ReAnima is the annual international festival for animated films in Bergen, Norway’s second largest city. The festival emerged as a response to the increasing need to give the city a space to interact with animated art in all its variations, and to offer animated content for all audiences.
ReAnima offers various animated film screenings and animated film contests for both adults and kids. The festival also arranges many other activities, such as animation workshops, lectures on animation, master classes with professional animators, interviews and debates, exhibitions, and so on.
As an international festival, ReAnima welcomes guests, contestants, jury members and audience members from all around the world!
We also accept all forms of animation techniques.
UPDATE! Due to the large number of submitted films, we have changed our notification date to Tuesday October 6th. That's when entrants will be notified, if their films have been accepted to the festival.
Awards: Best Professional Animated Short Film, Best Student Animated Short Film, ReAnima Kids, Best Animated Music Video, Best Experimental Animated Film, Best Animated Short Documentary.
All films submitted in these categories must be animated short films, and these animated short films must have been completed in either 2018, 2019 or 2020.
Live-action films, full-length feature films, or films completed BEFORE 2018 will be disqualified.
Every participant can submit a maximum of 3 animated short films.
All contestants will be awarded with a selection certificate at the festival, and the winners will receive a certificate stating their respective place. The certificate will be sent to you if you cannot be present at the festival to collect it.
In order to avoid any misunderstandings about the animated short film submissions or the festival, we highly recommend that you take the time to read our Rules & Terms below.