Anima, the Brussels Animation Film Festival, seeks to promote animated films from all over the world. It also seeks to foster a dialogue between professionals, filmmakers and the public, and to raise awareness of quality animation among film and television distributors. The Festival is organising an international competition as well as a national competition for films produced in Belgium, both competitions are open to all animated films and make no distinction between formats or techniques, regardless of its geographic origin. The festivalalso nominates its selection of films for the Cartoon d'Or, from the European films that win prizes.
Anima does not have a film market.
The festival takes place in Brussels but is also delocated in different Belgian cities
Anima is the only animation film festival in Belgium and is one of the nine most important animation film festivals of Europe.