Animation (Film \ TV \ Short Subject)

Cartoon (Cartoon \ Comics \ illustration \ Caricature \ CG)

Competition sponsored by the people's Government of CHINA-Xi An.

Cultural Industry Division of the ministry of culture of the People's Republic of China as a guide unit.

France ANNECY international film festival, Mediterranean film festival, Japan TBS Asian digital Contest, South Korea animation festival ,  Canada animation festival as partners.

Competition is dedicated to integrate the world and China cultural resources, promote the influence of the world and China animation and cartoons, provide a platform of information exchange, and to boost the world and China animation industry development. 

1.THEME:

2.ENTRY DEADLINE

The entry deadline will be on August 10, 2016.

3. THE RULES

 (A) ANIMATION:

Film of animation \ TV of animation \ Short Subject of animation 

Any of the following animation types are acceptable: painted cel, computer-assisted or computer-generated, stop-motion (including clay animation), 2D work, 3D work, FLASH, puppet animation, paper-cutting work.

1). Format: 　

a. All works must be submitted on DVD (CD) or by Email with high definition. 　　

b. compressed work such as “ .RAR ”format is not allowed 

c. animated submissions (including FLASH) should be submitted in “.MPG”, “.AVI”, “.MOV” format. For each FLASH work, a copy of “.SWF” submission and 5 still images are required separately, which is used to present character and background with a minimum size of “300 dpi” in “.TIFF” or “.JPG”. A poster: 6cm x 8cm,“300 dpi”  “TIFF” or “JPG”.A life photos of director.A entry form of author.

d. In case of multiple submissions, please separate each individual submission. An uninterrupted multi-work submission is not allowed. 

2). Resolution and Length:

a. Film of animation: The resolution is not less than 1920*1080. Time is not less than 60 minutes. The trailers for 30 seconds . 

b. TV of animation : The resolution is not less than 720*576. At least 10 sets . 

c. Short Subject of animation : Not less than 3 mins, no more than 30 minutes. 

d. Character Design: 10 pictures (Front, back, positive side, 3/4 side, display figure) 

e: Expression: 30 pictures. 

3). Language:

a. All works must be subtitled in English or China.

b.The story background, synopsis, brief introduction, and character description are required in either Chinese or English electronic-version. 

4). Eligibility

a. The applicant has the copyrights of the work. 

b. Anyone living in the world, is eligible to enter; groups and individuals are eligible for entry. 

c. Professional and amateur artists are eligible for entry. 

d. The applicant must be the copyright owner of the submission. 

e. The applicant may enter multiple works. 

f. Group entries that win prizes are responsible for sharing/apportioning any prize money won among themselves.

(B) CARTOON:

Cartoon \ Comics \ illustration \ Caricature \ CG 

You can E-mail the digital cartoons to:  xingcartoon2015@126.com 

Digital cartoons:  “A3” \“300 dpi” \“TIFF” or “JPG”. A photo of artist. entry form of artist.

4. AWARDS 

COMPREHENSIVE CLASS AWARDS:

SINGLE AWARDS：

All prizewinners are solely responsible for paying taxes in connection with any monetary award, in accordance with all applicable local laws. 

5. THE SELECTION MEETING 

All entries go through three procedures. They are preliminary selection, semi selection, and final selection. 

1). Preliminary selection 

The organizing committee will select qualified works from all entries for the semi selection. 

2). Semi selection 

The Jury will select nomination works in the semi selection.

3). Final selection 

All nomination works shall be judged by the International Jury. The final results will be announced during the Awarding Ceremony.

6. INVITATION

The organizing committee will be invited the nomination author to attend the awards ceremony, the organizing committee will provide accommodation and reception.  

7. NOTICE

1). Works awarded in other contests can be submitted. 

2). Submission will not be returned; so please do not send us your only copy!

3).The applicant agrees that the organizing committee has the rights to publish and broadcast the submission for promotion purposes. 

4. The organizing committee reserves all rights for final explanation.

8.CONTACT INFORMATION

Please send your works to the following address : 

EMAIL:  xingcartoon2015@126.com