Happy Valley Animation Festival
27 March - 22 May 2025
Contact: Carlos Rosas
E-mail: admins@happyvalleyanimationfestival.org
Phone: -
Address:
University Park
Pennsylvaina
16802
USA
- About
- Submission Info
The Happy Valley Animation Festival (HVAF) is an international competition that showcases compelling animated works by student, early career, and practicing professional artists, designers, and filmmakers who push the boundaries of the medium. Works range from animated short films and experimental animation to animated motion graphics and design and push the innate ability of animation to communicate across cultures.
The festival takes place at the Pennsylvania State University (in Happy Valley), with open and student award winners and official selections featured in screenings and exhibitions at the HUB Flex Theatre, the Palmer Museum of Art, the Carnegie Cinema, and the HUB Robeson Gallery. All events are free and open to the public.
HVAF is a collaboration between organizers, volunteers, and academic partners and supported by the Digital Arts and Media Design Program (DART) and the School of Visual Arts at Penn State.
Year established: 2021
Is this festival exclusively animation?: Yes - this is exclusively an animation festival
Is there a marketplace at this festival?: No
Submission deadline:
1 December 2025
Entry fee:
FREE! There is no charge for this festival
Categories:
- Animated Short Films (Open International Category)
- Animated Short Films (Student International Category)
- Animated Short Films Under 4 Minutes (Open International Category)
- Animated Short Films Under 4 Minutes (Student International Category)
- Animated Motion Graphics & Design (Open International Category)
- Animated Motion Graphics & Design (Student International Category)
- Experimental Animation: (Open International Category)
Submission methods:
- Festhome
- FilmFreeway
Requirements:
To qualify for the HVAF, your submission should meet the following requirements.
• Your film meets category requirements and is no longer than 20 minutes in length, including end credits. End credits are not required.
• Limit of two submissions per director, artist, designer, or collaborative team per category.
• It is expected that directors/submitters attain all of the respective copyrights and permissions required for their film prior to submitting. This includes all music, sound effects, product placement, actor/model release forms, etc. Animations without these rights will not be able to screen or exhibit their films.
• Upon submission of your work, you acknowledge you have permission/rights to submit the work, authorize the screening and exhibition of your work at HVAF events, and agree to above terms & conditions.
Link to Submit
