Cartoon Club - Festival Internazionale Del Cinema D’animazione, Fumetto E Games (41)

Festival start: 14 July 2025      Festival end: 20 July 2025

Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games, now at its 41st edition, is one of the best known festivals on the Italian scene.

It is a remarkable window for animation, short films in particular, including fiction, educational, experimental, and computer graphic works, with a whole section solely dedicated to comics: Riminicomix.

The Festival features SHORT ANIMATED FILMS in various sections:

CARTOON CLUB AWARD, open to short animated films made by professional filmmakers and production companies.

SIGNOR ROSSI AWARD, open to animated films made by secondary school and university students, and by the students of animation film schools.

CARTOON KIDS AWARD, among the titles submitted to either Cartoon Club Award or to Signor Rossi Award, the Festival direction will select, at their own discretion, some short animated films aimed at a children’s audience. An all-children’s jury will select the winner among these films.

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA, a non-competitive section open to European and non-European animated short films.

CARTOON JUNIOR AWARD, open to short animated films realized within workshops for children, in Italy or abroad.


Furthermore, the festival features:
- exhibitions;
- educational and social projects;
- workshops in local schools;
- one of the most popular and entertaining Cosplay conventions in Italy.
- publication of books and catalogs.
The festival takes place in Rimini in various locations, from downtown to the beach, in the month of July.

Cash Prizes: 1,200€

• Signor Rossi Award: consisting of a cash prize of 1,200 Euro and a "Sig. Rossi plate";

• Cartoon Club Award: "Cartoon Club plate";

• Cartoon Kids Award: “Cartoon Kids plate”.

Wherever possible, the winning authors or their representatives will be invited to attend the Festival’s closing night to collect their prizes.

REGULATIONS

1. ADMISSION CONDITIONS
ONLY SHORT ANIMATED FILMS (min. 2'30", max. 30’), produced from 1st January 2023 onward, and which haven’t been shown in previous editions of the festival are admitted.

Admission is free of charge for every submission.

The selection of the short films will be made at the sole discretion of the Festival.

Applicants must also provide the following:

• the film file in high-quality .mp4 or .mov format;

• the list of subtitles in English or Italian (for foreign language films only);

• the film synopsis;

• bio-filmography and picture of the director/s;

• 3 film stills (in .jpg format, 300 dpi).

The above material is to be sent to info@cartoonclub.it as email attachment or as download link from server, alternatively through WeTransfer or other file transfer services if not directly downloadable from the platform. Failure to provide the above-mentioned material within two weeks since selection notification at the latest might result in disqualification.

The selection notification will be sent within 20th June 2025. Shortly afterwards, the list of the selected films will be available on the Festival website, at the following address: http://www.cartoonclubrimini.com/film_in_concorso_2025

2. ENTRY DEADLINE
30th April 2025. Acceptance of entries after this date will be at the Festival's discretion.

3. AWARDS
Based on their unquestionable judgment, two qualified juries - one made up of critics and professionals in the field and another made by children - will award the following prizes:
• Signor Rossi Award: consisting in a cash prize of 1,200 Euro and the “Sig. Rossi Plate”;
• Cartoon Club Award: "Cartoon Club Plate";
• Cartoon Kids Award: “Cartoon Kids Plate”.

Wherever possible, the winning authors or their representatives will be invited to attend the Festival’s closing night to collect their prizes.

4. STREAMING PROGRAM
In addition to our live screenings, our Streaming Program will be available to viewers free of charge only upon registration through our website and geo-blocked for Italy only. PLEASE NOTE: if your film includes COPYRIGHTED MUSIC you must be able to provide us with the relevant PERMISSION FOR USE.
PLEASE LET US KNOW if you DON’T authorize your work to be in our streaming program.

5. BROADCASTING AND REPRODUCTION FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES
a) EVENTS FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES: the work may also be shown at other events or screenings organized by Cartoon Club, solely for non-profit, cultural purposes.
b) BROADCASTING AND REPRODUCTION FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES: you hereby authorize the reproduction and broadcasting for promotional purposes and the storage of 20% of the work, up to a maximum of 3 minutes.

6. AUTHORIZATION FOR PERSONAL DATA USE
Information: according to the Italian law on the processing of personal data (legislative decree 196/2003 and subsequent 101/2018, available for download on our website) your data will not be disclosed to third parties nor used for commercial purposes.
By submitting your work, you automatically authorize the processing of your personal data in order to receive information about Cartoon Club and its activities, i.e.: publication of contact info in the Festival catalog, film selection for other festivals, cultural events or cultural associations we collaborate with, etc.

7. ACCEPTANCE OF THE REGULATIONS
Participation in the Festival implies full acceptance of the terms of the present regulations. For cases not covered by the present regulations, the decision taken by the Organization will be immediately communicated to the participating authors and it will be binding.

8. CONTACT DETAILS
- Phone: (+39) 0541 784193
- DIGITAL SUBMISSION: info@cartoonclub.it
- Address:CARTOON CLUB
VIA CIRCONVALLAZIONE OCCIDENTALE, 58 -
47923 RIMINI RN – ITALY