What is Womanimation!? As the name implies, it's a festival showcasing acclaimed animated films created by women from around the world.
From satire to drama, from the everyday to the surreal - in styles from traditional 2-d to stop-motion to computer animation - the festival features something for every taste.
Womanimation! 2022
As a result of complications from Covid, the 12th edition of the festival did not take place in either 2020 or 2021.
For 2022, we presented a Best Of retrospective online festival showcasing some of the amazing films from the past several years.
The Audience Award winner for 2022 is Catherine, directed by Britt Raes from Belgium.
This darkly comic tale of the relationship between a woman and her pets originally won the audience award in the 2017 festival.
Click here to view the complete list of festival films.
Film Submissions
You can review our general submission requirements for 2023 and beyond.
There is no fee to submit your film for consideration.
Submission Guidelines
Festival films must be animated, directed by a woman, and narrative in structure (no music videos, trailers, non-narrative experimental pieces, and so forth.)
We prefer films completed in the festival year or previous year
(e.g. 2021/2022 for 2022). Earlier films are typically ineligible.
Filmmakers accepted into the festival are strongly encouraged to provide film stills and a photo of the director.
Recommendations
The following criteria do not disqualify a film but may weigh against consideration for acceptance:
- Films shorter than 2:00 or longer than 20:00
- Films available publicly online
- Films that have played extensively in the US (especially the northeast)
Technical Guidelines
For submission format, we strongly prefer the following.
- Codec: H.264
- Resolution: 1080p
- Frame rate: 24 or 25 fps
- Bit rate: 10 - 20 Mbps
We can also accept uncompressed or less-compressed formats such as Apple ProRes if your FTP accepts the larger files.
We will contact you if your format is unworkable.
Please do not submit DCP or DVD format.