Competition awards for Fest Anča Animation Festival 2 are:

• Anča Award (€800) for the best short animated film
• Anča Student Award (€400) for the best student film
• Anča Music Video Award (€400) for the best animated music video
• Anča Kids’ Award (€400) for the best film for children
• Anča Slovak Award (€600) for the best Slovak film
• D Award – a distribution award for a Slovak film

The festival was founded in 2008 at the station Stanica Žilina-Záriečie by animation students of the Academy of Performing Arts in Slovakia, who lacked space for the presentation of their work, as well as for confrontation with foreign authors, bringing new trends and approaches, and last but not least, for informal education from international talent.

Today, the Fest Anča International Animation Film Festival is the only Slovak multimedia festival focused on animated film primarily for adult audiences. As the only festival of its kind in Slovakia, it annually presents the most important works and highlights from the world of animated film, raising awareness of this art form and educating about the various forms of animation. The festival is also the largest showcase of short films in Slovakia.

In 2023, Fest Anča International Animation Film Festival became the only Slovak Oscar® Qualifying Festival, which means that the winners of the awards in the main and Slovak categories can automatically apply for the next year’s Academy  wards®.
In 2020, Ivana Palečková was awarded the Slovak Design Award for the visual identity for the 11th edition of Fest Anča 2025 with the theme Propaganda.
Since 2020, Fest Anča has been a founding member of AFN – Animation Festival Network, a unique network of animation film festivals in Europe.

Fest Anča takes place annually in the cultural centre Stanica Žilina-Záriečie, in the New Synagogue and other cultural spaces of the city of Žilina. The festival takes advantage of their unique, informal environment, which goes beyond the usual  concept of a film festival and at the same time breaks down the imaginary barriers between the viewer, the organizers, and the festival guests, creating a unique atmosphere.

The Fest Anča team contributes year-round to the building of the Slovak creative industry not only in the field of animation. It helps to unite the animation community and informs about the current happenings in contemporary animated film.
During the year, Anča organizes film screenings called Kino Fest Anča. It distributes winning films under the title the Best of Fest Anča, as well as short films for children with special educational materials.