Sea Slug Animation Festival

Presented by Sea Slug Animation Festival.

A new film festival in Seattle celebrating the ingenuity, creativity, and weirdness of independent animation. Sea Slug's Larval Edition will feature shorts, a retrospective feature, and an artist alley on March 8, 2025, at SIFF Cinema Uptown.

Your Pacific Northwest hub for independent animation!

Sea Slug Animation Festival is a film festival in Seattle celebrating the ingenuity, creativity, and weirdness of independent animation.

Sea Slug showcases all animation forms and mediums, with a special emphasis on film. We strive to empower animators and animation fans local to British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon to form personal and professional connections around animation, and to take pride in the talent right here in this neck of the woods.

Sea Slug is having its first outing as a "larval edition" mini festival on March 8, 2025, at the SIFF Cinema Uptown!

Enjoy shorts programs, a retrospective feature, an artist alley, and chances to meet up with animators and animation fans alike at our all-day event.

Sea Slug is now accepting submissions of short animated films from around the world on FilmFreeway:

Earlybird Deadline: October 19
Regular Deadline: November 16
Late Deadline: December 14
Notification Date: February 2, 2025

Stay tuned at seasluganimation.com and follow along on Instagram.