Celtic Animation Film Competition (0)

Festival start: 21 October 2017      Festival end: 22 October 2017

The Liverpool Irish Festival is proud to be supporting the inaugural Celtic Animation Film Festival, which will feature as part of this year’s programme, showcasing creative ingenuity and stories from and about Celtic life. The main focus of this festival-within-a-festival will take place 20-21 October 2017 and will involve screenings, talks and awards.

The inaugural Celtic Animation Film Festival competition provides a platform for established animators of Celtic heritage and emerging Celtic animators from around the world.

CAFc celebrates storytelling relating to Celtic identity, myths, cultural history and personal stories from Celtic animators from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, Brittany and Cornwall and those who have migrated around the world. CAFc also welcomes international animation submissions celebrating cultural diversity and identity from outside the Celtic regions.

Student Short Film Award
Professional Short Film Award
International Short Film Award

1. The Call for entries commences on​ 16th of June 2017.​ The deadline for receipt of entries is ​midnight on the 25th of August 2017 (GMT).

2. The entrant(s) must be an original author or authors of the film (producer or director). If more than one person was involved in the creation of the film, all involved must sign the entry form or produce documentation proving that permission has been given for the entry to be made public on their behalf. The entrant warrants an entitlement to make an application to the competition.

3. Eligible films must have been completed on or after January 1, 2013.

4. Entries must be emailed with a completed submission form and 3 still images from the film (.png, 1920x1080 pixels, 300 dpi).

5. Entries need to be viewed and downloaded. If officially selected, the entrant may be asked for a file for screening purposes.

6. Only the animated films selected for screening will be notified.

7. The film submitted must be predominantly a work of animation.

8. Entrants may submit more than one entry to the competition. A maximum of 3 animated films from one director will be accepted.

9. Entrants may not use any copyrighted material or mention of copyrighted material that the entrant does not own or has not licensed.

10. Content must not contain material that is discriminatory, defamatory, obscene, racist or pornographic.

11. Any music that is featured must be available for display during the competition judging, at screenings and any publicity purposes pertaining to the event on a license free, no compensation basis. The music can be written, performed or produced by anyone, as long as it is licensed to the Entrant for the entry and display purposes as outlined. Proof of licensing permission must be included with the emailed entry if music has been licensed.

11. The maximum length for an entry is 20 minutes.

12. Each category winner will be presented with an award trophy.

13. The closing date for receipt of entries is midnight on the ​25th August 2017. ​ Any late uploaded entries will not be considered after that date.

14. The Judges, Competition organisers or its sponsors are not responsible for any entries not received by the closing date.

15. The Judging panel retains the right to request verification for any entry that is being considered for shortlisting.

16. The Judging panel has the right to disqualify any entries that have been deemed inappropriate or that do not fit the criteria outlined in the rules.

17. Should there be insufficient entries for a category, the Judges reserve the right to decline to make an award for that category.

18. An Honourable Mention may be made for any submission at the discretion of the Judges.

19. The decisions of the Judges and the Competition Committee on all matters are final.

20. The Competition reserves the right to generate trailers, music and still images using the selected animations for promotion and marketing purposes (only under the name and as part of the CAFc) – maximum 30 seconds.


Animation film submissions are welcome on the topics:
- The contribution to the world of animation by the Celtic and Irish Diaspora
- Celtic and Irish influence on animation
- Celtic and Irish heritage and traditions in contemporary animation
- The universality of Celtic and Irish storytelling
- Cultural diversity and identity from an international perspective.

CAFc is calling for short animated films made in Liverpool, Ireland and/or Celtic regions. We also welcome work by Celtic animators now residing outside of these regions and international submissions, for consideration for the:
- Student Short Film Award
- Professional Short Film Award
- International Short Film Award.