50,000 USD

Total prize pool, including in-kind prizes

The festival’s highest honor, chosen by the full jury from the international film competition. Alongside it: cash and partner-funded prizes across film, animation and digital, including the Golden Pixel, the AnimatICON and a Chroma Awards qualifier pathway, all presented live at the Gala.

Qualifier pathway to the Chroma Awards by ElevenLabs · Poland & CEE selection

Zone Awards

glitch zoneGolden Glitch Grand PrixThe festival's grand prize, chosen by the full jury from the international film competition. Open to features and documentaries from every continent, judged on craft, courage and the way new tools serve the story. Alongside the statuette, the laureate takes a share of the prize pool and a qualifier place on the path to the Chroma Awards. The winner is announced live at the Grand Gala on Saturday.Curator · Massimo Benvegnù↗animaticon zoneANIMA+ICONBest animation of the festival, from auteur works to game cinematics and trailers. Open to every technique, from classic frames to generative pipelines.Curator · Stephan V. Bugaj↗pixel zoneGolden PixelBest short-form content made for the feed: streaming, social and music videos. Work that proves big craft fits inside a vertical minute of screen time.Curator · Adi Sideman↗ipf zoneIPF AwardThe standout production selected at the International Producers Forum. A market prize for the project with the strongest path from idea to the screen.Curator · Artem Petrov↗academy zoneRAISEThe best student film from the Academy zone and its partner film schools. A debut on the big stage for the makers who will define the craft's next decade.Curator · Minh Do↗

20 Award Categories

Twenty categories across film, animation, digital and craft. Warsaw Glitch is the only festival in Central & Eastern Europe whose film-category winners qualify automatically to the global Chroma Awards by ElevenLabs.

• Grand PrixGolden Glitch Grand Prix
• Best Polish Film
• Best European Film
• Best CEE Film
• Best Ukrainian Film
• Best Documentary
• ANIMATICONBest Animation
• Best Horror
• Best Music Video
• IPFBest Production
• Best Trailer
• Best Director
• Best Screenplay
• Best Music
• Best Visual Effects
• Best Editing
• Best Sound Design
• PIXELBest Online
• ACADEMYBest Student Film
• Audience Award

Awards & reach

Winning isn’t the finish line. Awarded work is carried beyond the Gala, promoted and put in front of a global audience through our industry partners and the Chroma Awards.