GIRAF 21 Festival of Independent Animation

Schedule

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 at 11:45 pm

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Location

Globe Cinema | Calgary, AB

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GIRAF is a celebration of independent animation, a showcase of the best of what's being created here in Canada and around the world.
Each year, we scour the globe for the most astounding, inventive, beautiful, mind-altering and unexpected animated films out there. For our 2024 festival, we are happy to announce the festival in-cinema from Nov 13 -16 and select film packages streaming online across Canada Nov 17 - 23.
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Globe Cinema, 617 8 Ave SW,Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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