Womanimation! is a festival showcasing acclaimed animated short film stories created by women from around the world.
Womanimation! Postponed
The twelfth edition of Womanimation! will take place in June 2021.
We will be accepting entries starting in Spring 2021.
In the meantime, enjoy our weekly broadcast and podcast of Spoiler Alert Radio, conversations on the craft of filmmaking.
For more on creations of women artists, you can check out our weekly Donne del Mondo radio program, along with other global music programs and charts, by clicking here.
Festival "Herstory"
To find out more on previous festivals, click here.
You can read more on the festival concept here.
Short Short Story Film Festival
The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes.
The festival celebrates brevity in filmmaking, with films from across the globe, both live-action and animated.
On Saturday, 30th November, 2019, the thirteenth edition of the festival took place at the Acoustic Java Café & Microcinema in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, both showcased dozens of films tightly sequenced in under ninety minutes, each with a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics.
Click here to view details on the festival films.
Festival Awards
The festival includes both jury and audience awards.
A panel of film industry professionals from around the world , who were previously interviewed on Spoiler Alert Radio, reviewed the films in each program.
Click here for the list of judges for each program.
Audiences also voted on their three favorite films to determine award winners in each program.
Award winners receive commissioned custom art objects created by past festival participants. See full details on the award winners and art objects on the awards page.
More Festival Links
Click here for more information on the 2019 festival.
To learn more about the festival concept and history, click here.
For requirements to submit for 2020, click here.
As always, there is no fee to submit your film to the festival.