SLFW TRAVEL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
As Stuttgart is St. Louis’ sister city, SLFW is encouraging local St. Louis animators to enter and attend. To encourage participation, SLFW will assist with travel to attend.
Up to $300 in Lufthansa Travel Vouchers (each) for up to 2 recipients if selected as official entries. After submitting to ITFS, fill out this form get on this list for assistance.
If your accepted, forward the notification to slfwgrants@gmail.com. If more than two local animators are selected, recipients for travel assistance will be selected at random.
Call for Entries is closed. This page will be updated when 2026 entries dates are announced

Attention St. Louis animators! Submissions are now OPEN for one of the world’s top animation festivals. Here’s your chance to shine on the global stage!
• Top five animation festivals in the world
• Oscar-qualifying festival
• Over €80,000 in prizes
• 100,000+ attendees
Short films submissions closed as of 11/15/24
Feature-length submission closed as of 1/15/25
Festival and animation week website: https://www.itfs.de/en/
Vist https://www.itfs.de/en/professionals/call-for-entries/ for details.