Call for Entries: Cardiff Animation Festival returns for March 2022 hybrid edition
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Cardiff Animation Festival is back for a third edition in March 2022. Cardiff Animation Festival 2022 will celebrate animation for everyone with its first ever hybrid edition, combining in-person and online events.
The CAF team have kept animation events going online since lockdown. Following its online-only second edition in 2020, the festival will return to the big screen in Cardiff, as well as sharing online events with audiences worldwide.
We’re beyond excited to be back together in the cinema again, but we’re also really proud of what we built during lockdown, with our online events keeping audiences entertained and connected, and also improving access to animation for people who might not be so able to access our events in person. The 2022 edition will bring together the best of both worlds.
-Lauren Orme (Festival Director, CAF)
Cardiff Animation Festival 2022 will showcase some of the best animation from all over the world, with a broad range of animated short film programmes, feature films, masterclasses, workshops, filmmaker Q+As, retrospectives, behind the scenes screenings, industry events, panels and networking events. In-person events will be held at Chapter, the Welsh capital’s vibrant arts hub, from the 24th-27th March, with online events running in March and April.
Image via Cardiff Animation Festival
Submissions for Cardiff Animation Festival’s 2022 short film competition programmes are now open. Animated short films completed on or after 6th December 2019 are welcome to be submitted online via FilmFreeway. Submissions are open until Friday 3rd December 2021, with discounted fees available for Early Bird entries.
Films can be submitted in three categories: the International Shorts category is open to films from anywhere in the world; the Student Shorts category welcomes films completed in an educational institution; while the Micro Shorts category celebrates films under 120 seconds.
Over 500 films were submitted to CAF’s 2020 edition, with 118 going on to be screened in competition across seven themed programmes for adults and two for children. Following their online screenings, the festival is now screening its 2020 programmes at Chapter Cinema, with the next screening on Sunday 19th September.
For more information on Cardiff Animation Festival 2022, submissions, and upcoming events, visit cardiffanimation.com