenography and costume. An additional category — best non-European film — was created in 2008. Due to popularity of this new category, as well as a very warm welcome by the members of Grand OFF Jury and Polish audience, we decided to open Grand OFF Awards to films from all over the world. Thus Grand OFF European Independent Film Awards became Grand OFF – World Independent Film Awards!

Year established: 2006

Is this festival exclusively animation?: No - this is a film festival but with a specific animation category

Is there a marketplace at this festival?: No