International Animation Festival watching professional and foreign animation will focus on short films and animated series from the countries of the Asia-Pacific region.

The international jury of the festival will include professionals in animation art. Experts will award prizes to films and series of different age categories: cartoons for children, schoolchildren, teenagers and adults. Separately will be awarded the People's Choice Award and Award of the Festival Directorate.
Film screenings, workshops, creative meetings, and lectures will once again bring together animation industry professionals and audience from around the world on the bank of the Amur River.

The director of the Animur festival is the chairman of the board of the Khabarovsk regional non-government organization for development of animation – Alexandra Dubovskaya.
Festival's prezident – Animated film director, President of the Guild of
Animation Professionals AAKR, Member of the artistic council of the project
«Gora Samocvetov» and the "Pilot" animation studio Sergey Merinov.
Program director - film critic, member of the Union of Cinematographers Russian Federation, member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), general director of Paranoid Animation Studio Alena Sycheva.

The first international animated film festival “Animur” was held in Khabarovsk in 2022. Over the past two years, more than 20 thousand viewers watched 547 animated films from 83 countries. Over the course of two years, the festival has turned into a professional platform for meetings and exchange of experience between representatives of the Far Eastern animation industry and their colleagues from other parts of the world. The festival highly valuesinternational cooperation, cultural exchange and strengthening the ties between talented animators of the Khabarovsk Kraiand the foreign professionals in the sphere of animation art.

Based on the results of their work, the jury awards the following prizes:
• Grand Prix
• Special Jury Prize
• Prize for best directing
• Prize for the best artistic solution
• Prize for best animation
• Prize for the best sound solution
• Prize for the best student film
• Prize for the best series
• Prize of the Festival’s Management Committee

Other prizes
• Audience Choice Award (all competitions)
• Prize of the Directorate of the Festival (all competitions)

•There is no fee for submitting a film to the Festival competition.
•Films selected for the competition will be screened free of screening fees.
• Films selected for the competition can be shown within the competition programs no more than 5 times on the territory of the Khabarovsk Territory within 3 days during the days of the festival.
• The festival does not impose any restrictions on the film in terms of premiere status or its availability on the Internet.
• Russian animation films and foreign animation films (mainly from the countries of the Asia-Pacific region)with a duration up to 30minutes created no earlier than January 1, 2022 are accepted for the competition.

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  • Such a magical festival! I was so happy to be a part of it!

    November 2024
  • Best festival and the best experience

    November 2024
  • Very professional, excellent execution and overall just great!

    April 2024
  • Wajiha Khan

    Thank you for the opportunity to show my work at your film festival! I am honored and grateful for having my short film shortlisted in this amazing animation film festival.

    January 2024
  • Thank you very much for selecting our music video "To find you" to be part of this wonderful festival! Animur FEstival has great communication. all the team in incredibly nice. It's been an honour to be part of it.

    November 2023