WAnibar is an organization founded in 2010 by a group of young art activists. The main annual event of the organization is the Anibar International Animation Festival (AIAF), which takes place in the city of Peja, Kosovo, during August.
WThe International Festival of Animated Films AniFest is an international festival of animated films held annually in the Czech Republic. It was established in 2002 and has attracted more than twenty-thousand guests per year.
WWorld Festival of Animated Film Zagreb, also known as Animafest Zagreb, is a film festival entirely dedicated to animated film held annually in Zagreb, Croatia. Initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA), the event was established in 1972. Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in the World, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
WThe Animation Showcase is a traveling film screening, showcasing animated short films. The showcase started in 2016, with the support of the private members club Soho House, with the intention of spotting upcoming creative talents in the animation industry and to promote animation in the creative industry. The Animation Showcase screening proposes a yearly "Best of the Year" selection, spotting films that become shortlisted and/or eventual nominees for the Academy Awards Best Animated Short Film category.
WThe Annecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four international animated film festivals sponsored by the International Animated Film Association.
WDOK Leipzig is one of the oldest documentary festivals of the world that takes place every year in Leipzig, Germany. It is an international film festival for documentary and animated film founded in 1955 under the name "1st All-German Leipzig Festival of Cultural and Documentary Films" and was the first independent film festival in East Germany. In 1995 a separate competition for animated films was added and in 2004 a film industry program, DOK Industry, was initiated to allow a networking and contact platform for industry professionals. Shortly after German reunification attendance figures dropped, with just 5,500 people coming in 1993; however, they quickly picked up and in 2008 the festival had more than 27,000 attendees. The 2010 International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film ran from 18 until 24 October 2010. DOK Leipzig is part of the Doc Alliance – a creative partnership between 7 key European documentary film festivals.
WKLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival (KLIK) is a festival in Amsterdam for animated art, first held in 2007. It is organized by the non-profit KLIK foundation and takes place annually at the Eye Film Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Among the animated art forms featured at KLIK are animated feature films, shorts, commercials, video games, music videos, comics, and installations.
WThe Kraków Film Festival is one of Europe's oldest events dedicated to documentary, animation, and other short film forms. It has been organised year after year since 1961. The Artistic President of the festival is Krzysztof Gierat.
WThe Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films (MIFF) is a festival organized in the city of Mumbai by the Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It was started in 1990, and focuses on documentary, short fiction and animation films.
WThe Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival is an annual showcase festival of animation, cartoon and related art genres held in Seoul, South Korea since 1995. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city of Seoul. The main mascots are "Bummy" (버미) the tiger and "Tanko".
WSupertoon is an international animation festival in Šibenik, Croatia. In 2017 it took place from 16 to 21 July.