1. Festival
- Boombar, as a program of Flipbook Film Festival is an event organized by the FlipBook Productions and ASIFA Macedonia, with the support of the Cinematheque of Macedonia (Skopje).
2. Submissions
- All submissions are free of charge.
- Any European animated film, European Student animated film, European animated documentary film, and European Animated Music Video completed after January 01, 2024 can participate. The submission deadline for all the categories is March 1st, 2026.
- To be considered for one of the competitions, the duration of the films must be less than 20 minutes (including credits).
- The submission of the films is via FilmFreeway platform.
- All films must have English subtitles for translating purposes.
- Only the selection committee will have access to the film files.
3. Competitions and Awards
- Competition of European Animated Short Film for Children 7+ (short animated films from European countries with duration less than 20 minutes),
- Competition of European Animated Short Film for Children 12+ (short animated films from European countries with duration less than 20 minutes),
- Juries will decide the above awards and none of the jury members will be involved in the production of any of the films they judge.
4. Selection
- The selection of the animated films and flipbooks will be made according to the following criteria: originality, artistic excellence and innovative animation techniques, social and educational impact.
- All applicants who have submitted films for pre-selection will be informed of the results by the Festival organization.
- All the applicants/authors of the accepted and not accepted films will be informed at the latest by the 1st of May, 2026.
- Once a film has been selected to participate in the Festival cannot be withdrawn from the Festival program.
- All the selected films will be screened at the physical edition of the festival.
- The Festival does not pay screening fees for the films of any of the Festival competitions. By participating in any of the categories the festival is permitted to screen your film a maximum of ten times for promotional purposes and other programs such as educational programs, and additional film screenings as collaborations with other festivals. No screening fees are included in this agreement.
For any additional information regarding the above mention please contact:
Flipbook Film Festival
flipbookfilmfestival@gmail.com
+38970266745
+38971908806
+381692130333
