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Where to submit
All submissions go through FilmFreeway. Create an entry, upload your screener and pick the sections that fit.
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Submit Your Film
Warsaw Glitch accepts film, animation and short-form work made with new creative technologies and AI. A single entry can be considered across every relevant competition and section.
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Eligibility
Films completed after September 1, 2025. Work made with generative AI, hybrid or new-technology pipelines is welcome; human authorship remains at the centre.
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Sections
WARSAW GLITCH AWARDS (Feature & Documentary), ANIMATICON (animation) and PIXEL AWARDS (short forms, music videos, ads, vertical and experimental work).
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Entry fees
Entry fees range roughly $20-$50 depending on the deadline phase (earlier is cheaper). Fee waivers are available for students of cooperating universities.
Why enter
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200 000 PLN in the pool
A total prize pool of 50,000 USD, cash and in-kind, split across the competition sections. Winners take a share of it on stage at the Grand Gala.
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A road to the Chroma Awards
The main statuettes carry a qualifier place on the path to the Chroma Awards, so a win here does not end in Warsaw.
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The big screen, not a laptop
Selected films screen in a real cinema in the Palace of Culture and Science, in front of an audience that came to watch.
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Judged by working directors
Every competition section has its own curator, drawn from the directors, animators and producers on the festival stage.
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The industry is in the building
Producers, studios and investors spend the festival at the International Producers Forum, one floor from the screenings.
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Every technique is welcome
Feature, documentary, animation, vertical shorts and game cinematics, from a hand-drawn frame to a generative pipeline. The craft counts, not the tool.
Deadlines and the full regulations are published on the FilmFreeway page.