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Introduction to the film festival

WELCOME TO IMAGINARIA ! (Oscar®️ qualifying festival)

IMAGINARIA is the first and only international animated film festival of Apulia region. In its history Imaginaria has grown enormously, earning an important artistic and social position in the international festival sector.

Festival of “people and places”, Imaginaria manages to create a family atmosphere among the public and professionals who come in open air cinemas of Conversano. Imaginaria, which is characterized by the importance of “numbers” and the excellent quality of thousands of works of international standing, is a project to promote, disseminate, film training, which aims to promote the independent authors of animated films. Imaginaria intends to trigger, in a long-term perspective, all possible synergies in the community helping to create socio-economic opportunities in the area and at the same time promote the culture of animation. The festival, therefore, is a project which aims to spread the use and knowledge of animated films not only during the event, held every year in Conversano, but also in places and times of the year using different networks, made up of other festivals and exhibitions (national and international) to which Imaginaria participates or which it is the promoter.

Awards

The prizes and special mentions for international competition:

– Best Animated Short Film (Main Competition) *
– Best Animated Student Short Film (Graduation Competition)
– Best Animated Short Film for Kids (Children Competition)
– Best Animated Music Video

IMAGINARIA KIDS AWARDS + AUDIENCE AWARD
This awards are determined by a special youngsters jury:

– Best Animated Short Film for Kids
– Audience Award

Rules

Genre :
Subject :
Video Format :HDV MPEG4 DCP

Films must have been completed after December 2025.

We accept all categories of animation films: traditional animation, 2d digital, mix media and stop motion, 3d and visual effects, music videos, experimental.

Running time for the short films must be no more then 30 minutes.

Foreign films submitted to the Festival must be subtitled in Italian or English (.srt file).

Jury Profile
Jury Name Judge photos Jury Profile

Authorization type

    Proxy Submission

Duration (several sessions)

    24

Film Festival Features

  • Red Carpet
  • Celebrity Guest
  • Filmscreen
  • Cash prize
  • Trophy

Dates & Deadlines

  • 2025-12-01
    Submission start time

  • 2026-05-13
    Regular Deadline

  • 2026-05-13
    Submission end time

  • 2026-07-15
    Finalist notification start time

  • 2026-07-15
    Finalist notification end time

  • 2026-08-23
    Award ceremony start time

  • 2026-08-29
    Award ceremony end time

Categories and fees

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