[aniwow!2024]第十九届中国(北京)国际大学生动画节 ()

Festival start: 12 October 2024      Festival end: 28 October 2024

The "Aniwow" is the core activity of China (Beijing) International Student Animation Festival, which aims to encourage young animators to adhere to their artistic ideals, discover and cultivate new animators, cartoonists and new media artists with creative passion, original spirit and good artistic cultivation. The festival builds a bridge for students from different countries who love animation to exchange ideas, discuss academics and pass on friendship on a larger scale and at a higher level, and creates a new platform for international animation academic exchange with multiple interactions.

Cash Prizes: 2,000€

Awards

A. Animation

1 White Poplar Best Chinese Animated Short Film
1 White Poplar Best International Animated Short Film
1 Best Directing in Animated Short Film
1 Best Story in Animated Short Film
1 Best Visual Design in Animated Short Film
1 Best Character Performance in Animated Short Film
 1 Best Sound and Music in Animated Short Film
1 Golden Petal（University Student）Best Animated Short Film Award
1 Golden Petal（University Student）Best Image Design Award
1 Golden Petal（University Student）Strongest Market Award

B. Comic Art & Illustration Book

1 Best Sequential Comic Art
1 Best Illustrated Book

C．Digital Media Art

1 Best Game Production
1 Best Interactive Work
1 Best AI Technology Practice
1 Best AI Generated Work

Requirements

1.Submitted works must be finished from Jan. 1st 2023 to May 26th 2024, including works made by students at universities and colleges (graduation work is applicable), and works made by universities / colleges cooperated with companies (universities / colleges in priority). Unfinished works made by students graduated in 2024 are also allowed to be submitted in the submission stage. If the work is shortlisted, then the finished work must be submitted, otherwise the finalists will be disqualified.

2.Works previously entered for selection at China (Beijing) International Student Animation Festival cannot be taken into consideration.

3.Works can be registered either by individual or by team. One entrant can only send 3 works maximum. There is no limit to the number of entries from collective organizations. Please indicate whether your works have already been screened publicly before.

4.Each work should be finished by the author with full copyright. The author/artist will be responsible for all legal issues. Co-produced works could be submitted with the permission of all the other team members.

5.All works that have used artificial intelligence technology should be submitted to the digital media art category. Please indicate how artificial intelligence technology is used in the submitted materials, and automatically participate in the selection of the 'Best AI Technology Practice' or 'Best AI Generated Work' awards;

6.All contents of the works must not be against the law in China. And it is strongly prohibited that your works copy or imitate others. If you use other people’s work, please indicate the copyright, otherwise the festival has the right to cancel your qualification in the competition. Besides, if there is any negative influence on the competition, the festival will declare the legal responsibility of the related.

7.Whether participating in this festival as an individual, team or collective unit, the participant agrees to license the work to the Organising Committee for 19th China (Beijing) International Student Animation Festival for offline screening, exhibition, online streaming platform, short video platform and virtual reality platform for public screening. The above authorization period is from May 26th 2024 to Dec. 31st 2024.


Selection

Selection process for [Aniwow!2024] awards is divided into Pre-Selection and Final Selection. Works will be chosen to be presented in the official selection in the PreSelection. Award winners and nominees will be decided in the Final Selection. The Jury is made up by renowned animation and digital art professionals, scholars, senior managers in related institutions. During the judging process, we will strictly follow the principle of equity.

Format Requirements

1.Animation works are recommended in formats of MOV or MP4. ProRes 422 or h.264 encoding is required. The video bit rate shall be no less than 6Mbps, the resolution no less than 1920x1080 pixel, and the audio bit rate no less than 128Kbps. High quality compressed or uncompressed works are preferred.

2.Comic works should be compressed in format of TIFF or JPEG only, and also submit a typeset file in PDF format. The size should be no less than A4, and resolution should be no less than 300dpi.

3.Digital Media Art works could be such multimedia files as interactive HTML pages, APK mobile APPs and executable files on Windows or iOS operating system (Simulator installation packages and accessory installation tools should also be submitted). In addition, a 3-minutes video shoot of the work (recommended in formats of MPEG and AVI), a documentation including name and type of the work, 3-5 screenshots, engine, instructions, description of the idea should be included.

4.All entries must submit one poster of the work and three or more digital files of stills of the work in TIFF or JPEG format.

5.Working cut is accepted at the submission phase. Once selected, a complete screening version must be submitted within seven days after being notified of the selection.

Registration and Receipts

If not specially pointed out, in this info, (1) The Organising Committee refers to Organising Committee for 19th China
(Beijing) International Student Animation Festival. Post address: [Aniwow! 2024]
Communication University of China, School of Animation and Digital Arts, No.1 Dingfuzhuang Dongjie, Chaoyang District, Beijing
People’s Republic of China, 100024
Tel: +86 10 65783476
E-mail: aniwowcuc@163.com
(2) The director refers to entrant who has already fulfilled the entry procedure. The director should provide the factual information and identification. Although
CISAF cannot check the information authenticity strictly, CISAF will block any
entrants with false information during the festival. (3) The work refers to the Animation or Comic work, academic thesis or the
productions based on the selection that is made by the director following the
stated way, no matter whether it will get a prize, the director will have the
copyright according to the < Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China>. (4) Publicity refers to publish the work in public according to the stated range. All
the published work cannot be backspaced or deleted unless there is special
situation.
(5) CISAF will reject the work below:
a. Against the State law. b. Instigate the ethnic hatred, ethnic discrimination, destroy the ethnic unify. c. Insult or slander others, trespass others’ legal rights. d. Other content which the law has banned
(6) For the sake of respecting the copyright, and protect the legal right of the director, all entrants should agree the declaration below:
I declare that I have the copyright of the work. I am responsible for any disputes
arising from the copyright of the image, story and music. I consent that CISAF may
broadcast, screen, exhibit and publish the work in relevant media according to the
publicity and promotion needs of the competition, without payment of any
remuneration. I have filled in the entry form correctly and I am responsible for the
content of the entry. (7) In principle, all the work would not be sent back, so the entrants should keep the
original edition. (8) About plagiarism:
a. Plagiarism is defined as knowingly presenting the work or property of
another person as if it were one’s own. b. CISAF doesn’t have sufficient ability to spy on plagiarism. However, if there
is any plagiarised work being founded, CISAF has the obligation to cancel
the qualification of the entrant. CISAF will not undertake any responsibility
for plagiarism at other places, and all the legal responsibilities will be
undertaken by the plagiarist him/herself. c. CISAF has the obligation to provide the background information of any
person who might have committed plagiarism when the judiciary or the
copyright owner requires. d. Entrant who submits the work to CISAF will all be regarded as he/she agrees
all policies above. CISAF will not undertake the responsibility of breaching
of faith or other legal responsibilities, including not undertaking the
responsibility of compensating to the entrant who has been cancelled the
qualification by
CISAF due to unacceptance of the charge of infringement. CISAF has the explanation right for all the information above. If there is any
conflict with the relevant laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China, the
laws and regulations shall prevail