call for contemporary animation

Animatou aims to showcase contemporary animation in all its forms and to bring to all audiences to a form of independant cinema that is struggling to find a place nowadays, while at the same time encouraging a mix of generations, sensibilities and cultures.

As the leading international animated film festival in French-speaking Switzerland, Animatou promotes and distributes animated works to the public in French-speaking Switzerland, meeting a real demand from animation enthusiasts as well as professionals. Internationally, the Festival has become a key platform for the year-round promotion of animated films from Switzerland and abroad.

The Festival is made up of complementary sections: on the one hand, the annual selection, and on the other, special programmes dedicated to the guest country of honour or to a particular event in the world of animation. Numerous screenings are also organised, both during the Festival and throughout the year, for schools, after-school centres, day care facilities and other educational or social institutions: the short format, with or without dialogue, allows a variety of approaches adapted to the age and concentration span of young children. Various workshops and masterclasses are also on offer for the general public and professionals alike.