Animayo Internacional Film Festival of Animation
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The International Film Festival Animayo presents the Official Awards. The International Jury selected 18 award winners and 3 special mentions from nearly 2,000 films submitted from 78 countries, with only 75 works reaching the Official Shortlist. Animayo is the first and only animation festival in Spain recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an Oscar® Qualifying Festival in two categories, and since 2026 it has also joined the exclusive Annie Awards Qualifying Festival List promoted by ASIFA-Hollywood. Over the past years, films showcased at Animayo have earned 7 shortlist, 5 Oscar® nominations and 1 Academy Awards with In the Shadow of the Cypress. This screening presents the festival’s most outstanding award-winning films, led by 18 Months, by Paulo García and Natalia Gouvea (Grand Jury Prize), and Porque hoy es sábado, by Alice Eça Guimarães (Best Animated Short Film with Ñ), both qualifying for Oscar® consideration. The programme also features winners in 2D, 3D, Stop Motion,Visual Effects, Production Design, Independent Short Film, Social Awareness, Audience Award, Cinematic, Advertising and Music Video.
