FFAA (Abidjan Animation Film Festival)2025

FFAA (Abidjan Animation Film Festival) is a cultural meeting that will offer its participants another vision of animation and its leading role in the employment and development of countries around the world.Every year, Abidjan will be the capital of the animation and for 3 days will be held various activities that will celebrate animation. Like the biggest animation festivals in the world, the FFAA wants to be international and unifying around a common passion.

The eighth edition will be held from April 28 to May 4, 2025.

On the sidelines of this year’s festival, the FFAA announced that it will open the traditional film call on Monday, July 15, 2024.

The call for entries is the first phase and covers animation projects for children and families, film, television and any other projection platform produced after January 1, 2022.

Candidates will be able to compete in the following categories:

– Best Animated Feature Film

– Best Animated Short Film

– Best Animated TV Series

– Animated short films for students

– Best African animated film

– Best French Animated short Film

– Best project recommendation

As a reminder, the seventh edition of the FFAA was held from April 29 to May 5 and offered a wide range of activities, including film solicitation, training, masterclasses, screenings and pitches. According to the activity report published on the official website, the festival registered more than 100 films, of which 61 were selected and 7 were awarded.

Interested parties can register through the festival’s FilmFreeway platform until January 31, 2025 to submit their own projects.