An international animation festival dedicated to films where music shapes movement, rhythm and visual form.
Animusic Festival is dedicated to animated works in which music plays a central structural role.
The festival focuses on films where animation and music are conceived as a single artistic form, where rhythm, sound and movement interact organically.

Animusic welcomes a wide range of contemporary animation practices — from handcrafted animation to generative systems — while maintaining a clear distinction between different creative approaches.

***Animation categories
Animusic Festival distinguishes animation categories according to the degree of visual authorship and control over movement.
This distinction does not imply a hierarchy of value, but rather evaluation criteria appropriate to each creative practice.

**Auteur Animation

Includes works in which:
● the main visual elements are created or substantially transformed by the author
● movement and timing are intentionally designed by the author, shot by shot
● the relationship between image and music results from conscious artistic decisions
The use of digital tools or software does not exclude a work from this category as long as direct authorial control remains central.

**GenerativeAnimation

Includes works in which:
● visual elements are based largely on pre-existing assets such as characters, rigs or animation libraries
● movement emerges from automated, generative, procedural ºor AI-based systems
● the author’s contribution focuses on concept, system configuration, selection or curation
Selecting a category is mandatory when submitting a work.
Animusic Festival reserves the right to reject a work from the declared category if it does not correspond to the