REX is back for its 7th year! As usual, we will continue to bring the most exciting European animation to Stockholm, Sweden. Dates for the main festival are October 29-November 7 and our main venue for the physical festival will again be beautiful Zita Folkets Bio!

In addition to the main physical festival, we plan for an online festival and a series of additional special screening formats to bring animation to a wider audience during whatever circumstances will be in the autumn of 2021.

The festival presents animated shorts and feature films from Europe and also includes a rich program of workshops, talks, and the Rex Animation Student Award, an annual award for Swedish student productions. And yes, we also have a section dedicated to kids!

The Open Call is for animated shorts produced in Europe. The application for REX Animation Student Award is open exclusively for Swedish student productions.

Rex is the only film festival in Sweden dedicated purely to animated films at this time. Rex Animation Film Festival was initiated by Stockholm’s European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in 2015. The festival is growing every year and offers a varied and colorful program of European animated short and feature films for both adults and young people.

TEAM & PARTNERS

REX Animation Film Festival is arranged by Föreningen REX Animationsfestival, in collaboration with EUNIC Stockholm. REX 2021 is currently arranged with support from Stockholm stad.

Selection process
The final selection will be made from the films received via the open call in combination with additional curation.

REX Animation Audience Award

The selected short films will be in competition for the REX Audience Award for best European Animated Short. The winner will be announced Friday, November 5, and online the week after the festival.

REX Animation Student Award

The application for this award is open to Swedish student productions only.
For information on how to apply, see REX Animation Film Festival website: https://rexanimation.se

Awards & Prizes

REX Animation Audience Award
REX Animation Student Award

Rules & Terms

Film criteria:

- All animation techniques accepted.
- Animated films of all genres are accepted.
- The film must have been completed after January 1, 2020.
- Films with dialogue not in English must have English subtitles.
- Entries should have a maximum length of 30 minutes.
- Live-action films will not be programmed for the festival and it is therefore advised not to submit any work which is not animated. Hybrid productions, for example, animated documentaries mixing animation and live-action, are however encouraged to submit.

General Conditions:

The call is open for submissions from:
- the EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
- Norway, UK, Ukraine and Switzerland

- Applicants warrant having authority to submit the work to REX Animation Film Festival. All entries must be cleared in terms of copyright.

- By submitting your work via FilmFreeway you are granting permission to föreningen REX Animation Film Festival to screen this work as a part of the 2021 edition of REX Animation Film Festival.

- Entries must be submitted via the completed form.

- The correct entry fee must accompany each entry. This fee covers screening and handling costs for the programming group. The fee is non-refundable.

- DCP 2K is the preferred screening format. In some cases, if there is no DCP, this could be created by the festival should your film be accepted. In this case you will be asked to deliver a high bitrate production format video file (preferably ProRes 422). It is however strongly advised submitters create and provide their own DCPs.

- By submitting the applicant understands that material provided in press-kits of titles accepted to the festival may be used in marketing in social media and printed media by REX Animation Film Festival.

- Please note that REX Animation Film Festival will not make any reimbursement in case of incorrect submission.

- REX Animation Film Festival will make the final decisions on the programming and notify filmmakers accepted to the festival. Feedback on specific films not accepted will not be available.

- You can email and request feedback or comments but we don't generally have the time to answer due to the high volume of submissions received every year.

- Applicants agree to having read these conditions and having complied with them.
REX Animation Film Festival reserves the right to update these terms and conditions at any time.
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  • Marin Martinie

    Outstanding festival ! I've been honored to be invited and I really enjoyed it, the staff is really welcoming and warm, films were nice and diverse. I recommend Rex Animation Film Festival to all of you !

    November 2019
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