World Festival of Animated Film Varna

Dear filmmakers, It is a pleasure to announce the 15-th edition of The World Festival of Animated Film, in Bulgaria’s famous sea capital Varna, the city where the artist never sleeps!

On the Black Sea shore authors and colleagues, people from all kinds of backgrounds will meet with some of the best authors in this kind of cinema. People from all continents will present their works, and share with the spectators their stories through the magic of the moving drawings.

The World Festival of Animated Film, WFAF, is an event for all kinds of filmmakers from around the globe, with our sole aim to showcase both the cultural and artistic significance of the Art of Animation.

The festival’s jury members come from different film backgrounds and will select films from each category depending on their conceptual, aesthetic and technical qualities. And this year the competition programme consists of six categories, with our newest addition: the category for Animated Music Video.

After that expect the special programme of films "Echo from Varna" in Sofia to be held in the halls of The National Palace of Culture!

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The Festival is organized by the World Festival of Animated Film Association, The Festival and Congress Center Varna and The National Palace of Culture in Sofia with the support of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, Bulgarian National Film Center and the Municipality of Varna.

Awards & Prizes

Best Animated TV Series
Best Animated Short
Best Childrens Animation
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Animated Music Video
Best Animated Student

Each of the jury members also presents special mention awards for all six categories.