Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films

International competition (jury awards): - Best Feature Film for Adults – 1,000 EUR - Best Feature Film for Children & Young Audience – 1,000 EUR - Best Short Film – 1,000 EUR (the winner is eligible for the Academy Awards) - Best Student Film – 1,000 EUR - Best Abstract and Non-Narrative Animation – 1,000 EUR - Best Music Video – 500 EUR - Best VR Film – 500 EUR - Best Visual Art in a Videogame - Best Videogame for Children - Best Student Videogame The jury may also give one Special Mention in the Feature Film, Short Film, Student Film, Abstract and Non-Narrative Animation and Music Video categories. Czech Horizon (national competition, decided by the Council of Animated Film – RAF): - Best Czech Creation – Czech Television Award - Best Czech Short and Feature Film – PPF Foundation Award - Best Czech Student Film - Best Czech Series - Best Czech Music Video - Best Czech Commissioned Work Czech Horizon winners can be nominated for the European Animation Awards (Emile Awards). Audience Award – Liberec Region Award, chosen by festival visitors in an online vote across all categories.

Anifilm 2027 accepts animated films and videogames for the International Competition and, for works with a Czech production majority, for the national Czech Horizon competition. Czech works may enter both. Eligibility: - Films must be completed after 1 January 2026 or not premiered before that date; videogames must be officially released after 1 January 2026 and before May 2027. - More than 50% of the work must be animation; any technique is allowed, but the use of AI must be stated and specified. - The work must not have competed at Anifilm in any previous year. - One work can compete in only one international competition category. - Feature film categories are for films longer than 60 minutes; Short Film and Student Film are for films of 59 minutes or less. Student works must be made by a team mostly of students at an educational institution, as part of a course or study programme; the student or the school may submit. Submission: - Through the online submission form on Eventival; the call runs from 1 September to 31 December 2026. - Films: a downloadable screener (Full HD or similar, up to 6000 kB/s); streaming-only links may be rejected. Videogames: promo codes or download links in the form. - Selected works are chosen by the festival selection committee; submitters are informed during February 2027 and the selection is published by the end of February 2027. Selected works: - Screening copies (DCP preferred, Full HD file or 35 mm print, plus a back-up Full HD file) must arrive by 31 March 2027. - Competition films are screened in the original language with English subtitles, except English-language works and music videos. - The submitter covers transport of the screening copy to the festival; the festival insures the copy while it holds it. - Submission confirms that all rights, including music rights, are cleared, and grants one screening within Echoes of Anifilm in Prague in the two weeks after the festival. - Competing videogames are presented in the Anifilm Game Zone. - Works selected for Czech Horizon (except music videos, series and commissioned works) are deposited with the Czech National Film Archive.