BLON Animation and Games Festival

For the 2026 edition, each of the five animation competition winners receives €1,000: International Animation, Baltic Sea-Nordic Animation, Lithuanian Animation, Ukrainian Animation and International Young Audience Animation. The festival also presents jury special mentions. The Young Audience Award is selected by school pupils from Klaipėda. The Aware Game Awards recognise games addressing personal experiences and social issues; the 2026 call specifies an international jury of five professionals and a €1,000 prize for the winning game.

2026 film competitions: films of any animation technique are eligible, with AI use disclosed. Films must not exceed 30 minutes including credits; BLON specifies completion within the last two years, while the joint Northern Animation Network submission rules specify completion on or after 1 January 2025. Non-English films need English subtitles. Films are submitted digitally once, with required materials and cleared rights; screening formats are DCP, ProRes or MPG4. BLON organisers and local industry experts preselect works for competition or other screenings and confirm each selection separately. Regional categories use the origin of the director, producer or writer: Lithuania for Lithuanian Animation; Ukraine for Ukrainian Animation; and Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Germany or Poland for Baltic Sea-Nordic Animation. Submission permits physical screenings across Lithuania; any future online screening requires prior notification and filmmaker agreement. BLON permits promotional excerpts up to three minutes or 10% of the film; the joint NAN terms set a one-minute promotional limit. Selected films cannot be withdrawn; submission fees are non-refundable. Further non-commercial highlights screenings within one year require rights-holder agreement. Submission accepts the regulations and necessary festival/archive data processing.