Visegrad Animation Forum Program

For registered participants only, free seating will be made available to people with accreditation.

Visegrad Animation Forum Program

The aim of the Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF) is to be a complex platform of local professionals, producers, studios and filmmakers for promoting the development, production, education, promotion and distribution of Central European animation (Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic) internationally. The main idea behind this non-commercial initiative is that we can support local animation not only through classical education or by organising showcases, but also by promoting or even educating our film professionals.

The Visegrad Animation Forum was founded by the Association of Czech Animation (ASAF), a network of local producers and studios. The first event was a presentation of Central European animation at the MIFA market in Annecy in 2013.

The Visegrad Animation Forum is open to all professionals, producers, filmmakers, studios and animators looking to pitch their projects, present films, look for collaborators or learn about European standards of production. As a platform, it is particularly important in this time of limited national culture budgets. The forum also aims to defend short films as an original animation genre. This year’s major topic is a meeting of local television representatives accompanied by a pitching forum of television series and a roundtable discussion where speakers will address the important question of co-productions that might help to develop the animation industry. Last but not least, the Visegrad Animation Forum is an initiative that brings together professionals capable of defending our region’s animation and promoting its further development.