Ciné court animé is an international animation short film festival that takes place in Roanne - France. Every year more than 220 short films of animation from 40 countries are selected and screened during the festival.
The main goal of the Festival is to promote the diversity and the creativity of national and international animation films in short format and to allow all the directors and the producers of short films to participate wherever they come from.
The festival defines itself as a space of discovery opened to every interested public.
Ciné court animé proposes 6 competitions with awards and many out of competition programs.
International juries, directors presentation, exhibitions, conferences and many surprises are proposes during the event.
The Selection Committee will only take into consideration ANIMATION short films completed BETWEEN 2022 and 2023.

- International competition
Grand Prix of the jury : 1200 euros
Audience award : 1000 euros
Special(s) Distinction(s) of the jury
- National competition
1st audience award : 1200 euros
2nd audience award : 800 euros
- Experimental competition
Experimental Grand Prix : 1000 euros
- Best film for children
“Young jury” Prize for the best music video: 400 euros
very short film and comissioned films competition :300 euros

15th “Ciné-court animé” – 18th to 24th of march 2024
International Animation short film festival of Roanne
Regulations of the festival
1. Organization and objectives
The 15th “Ciné-court animé”, Roanne animation short film festival organized by the city hall of Roanne, will take place from the 18th to the 24th of march 2024.
The main goal of the Festival is to promote the national and international animation films in short format and to allow all the directors and the producers of short films to participate wherever they come from.
The festival defines itself as a space of discovery opened to every interested public.
2. Conditions of registration
The registration to the festival is free and the films has to be registered before the 20th of november 2023.
The regulation as well as the registration forms are available on the website
www.cinecourtanime.com
The festival opens its international and national competitions to all the short films of animation of less than thirty minutes produced since January 1st, 2022, without regards to their technique of animation.
As regards the experimental competition, are accepted only the works the duration of which is lower than twenty minutes and realized after January 1st, 2022.
Video clips wishing to participate must be registered within the experimental competition and the prize of the best video clip will be awarded by the young jury.
A selection of very short film, commercials and tv episodes will be done by the committee of selection for the “very short film” competition.
All the sizes of realization are accepted and the projections will be made from a digital copy. A work can be registered only within a single competition.
Every participant assure that he possess the exhibition rights of the short film.
3. Selections, competitions and awards
The selection committee and the jury are professionals of the film and artistic environment. The main criterion of selection will be the artistic quality and the originality of the proposed works.
Short films will have to join within one of three competitions which proposes the festival, giving the right to diverse prizes:
- International competition
Grand Prix of the jury: 1200 euros
Audience award: 1000 euros
Special(s) Distinction(s) of the jury
- National competition
1st audience award: 1200 euros
2nd audience award: 800 euros
- Experimental competition
Experimental Grand Prix: 1000 euros
- Best film for children : 400 euros
“Young jury” Prize for the best music video: 400 euros
The festival will make a selection of very short film and a prize of 300 euros will be given to the best “very short”.
The awards will be paid directly by BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER. The city will only need an official bank document with the address of the bank and the international code: SWIFT and IBAN
The results of selection will be published the 15th of february 2024 on the website of the festival and communicated by an official mail, sent directly to the person having registered the work previously in december.
The films registered in the competitions can also be considered for selection “out of competition” by the comitee of selection
4. Promotion of the festival and the filing
The festival reserves the right to use thirty seconds from selected films to promote the image of this one to the public.
In the case, of non-acceptance of these point, please mention on the registration form, the refusal of the point 4 of the regulation.
5. Acceptance of the regulation
The registration of short films to the festival supposes the whole acceptance of the conditions mentioned previously, and which the organization makes a commitment to respect in a very strict way.
6. Registration of the regulations
You can consult the regulations of the festival at www.cinecourtanime.com
The regulations have been registered to Maître Vars, 33 rue Emile Noirot , BP 257 42303 ROANNE Cedex.
For a copy of the regulations, you can write to the city hall of Roanne at Mairie de Roanne – BP 512 -
42328 ROANNE Cedex, France.
7. Reservation
The city hall of Roanne reserves the right to cancel the Festival

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  • Très honorés d'avoir une de nos vidéo-musiques sélectionnée dans ce festival. Les échanges avec les organisateurs ont été très fluides et la communication autour de l'événement très bonne. Nous n'avons malheureusement pas pu nos rendre sur place.

    March 2024