Call for Applications:

Animation Festival of Halifax #14 • May 8-10 2025

Submissions are OPEN

We program new animation, either independent Canadian short films or international feature films

Link to Submission Form


Participate in the festival’s annual AniJam collaborative short animation

Submissions for ‘Planting Seeds’ AniJam #5 TO OPEN SHORTLY

Start & end with the shape of a WATERMELON SEED

We will share a how-to by end of October 2024

Check out this short how-to from 2024’s festival for an example of what to expect:


Submissions to the Animation Festival of Halifax are considered for additional screenings in the Kootenay region of British Columbia’s southern interior !

Salmo, BC Outdoor Screening


The Animation Festival of Halifax (AFX) takes place in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq. We are all Treaty People who are responsible for enacting peace and friendship in this magnificent land.