Entry Categories
[Aniwow!2024] Awards have 3 categories. Entrants should indicate which categoryto apply for.
Awards
A. Animation
1 White Poplar Best Chinese Animated Short Film ( 2,500 RMB reward )
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.
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 18th China (Beijing) International Student Animation Festival for offline screening and exhibition 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.
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
In order to guarantee all the works could be safely received, carefully kept, strictly categorised, deliberately judged and accurately awarded, we will watch the whole procedure of the submission. All the entrants should read the instructions carefully, and submit the works correctly to avoid any mistake that would affect the selection.
(5) The deadline for entries is May 26th 2024. All entries shall be submitted by the deadline.
(6) Please make sure that the application information is correct. The organizing committee will send prize-winners the certificate, challenge cup and reward.
Copyright Explanation
If not specially pointed out, in this info,
(1) The Organising Committee refers to Organising Committee for 19th China (Beijing) International Student Animation Festival.
Communication University of China, School of Animation and Digital Arts, No.1 Dingfuzhuang Dongjie,Chaoyang District, Beijing
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.
(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:
d. Other content which the law has banned
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 theresponsibility 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.
Apr. 2024