Digital Animation Festival

The 8th edition of the Digital Animation Festival will be held on Saturday 14th March 2026 in Nagoya, Japan. Organised by Digital Animation Tube, the free event features a film competition and several conferences on the artistic and technical aspects of animation and digital creation.
The goal is to promote interactions between amateurs and professionals of digital creation.

The association, Digital Animation Tube, works to promote digital content industries and software, all while supporting media arts and the development of creative culture.

Most notably among its members and partners are: Acquire, a studio that worked, among others, on Mario & Luigi: Brothership; Exsa, specialised in CG3D production and involved in the 3rd season of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba; and Ysotar Pictures.
Educational institutions, such as Nagoya Zokei University and Nagoya Kogakuin Technical School, are also part of the association.

On the programme: David Elahee, Educational Leadership and Engineering Manager at Cnam-Enjmin, will present a pre-recorded lecture on production design in an independent game approach. Drawing on the examples of Death Tower, FuryBall and Fretless, he will analyse the impact of creative choices and of defining a quality target audience, particularly within the Headbang Club, on production organisation and game development training, through reference documents and creative discussion dynamics.