The objective of the competition is to create an original costume for the new character ‘The Last Superhero’ on the topic of fantastic, fairytale and popular film characters from internationally known feature films and animated films. The costume competition will be held in two rounds. In the first round, costumes on a free topic are presented. Work is submitted via the website www.astanafestival.kz. Designers of the best costumes will be invited to the Festival. In the second round, contestants will spend 2 days creating a costume on the topic ‘The Last Superhero’. All costumes submitted and created at the Festival will be exhibited in the exhibition area of the Festival’s Media City.

Terms and conditions of the competition
Best Costume 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 Costume 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 specifications for the Best Costume competition:

1. There should be 3–6 photographs of a costume showing three sides (front view, rear, side).
2. Resolution of submitted work should be no more than 2000 pixels along longest side.
3. The file format is JPG. JPG quality compression is 8 (80%).

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