Due date: 11/01/25

Due date: 11/01/25

Festival date 02/21/2026

Submissions open for the 6th CTAF Animation Festival for short film and motion design. Submissions close on 11/01/25

• Overview

  The 6th CTAF Animation Festival for Short Film and Motion Design (the “CTAF event”) welcomes all such works from the community in New York and around the globe.

  There are three (3) categories for the submissions:
  1. Animation Short Film
  2. Motion Design
  3. CTAF Branding

  The artists can choose to submit to ONLY 1 of the first 2 categories (Animation OR Motion), plus a second, separate, optional submission to the CTAF Branding category. However, the CTAF Event reserves the right to place their submission in a different category.

• Submission Qualification

  The animation short film category covers animated short stories accompanied by sound with narratives. The motion design category covers graphic designs that are given movements using animation techniques. These are usually accompanied by sound and music without necessarily following a specific narrative. The CTAF motion branding category covers motion graphics designs for the CTAF brand.

  The general qualification requirements are:

  1. Animation Short Film: 10 minutes or shorter;
  2. Motion Design: 2 minutes or shorter;
  3. CTAF Motion Branding: 2 minutes or shorter; current year only

• Judging Criteria

  Animation Short Film:

  1. Art direction

  2. Story telling

  3. Animation

  4. Production quality

  5. Sound design

  Motion Design:

  1. Art direction

  2. Animation

  3. Production quality

  4. Sound design

  5. Editing

  CTAF Motion Branding:

  1. Brand animation

  2. Art direction

  3. Production quality

  4. Sound design

• Awards & Prizes

  Selected work will be screened at the Flushing Town Hall on the day of the festival based on the selections from an independent panel of juries.