29.01.-06.02.2021
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival qualifies for the Oscars®, British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, European Film Awards and César.

https://www.clermont-filmfest.org/en/

08.02.-05.03.2021
Kidscreen Summit Virtual will kick off with a market week that is focused on bringing the industry together to connect and do business.

https://summit.kidscreen.com/2021/

01.-05.03.2021
Berlinale 2021 Will Be a Festival in Two Stages: Industry Online Offer in March / Public Event in June

https://www.berlinale.de/de/home.html

09.-12.03.2021
Cartoon Movie is neither a fair nor a festival, but rather a pitching & co-pro forum for animated feature films.

http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-movie-event/cartoon-movie-2021.htm

15.-17.03.2021

04.-07.05.2021
Animation Production Days (APD) is a curated business platform for the German and international animation industry.

https://www.animationproductiondays.de/

04.-06.05.2021
FMX – Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media is an event by Filmakademie’s Animationsinstitut. It takes place at the exclusive Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart every spring.

https://fmx.de/home/

04.-09.05.2021
The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) is one of the most outstanding events for animated film worldwide. The Festival presents a full, up-to-date spectrum of animated filmmaking and its intersections with visual effects, architecture, art, design, music and games.

https://www.itfs.de/

14.-19.06.2021

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its Market (Mifa):
the major international event for over 13,000 industry professionals.

https://www.annecy.org/home

21.-23.09.2021

Cartoon Forum is a pitching & co-pro forum for animated TV projects. For 3 days, producers can pitch their project in front of 1000 broadcasters, investors, and other potential partners from 40 countries.
http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-forum/cartoon-forum-2021.htm

18.-22.10.2021
VIEW Conference is the premiere international event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 2D/3D Animation, VR and AR, Gaming and VFX. VIEW 2021 will continue to focus on exploring the increasingly fluid boundary between real and digital worlds.

https://www.viewconference.it/

26.-28.10.2021
Pitching event for young talents 26 – 28 Oct 21 Valencia (Spain)
New pitching event and project-based seminar aimed at helping New Talents who have completed their education to improve and accelerate their access to the audiovisual and digital markets.

http://cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-masters/cartoon-springboard.htm

02.-07.11.2021
The American Film Market is the most efficient film acquisition, development, and networking event in the world. Unlike a festival, AFM is a marketplace where production and distribution deals are closed.

https://americanfilmmarket.com/