Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE

NEW: Programming Process.

Animaze programs films in several review rounds during the submission period.
Selected films will be announced in Official Selection Waves throughout the year.

Submissions remain open until the final deadline and films submitted later will still be considered for remaining programming slots.By entering your film for consideration for the 2026. ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film Festival, you authorize that your work is cleared of all intellectual property rights both music and visuals for festival exhibition and accept full legal responsibility for any error and omissions of the intellectual property therein including music , story rights and images. If any discrepancies are discovered during our own programming team for review, Animaze will have the right either to not screen your film or pull it from any already accepted submission even if you are notified. If any legal action taken against you or the legal entity representing the film for distribution and or public exhibition Animaze Festival will not be held liable. If the film has been misrepresented or legal information omitted where any and all liability may ensue re: Intellectual property and license agreements the said film or project will be pulled without notice and or reimbursement of submission fees.
Entry into the festival constitutes permission to exhibit your work ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film Festival or and Animation Day in Cannes. ANIMAZE is also hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt trailer, image or sound from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes to be posted on our social medias and Youtube channel.
Thank you for your cooperation.

Please take time to choose the most appropriate category of your film closet to
the genres we have.It is imperative you indicate if the film is NOT approporate for young children under 12.

Please identify if your film has A.I. elements and must be submitted in the A.I. category.

Also, if any scenes are not suitable for children please let us know.

And lastly, if film has dialogue in a foreign language please include subtitles. If the above is not mentioned or indicated you may risk your film being considered for the festival.

If your film is accepted, you will receive an invitation letter with further details, technical requirements for downloadable files, and deadlines.
By submitting to Animaze it is understood that you grant Animaze the right to be included in our mailing list during the festival year in which you have submitted your film as this is how we also communicate our latest news and updates.

Please add a note of age appropriate

Children >13
Teens 13-17
Adult 18+

Frequently Asked Questions

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.
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