Film submission

Submit your films now for Anima 2027!

Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival, will take place from 19 to 28 February 2027 and will celebrate its 46th edition. In addition to attracting professionals from all over the world, Anima is also a popular and family festival that welcomes more than 40,000 festival-goers every year.

Submit your films for free before 2 October 2026 via our online form.

Anima considers all films completed after June 2025 and belonging to the following categories as eligible for competition:

• Feature Films
• Feature Films for Children
• International Professional Short Films
• International Student Films
• International Short Films for Children
• National Short Films
• Short films in virtual reality

Anima is a qualifying festival for the ACADEMY AWARD® for Best Animated Short Film and awards a wide range of international animated films. British short films selected in one of our competitions are also eligible for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation.
Find here the price list from end January 2027.

The directors/producers of the selected films will be notified by email personally. After selection, please send all additional documents (dialogues/subtitles/press kit/biography/director's filmography) by email to selection@folioscope.be.

For the sixth year in a row, the winners in the main competition categories will receive, in addition to the cash prizes, an Anima trophy: a Uō, a unique piece designed by the artist Peggy Boursin.