The International Competition is the heart of the Festival. Artistically outstanding short animated films, released over the last 12 months can be seen here.

The Young Animation competition shows the best films produced by talented
young filmmakers and students from international film and art schools.

Tricks for Kids präsentiert ebenso anspruchsvolle wie unterhaltsame aktuelle Kindertrickfilme. Der Wettbewerb wird von zahlreichen Mitmach-Aktionen begleitet.

The feature film competition AniMovie screens a selection of internationally outstanding feature-length animated films.

The competition for commissioned filmwork. Entries can include animated film for advertising, animated music videos or TV idents.

Special Award

The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film will be presenting the "Music for Animation" award in cooperation with the GEMA foundation. An expert jury will award the prize as part of the International Competition. The objective of the award is to promote the quality of music for animated film and the awareness thereof.

Award for the best speaker in an animated feature film.