Countryside Animafest Cyprus – 2024 call for entries
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Countryside Animafest Cyprus, the International Animation Festival of Cyprus, has announced the call for film submissions and invites you to enter your films.
The festival showcases a selection of the world’s latest productions, focusing on independent, non-commercial films. Countryside Animafest Cyprus, is one of the longest-running film festivals in Cyprus and will take place in the village of Salamiou, a small rural community in the mountainous inland of Paphos. This innovative characteristic of the festival has contributed significantly in the appreciation of independent animation cinema in Cyprus among a very wide audience spectrum and has revitalised many small rural communities around the country.
Films can be submitted to the following categories.
- International Narrative Shorts (Grand Prix – Dimitri Eipides)
- International Non-Narrative Shorts (Grand Prix – Dimitri Eipides)
- International Children Shorts
- National (Cyprus) Shorts
There is no entry fee.
Please find here the festival Regulations or how to submit your film and the online entry form.
See also Jury and Winners and the festival catalogues of previous editions.
Deadline: March 31, 2024 for International Narrative Shorts, International Non-Narrative Shorts and International Children Shorts. June 16, 2024 for National (Cyprus) Shorts. Before you decide to submit your film, please read the general information, as well as the festival rules & regulations. Only films completed after January 1, 2023 are eligible for the competition categories.
Results: The selection will be made by Yiorgos Tsangaris (CY), artistic director of the festival and Gerben Schermer (NL), curator of animation and contemporary art. Successful entrants will be notified of their participation in the festival. The final selection of the festival will be announced in the last week of June 2024.
The Festival is organised by Animafest Cyprus Views of the World with the financial support of the Deputy Ministry of Culture.