Animatopia was born out of our desire to sow in the heart of the children the seed of a world without boundaries, through a form of art which is also limitless: Animation.

We strongly believe in the hidden talent of the “small ones”. Our objective is to show our children the loveliest, funniest, most exciting and most inspiring animated short films from all over the world, specially from those corners of the planet in which the greatest talents are still undiscovered.

Awards & Prizes

The competition categories are:
Best Swiss Shortfilm
Best International Shortfilm
Best Special Guest Country Shortfilm (in this Edition, best Mexican Shortfilm)
Best WIA (Women in Animation) Shortfilm
Best Shortfilm Audience Award

The Best Swiss Shortfilm, the Best International Shortfilm, the Best Guest Country Shortfilm and the Best WIA Shortfilm will receive a prize of 3000 Swiss francs each. The Special Audience Award will receive 1000 Swiss francs.

Rules & Terms

All kind of animation techniques will be accepted : 2D, 3D, Stop motion or experimental. Live Action Shortfilms do not qualify for this Festival.
The target audience are children between 4 and 12 years of age.
The short films should last less than 15 minutes.
Only short films produced after December 31th 2013 will be considered.
Due to the international character of the festival, films that can be understood regardless of dialogues will be given preference. Any dialogues should be subtitled in english.

The festival has the right of multiple screenings of selected works within the context of Animatopia 2019. The festival will not pay any rental fees.
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  • Adib Cherit

    I didn't get a chance to go but this is a GREAT festival. A lot of love and effort is is being poured intop it and I like that. Communication with the festival organizer was amazing. They are a remarkable group of people. I hope to see more and more form the upcoming editions. Once again, thanks for selecting The Good, the Bad and the Cactus! Cheers!

    February 2019
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  • Jesús Pérez Irigoyen

    Recomiendo mucho participar en este festival. Es de vital importancia que se apoyen iniciativas para audiencias jovenes y este foro de contenidos para niños es una gran idea, Nidya y su oganización estuvieron siempre atentos a compartirnos noticias y darle seguimiento a la participacón de nuestro corto inscrito en su festival.
    ¡Felicidades!

    January 2019
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  • Raymond Limantara

    I'm grateful that my film was included in the inaugural Animatopia. The communication is fantastic and timely. Thank you Nydia and team for making the festival happen. All the best for future editions of the festival!

    January 2019
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