Have you created an animated short film that you would like to share with an audience? Now is your chance to submit your film to the official Viborg Animation Festival Film Competition. If your film is selected for screening at the festival, it will automatically compete for the festival’s awards. You can submit your film via the following link: FilmFreeway – Northern Animation Network.
Submission deadline: May 3, 2026.
If your film is selected, you will be notified directly via the email address provided on your submission. Viborg Animation Festival receives a large number of animated short films each year, and only the best are chosen to compete for the festival’s awards. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide individual feedback on why a particular film was not selected.
Film categories for Viborg Animation Festival 2026
In 2026, awards will be presented in the following categories:
- Best Short Film Award
- Graduation Award
- Zeitgeist Award
- Experimental Award
- Children’s Choice Award
- Audience Choice Award
Each winner project will recieve a cash prize of 4,500 DKK.
BAFTA-qualifying film festival
Viborg Animation Festival is a BAFTA-qualifying film festival. This means, that if your film has British origins and is selected for the official VAF film competition, you have the opportunity to submit it to BAFTA for potential nomination.
Northern Animation Network
Viborg Animation Festival is part of the Northern Animation Network (NAN), together with Fredrikstad Animation Festival (Norway), BLON Animation & Games Festival (Lithuania), and Rex Animation Film Festival (Sweden). These four festivals share a submission platform (FilmFreeway). This means that when you submit your film to Viborg Animation Festival, it could also be considered for screening at the other festivals in the network.
If you have any questions regarding film submissions, please contact the festival’s film coordinator, Sandra Brunkow Simonsen.