PIXELvienna Animationfestival is part of the Annual Austrian Computer Graphics and Animation Conference PIXELvienna taking place in the beautiful setting of Vienna. Providing international perspectives, talks, workshops.

Every year, PIXELvienna invites well-known national and international computer graphics, computer games and computer film professionals to present their work. Since 2005 artists, producers, and directors from very diverse backgrounds shared their passion and knowledge.
PIXELvienna arose from the drive to connect computer graphics professionals and to build a community to share experience and knowledge. While PIXELvienna grew over the past years, the original idea is still the same: “From the community, for the community!”
PIXELvienna is entirely organized and operated by the Austrian digital creators community, a team of volunteers who deliberately work all year to make the conference an unforgettable experience for all attendees. Being an international event, the official conference language is English.

In 2014 we decided to rename the conference from simply “PIXEL” to “PIXELvienna” in order to further underline the great location of this conference and prevent confusion with similar named conferences.

Last year we had software prizes from Tvpaint, Toonboom and Dragonframe.
As well as cash prizes and trophies. We awarded 6 filmmakers. For this year, 2026 we hope to keep our sponsors.

Films can be submitted to PIXELvienna Animation Filmfestival if they correspond to the definition of animation formulated by the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA: ”the art of animation is the creation of moving images through the manipulation of all variety of techniques apart from live action methods”.

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  • Howard Wimshurst

    A great evening with a diverse selection of creative films to watch.
    Minor technical problems with the projection, such as the playbar being visible in one entry, the old "low battery" notification popping up during a film,
    And my entry was cropped on the projection. I hope they fix these technical problems for next time, but it was a friendly and supportive atmosphere, and I want to attend next year!

    November 2025
  • Very friendly and cozy Festival

    November 2025
  • ivan miguel

    Thanks Pixel Vienna a for having “The Untranslatable Forest” as part of your official selection in 2024! We weren’t able to attend but all the images of the event looked like a great celebration of animation in a an academic context but surrounded by industry professionals and with z very fun approach.

    December 2024
  • Thank you so much for featuring my film, it was an amazing experience, both the film festival and the conference!

    November 2024
  • Kater Becker

    I am so happy that my film Banjo Girl was chosen to be shown at Pixel Vienna 2024!
    Thank you so much for the opportunity to connect <3

    November 2024