SYAA
What is SYAA?
SYAA – Sisterhood of Young Animation Auteurs is a project-based workshop and a study program meant to encourage and support female auteurs to further develop their first or second professional short animation.
The workshop is 7 days long and is hosted in Bucharest, Romania during March (as of 2025). Each edition welcomes 10 female or female identifying filmmakers from the eligible countries: Romania, Republic of Moldova, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Ukraine and Bulgaria.
The main goal of the workshop is to increase the number of female filmmakers leading their own animation projects, in an attempt to combat gender stereotypes and sexism and, in the end, to achieve a more diverse cinematographic landscape.
How to apply?
The call for applications opens in December, with a deadline at the end of January.
Applications must be submitted in English, on the workshop’s website: www.syaa.animest.ro
The applicants must meet the following criteria:
- to be citizens or residing in one of the eligible countries: Romania, Republic of Moldova, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Ukraine and Bulgaria.
- to have a professional short film project in development.
- to commit to attending all activities of the workshop, in person.
- to obtain visas (if case) and to cover their travel costs.
All selected participants will benefit from free of charge tutoring, accommodation and breakfast & lunch.
The 2025 program takes place in Bucharest, Romania between the 16th and 22nd of March.
Applications for 2026 will open in December 2025.
