Animalcoi 2026: Alcoi’s international animation festival
Animalcoi, the Alcoi International Animation Festival, holds its sixth edition from 18 to 22 November. It is one of the few festivals in Spain devoted entirely to animation, and it grew out of the animation days run since 2017 by Alcoi’s School of Art and Design (EASD Alcoi).
68 short films in competition
There are 25 shorts in the International Official Section, 13 in the National section and 30 in the Schools section, from 22 schools around the world. Eleven of them are Spanish premieres. The awards for best international and best national short are worth €1,500 each, and the schools award €1,000. The comic artist Paco Roca is among the jury members.
Films and masterclass
The feature programme includes «Chica y lobo» (Girl and Wolf), presented by its director Roc Espinet and screened in Alcoi as its Valencian Community premiere; «Tangles», by Leah Nelson; and «Idiots and Angels», by Bill Plympton. Plympton himself gives a masterclass on Friday 20 November at 11:15.
Industry days
From 19 to 22 November there are talks, panel discussions, pitch sessions for animation and video game projects and a showroom at the Parc Tecnològic Fundició Rodes. They are aimed at professionals and students in animation, film, design and video games.
📅 18 to 22 November 2026.
📍 Parc Tecnològic Fundició Rodes and Cines BIC (CC Alzamora), Alcoi.
🎟️ Screenings are free, but you need to book a ticket on the festival website (in Spanish). Tickets only hold your seat until 5 minutes before each screening.
🎫 Accreditation for the industry days is free too and open until 17 November. It does not cover the opening gala or the screenings at Cines BIC, which need their own ticket.
The full day-by-day programme is on the Animalcoi website.
Photo: Animalcoi 2025 awards ceremony (Animalcoi).
