Animation Festival & Conference

Overview

Featured on Atlanta LIVE Channel 46 on ATLANTA NEWS FIRST. Watch our segment here: https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/video/2026/08/13/asifac-pixel-play/ What started out as a showcase, the ASIFA-South Festival & Conference has become a two-day bi-annual competitive event open to students, independent animators, and professionals with screenings, expo hall, panels, workshops, artistic development programs and more! We celebrate the magic of animation and its power to bring forth humor, imagination and unique art forms. Selected entries offer diverse animation perspectives in the form of 2-D, Stop Motion, 3-D and hybrid-mixes to deliver inspiring and thought-provoking films. Our film jurors and panelists include an array of industry professionals such as producers, directors, studio heads, and artists from esteemed organizations like DreamWorks, Adult Swim, Floyd County Productions, Marvel Studios, Bento Box, and more. Visit our website to see festival highlights: https://www.asifa-south.com/asifac-festival ********** ASIFAC has three programming blocks: INTERNATIONAL For our animator friends across borders, oceans, continents, USA west coast, enter your shorts for this block. SOUTHERN SPOTLIGHT A showcase filled with animated shorts from students, independent animators and professionals located in the southern region of the US to include Maryland. ALL AGES These are entries that can be enjoyed by lovers of animation of any age. This two-day animation festival and conference will also include panels by professional animators in the local industry. There is also an Awards ceremony on the final day of the conference. Check out our website www.asifa-south.com for more info.

Last updated Oct 1, 2026

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• Filmmaker

  This was such a lovely festival! Great panels, great films, and just great people. I highly recommend people to check it out and talk with all the other filmmakers and community members. The staff worked incredibly hard and were great communicators. Atlanta was also an amazing city to visit.

• Filmmaker

  A strong collection of shorts at an excellent venue. Fiendly staff.

• Filmmaker

  As a short submitter for the 2020 online edition, it was a pretty good experience! Staff was welcoming, friendly and passionate about animation, communication was also great! I look forward to submit again. As an attendant it had good variety among the Short film selection and informative industry panels panels.

• Filmmaker

  Wonderful festival with a passionate team and a thoughtful organization!

• Filmmaker

  Unfortunately I was not able to attend, but am so glad you were able to screen "Mimi's Good Night"

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