The objective of the competition is to create an animated short film on the topic ‘Superhero’. The competition will be held in two rounds. In the first round participants have to present their portfolios and complete the application. Applications should be completed by two candidates from each team. Authors who pass the selection will be invited to the Festival. In the second round competitors will spend 7 days creating an animated short film with a running time of between 1 and 5 minutes. All work created at the Festival will be exhibited in the exhibition area of the Festival’s Media City and on LED displays.

Terms and conditions of the competition
Animation competition takes place within Kazakhstan territory and also covers the East Asian countries (Japan, Korea, China). The competition has two rounds.

First round: To take part in the competition you have to register by completing an electronic form in Russian/Kazakh or English languages. You will also need to submit several pieces of your own work in the selected categories in recognised graphics or video formats. Participants will be selected by jury. Authors of the most creative and interesting works will go through to the second round.

Second round: The participants who go through to the second round will compete for the titles of Best Animation taking place in Astana from 1 to 3 July. All work submitted for the competitions will be shown on LED displays at the Festival and exhibited in the Media City zone. There will be dedicated co-working space zones there – open work spaces where participants will be able to prepare their work. The awards ceremony will take place on 3 July, which is the Festival Closing Day.

Who can participate in the competition
Participants must be aged between 18 and 35 years old.
Both amateurs and professionals with specialist qualifications (artists, designers, animators, directors and other creative professions) can take part in the competition.
First you should read through the Festival competition organising committee’s regulations.

Technical terms of the competition

1. Send several animation films.
2. Recommended file format mov (recommended codec PhotoJpeg). Other possible formats are avi and mpg, mpeg.

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