2026 program coming soon

Submissions for the 2026 festival closed on September 21, 2026, and our programming team is reviewing entries now. The official selection will be announced in mid-October, and the full program with screening blocks and times in late October.

What to expect

• Opening night, Thursday, November 5, 7:00 pm: LAIKA’s Wildwood, presented in person by Brad Schiff, LAIKA’s Head of Animation and a University of Tampa alumnus

• Brad Schiff also presents ParaNorman on Friday, November 6 and Kubo and the Two Strings on Saturday, November 7, both at 7:00 pm

• Competition programs of U.S. and international animated shorts and student shorts

• The Comedy Show, The Horror Show, and a kids and family program

• A Florida shorts spotlight

• Speakers, panels, and workshops across all four days

All screenings are free and open to the public.

Last year's program

Browse the complete 2025 program and every film we screened in the Archive: tampaanimationfestival.com/archive/2025