Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) 2025

Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) 2025 is now open for entries!

Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) 2025 : Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), competition dedicate to short and feature animated films, has been recently opened for entries in its 2025edition inviting animators from around the globe to submit their recent best work.

➜ Short description

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s leading animation film festival organise by Canadian Film Institute , is now accepting film entries for 2025 edition inviting animators from around the globe to submit their recent work in this year’s competition categories.

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is one of the world’s leading animation events providing screenings, workshops and entertainment since 1976. OIAF is an annual five-day event bringing art and industry together in a vibrant hub, attracting artists, producers, students and animation fans from around the world.

Short and feature animated films, completed after 31 May 2024 are eligible to enter the Festival’s competition programs.

The 2025 OIAF competition categories:

➜ Feature Film
➜ Narrative Short Film
➜ Non-narrative Short Film
➜ Student Animation
➜ Commissioned Films
➜ Animation Made for Young Audiences (ages 7-12)
➜ Animation Made for Teen Audiences (ages 13-18)
➜ Animated Series

Submitted works must be original, and have some level of (non-algorythmic) human involvement in their creation. While the organizers are not opposed to AI-assisted works, submissions should at least show some sign of the artists’ hand.

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) 2025 is scheduled for 24–28 September 2025.

➜ Submission requirements:

➜ The official languages of the Festival are English and French. The Festival requires all submissions with non-English dialogue to include English subtitles, where applicable.

➜ Who may enter?

The organizers accept and encourage film submissions from all over the world.

➜ Prize:

This year, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) will award a total of seventeen different prizes across four main competition categories.