Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE

By entering your film for consideration for the 2021 ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film Festival, you authorize that your work is cleared for festival exhibition and accept full legal responsibility for the intellectual property therein.
Entry into the festival constitutes permission to exhibit your work at the 2018 ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film Festival or and Animaze Daze on the Road in our Best of Animaze Collection. ANIMAZE is also hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes.

If your film is accepted, you will receive an invitation letter with further details, technical requirements for downloadable files, and deadlines.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I submit to ANIMAZE via paper/email/ air mail?

We accept submissions that go through our FilmFreeway.com profile. It is difficult to keep track of films when there’s no electronic record of a submission, it makes addressing potential unforeseen problems. If you would like to send a high-quality version by mail you may do so after submitting to FilmFreeway, but please note that shipping will be at your own expense.

How will we be notified*?
Accepted films will receive an invitation letter by email. Films not accepted will also be notified by email by the notification deadline. Your status of not accepted and accepted will also be reflected in FilmFreeway. If you do not receive an email within 7 days after the notification date, please contact us. Before contacting us, reconfirm who is listed as the primary contact and their email.

Please make sure you submit a wetransfer downloadable version hi res - ( less than 2 GB ) As we have a very short window to take submissions and green it we must receive all submissions via a Vimeo link for review as well and as a wetransfer film file.

We also suggest a permanent contact be used as the primary submitter and that a phone number and email address always associated with the production be used. Note: Email filters have a hard time with addresses that start with info@, mail@, admin@, etc. If you’re using an info@myfilm.com email address it’s more likely your notification email may not arrive. We also suggest using an email address that someone checks at least daily.

*Notification dates are subject to change, please check the festival website every few weeks for updates. We strive to notify all submitters via email when a change will be made.
Please note the festival does not pay screening fees.