Entry Rules of 2025 (17th) Cyber Sousa Award Animation Competition   I. Objective The Cyber Sousa Award Animation Competition is designed to explore outstanding domestic ACG works and talents, encourage the application of animation technology in various industries and fields and promote the development of the ACG industry through the exchange and the works competition events. II. Schedule April 2025 - July 18, 2025 Soliciting entries August 2025 Pre-selection, initial evaluation, and initial shortlist announcement September 2025 Final evaluation October 2025 Announcement of winning entries and awards presentation ceremony III. Categories of Entries 1. Animated Feature Film: Entries should be animated films produced for theatre screening with a duration of at least 60 minutes that have been filed by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television. 2. Animated Series: Entries of the work are produced for TV or online platforms, and the relevant content is supposed to be divided into episodic production with a duration of no less than 3 minutes. The domestic animation series must have been registered and approved by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and TV. 3. Animated Short Film: Entries should be animated short story films (including online animations) between 30 seconds to 60 minutes of the time range. 4. Student Animated Film: Entries should be created by current students at school and submitted by students individually or collectively selected by the school (excluding training institutions). 5. Strait Star Special Animation Award: Entries should be all types of animated works with complete plots, regardless of genre. This category is only open for submission by companies and studios registered in Fujian or Taiwan with independent legal status. 6. Short-form Animated Videos :Entries should be online animations that deliver a quick impact, lasting more than 5 seconds but under 3 minutes. 7. Commercial Animation: Entries aimed at the commercial sphere are welcomed, including demo animations, advertisements, and engaging transition sequences. 8. Narrative Comic: Entries should be complete narrative comics with 8 or more pages, and at least an independent chapter within a complete storyline. Single or illustration works are not accepted. 9. Picture Book Comic: Entries should be picture book comic works. 10. Student Comic: Entries should be narrative comics created by current students at school and submitted by students individually or collectively selected by the school (excluding training institutions). 11. Strait Star Special Comic Award: Entries should be narrative comics in all forms of drawing. This category is only open for submission by companies and studios registered in Fujian or Taiwan with independent legal status. IV. Prizes In 2025, the 17th Cyber Sousa Award Animation Competition has 12 general awards with a total prize of 1.01 million RMB. The specific settings are as tabled below.   Animation awards Gold Prize Silver Prizes Nomination Prizes (One) (Two) (Three) Best Animated Feature Film (Chinese Mainland) 40,000 20,000 10,000 Best Animated Series (Global) 40,000 20,000 10,000 Best Animated Short Film (Chinese Mainland) 30,000 20,000 10,000 Best Animated Short Film (Outside Chinese Mainland) 30,000 20,000 10,000 Best Student Animated Film (Chinese Mainland) 30,000 20,000 10,000 Strait Star Special Animation Award 30,000 20,000 10,000 Best Short Video Animation (Global) 30,000 20,000 5,000 Best Commercial Animation (Global) 30,000 20,000 5,000 Total prizes 790,000 Comic Awards Gold Prize Silver Prizes Nomination Prizes (One) (Two) (Three) Best Narrative Comic (Global) 20,000 10,000 5,000 Best Picture Book Comic (Global) 20,000 10,000 5,000 Best Student Comic (Chinese Mainland) 20,000 10,000 5,000 Strait Star Special Comic Award 20,000 10,000 5,000 Total prizes 220,000   Special Notes: 1.The prizes are all tax-inclusive, and the personal income tax related to the prize will be withheld and paid by the Xiamen International Animation Festival Organizing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Committee). 2. If there are less than 12 works received for a category, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to leave the award vacant. V. Submission Requirements 1. Entries must be the works completed after January 1, 2023. Please submit the work in accordance with the requirements of the awards settings. Each work can only be submitted once (for one award). 2. The region of the work is determined by the agreement of the copyright holder or the region of the creative team. 3. The following materials should be submitted together with the work:  . (1) Registration form: Fill in the entry information through the online registration system for the Cyber Sousa Award here www.cybersousa.com.cn) an entry number will be generated after the online submission. Print off the registration form to sign or stamp on it. Only a complete and fully signed (or stamped) registration form can be effectively registered, and the deadline for registration is 23:59 on July 18, 2025. (2) Format Requirements ①Animation: MP4, AVI, WMV, AFS, or MOV. For feature-length and short animations, the complete works must be submitted for evaluation. For an animated series, only one episode needs to be submitted. The video file resolution must not be lower than 720P. ② Comics: Works should be submitted in the format of JPG or PNG with a resolution of no less than 300DPI. Pictures should remain the original size and be named in the reading sequence. Scroll comics are required to have a width of no less than 800px with no height restriction. ③ No company watermarking or the word "sample" shall appear in the works. ④ Language requirements: Chinese or English. If the original work is in a language other than Chinese or English, please attach a Chinese or English translation. (3) Posters of the work: All entries must provide one poster or three screenshots (in JPG or PNG format) that contain the main scene(s) or character(s) of the work. (4) Trailers of the work: Trailers of animation entries should be provided, and the duration should be no more than one minute. (5) Other Supporting Materials: Entries for Best Animated Feature Film (Chinese Mainland) and Best Animated Series (Chinese Mainland) should have been filed by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio and TV. The relevant documents should be stamped officially and submitted along with the entries.   All works apply for the Strait Star Special Animation Award and the Strait Star Special Comic Award, the studios/enterprises are required to submit a copy of business licenses or equivalent licenses. Otherwise, it will be deemed ineligible. 4. The Organizing Committee has the right to disqualify the following works: the content violates or attacks the political system and legal system of the People's Republic of China; the content involves the excessive depiction of pornography, violence, blood, etc.; the content is suspected of copying, plagiarizing and infringing others' copyright; or the content violates other provisions of Cyber Sousa Award Animation Competition. VI. Submission 1. Upload via the online system Online registration system: www.cybersousa.com.cn 2. Mail submission (1) Save all the materials (entry works, posters, trailers, etc.) on a USB drive or CD and name the folder with the corresponding entry number generated after online submission before it is mailed out with the original registration form and other paper supporting materials to the Organizing Committee. (2) Mails to the XIAF Organizing Committee should be paid off in advance. The following declarations may be included if necessary: No Commercial Value! Cultural Use Only! Competition Entry Use Only! (3) All USB drives and CDs sent with entries will not be returned unless there is a special request and pre-payment of the postage fee. The Organizing Committee does not assume any responsibility for the loss of the entries during the mailing process. XIV. Contact Information 1. The Organizing Committee of the Cyber Sousa Award of Xiamen International Animation Festival Address: C09 F4, No. 33 Guan Ri Rd., Xiamen Software Park II, Fujian Province, China. Zip Code: 361008 Tel: +86-(0)592-5953932 Fax: 86-(0)592-5913901 E-mail: 5953932@xmigc.com 2. ASIFA-CHINA Address: Room 908, MaoHua Building, NO.17 ShidaiHuayuanNan Rd., Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. Postcode: 100043 Telephone: 86-(010) 62662716 E-mail: contact@asifa.cn

2025富川国际动画节于3月20日正式开始作品征集，征集信息如下： 一、竞赛单元设置 动画长片竞赛单元：影片时长在40分钟以上； 动画短片竞赛单元：影片时长不长于40分钟； 毕业作品竞赛单元：影片时长不长于40分钟； 电视、商业动画竞赛单元：电视/互联网电视剧集与特辑、广告、音乐视频等作品；‍‍‍‍ 注：动画节优先考虑首映影片。 二、参赛要求 1. 作品完成时间：2024年1月1日后； 2. 含非英文对话的影片必须有英文字幕； 3. 征集截止时间： 短片、毕业作品、电视/商业动画竞赛单元：2025年6月30日23:59（韩国标准时间）； 长片：2025年7月31日23:59（韩国标准时间）。 三、其他事项‍‍‍‍ 1. 此前曾提交至富川国际动画节的作品无参赛资格； 2. 需提交至少3张不同的剧照（300dpi）、1张导演照片（300dpi）；‍‍‍‍‍ 3.若作品入围，用于初评和动画节放映的影片必须为同一版； ‍ 四、报名方式 您可通过BIAF官方网站(www.biaf.or.kr) 和FilmFreeway (www.filmfreeway.com/biaf) 申请参赛。短片入选名单将于 8 月在 BIAF 官方网站上公布，长片入选名单将于 9 月的新闻发布会上公布。 若您需要ASIFA-CHINA代为报名，请通过以下方式获取代报表并至少于官方征集日期截止前10个工作日提交所有所需材料。 ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍电话：010-62662716 邮箱：contact@asifa.cn 第27 届富川国际动画节将于2025 年 10 月 24 日（周五）至 28 日（周二）举行。

2025昂西国际动画电影节于2024年11月13日正式面向全球征集原创动画作品，共收到来自100个国家的3900多部电影。 经初评评委们认真专业的审核，最终入围短片类赛事的有:主竞赛单元(Official)35部、实验短片单元(Off-Limits category)9部、展望短片单元(Perspectives)17部、年轻观众短片单元(Young Audiences)10部、学生短片单元(Graduation Films)45部；这些作品将在今年于6月8日至14日的昂西国际动画电影节期间进行展映。其中，共有5部中国创作者的作品入围，分别是： 主竞赛单元：Praying Mantis、《马戏团枭雄》 展望短片单元：Box 学生短片单元：Won't be Here、Cocoon 短片类  主竞赛单元： Praying Mantis 导演：Joe HSIEH                   时长：18分10秒 The Shock Dream in Circle《马戏团枭雄》 导演：孙逊             时长：10分14秒 展望短片单元： Box 导演：Yuanjia HUANG, Tingyi ZHOU, Yafei XIE 时长：2分53秒 学生短片单元： Won't be Here 导演：Jiali TAN, Haoyuan ZHU              时长：17分13秒 院校：中国传媒大学 Cocoon 导演：Yiwei CHEN                             时长：4分30秒 院校：皇家艺术学院（Royal College of Art） ※昂西国际动画电影节介绍： 法国昂西国际动画电影节（The Annecy International Animated Film Festival）创立于1960年，由ASIFA国际动画协会倡议发起，每年吸引数十个国家的众多专业机构以及数千名动漫从业者前往参展和参观交流，已成为年代最悠久、规模最大的世界顶级国际动画节。 2025昂西国际动画电影节的其他赛道，如动画长片、委托动画等版块的选拔结果也将陆续公布。

一、竞赛单元 1. 长片（时长45分钟以上） 2. 系列片（时长在30分钟以内，仅可提交一集） 注：投递至该竞赛的剧集不要求以儿童或青少年为受众 3. 叙事性短片（时长在30分钟以内，有一定的叙事性或故事性） 4. 非叙事性短片（时长在30分钟以内，没有明确的叙事或因果故事线） 注：非叙事性不等同于没有对话 5. 学生作品（由目前就读的高中、专科、本科或攻读研究生的学生创作的影片；或学生在上述机构就读期间创作的影片） 6. 委托动画（受到资助、出于特定目的（商业、推广等）而创作的影片） 注：包括但不限于商业片、影片片头、电视台/节目品牌标识片段、音乐视频、先导片。 7. 儿童动画（时长在30分钟以内的独立或委托动画，面向7-12岁儿童观众。仅可提交一集） 8. 青少年动画（时长在30分钟以内的独立或委托动画，面向13岁以上青少年观众。仅可提交一集） 二、总体要求 1. 征集截止时间：东部夏令时间2025年5月31日晚11：59分（相当于北京时间6月1日中午11：59分） 2. 作品完成日期：2024年5月31日后 3. 报名平台：OIAF官网（https://vp.eventival.com/oiaf/2025） 4. 每部影片仅可投递至1个竞赛单元 5. 含对话的影片必须含有英文字幕，否则将被取消资格 6. 不得抄袭，不得投递已有影片的片段，否则将取消资格 7. 不得将他人的作品冒充为自己的作品，违者将被禁赛 8. 渥太华动画节不拒绝有AI参与的动画，但提交的影片至少应体现出创作者的创作痕迹 三、报名所需其他材料 1. 至少三张静帧，jpg或png格式，300dpi 2. 一张导演照片，jpg或png格式，72dpi 3. 一份导演简介   如果您需要ASIFA-CHINA团队的协助，请通过邮箱contact@asifa.cn联系我们！

Introduction Xiamen International Animation Festival is sponsored by Xiamen Municipal People's Government and co-organized by ASIFA-CHINA. Since its inaugural edition in 2008, the Festival strives to promote quality animation works, discover talents, encourage the application of animation technologies in various industries, and boost international exchange and collaborations. “Cyber Sousa Award", one of the major events of the Festival, continues to improve itself through proactive learning from prestigious international animation competitions over the past 15 years. It has become the most influential animation competition and the only demonstrative animation competition in China recognized by ASIFA. Categories 1. Animated Feature Film: Entries should be animated films produced for theatre screening with a duration of at least 60 minutes that have been filed by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television. 2. Animated Series: Entries of the work are produced for TV or online platforms, and the relevant content is supposed to be divided into episodic production with a duration of no less than 3 minutes. The domestic animation series must have been registered and approved by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and TV. 3. Animated Short Film: Entries should be animated short story films (including online animations) between 30 seconds to 60 minutes of the time range. 4. Student Animated Film: Entries should be created by current students at school and submitted by students individually or collectively selected by the school (excluding training institutions). 5. Strait Star Special Animation Award: Entries should be all types of animated works with complete plots, regardless of genre. This category is only open for submission by companies and studios registered in Fujian or Taiwan with independent legal status. 6. Short Video Animation: Entries should be internet video animations with the content of more than 5 seconds but under 3 minutes. 7. Commercial Animation: Entries should be industry application or market-oriented animations, including demo animations, advertisements, and engaging transition sequences. 8. Best Comic: Entries should be narrative comics (with at least eight pictures) in all forms of drawing, well-structured, and at least one full chapter of a complete story plot. The form and type of the work are not limited. 9. Student Comic: Entries should be narrative comics created by current students at school and submitted by students individually or collectively selected by the school (excluding training institutions). 10. Strait Star Special Comic Award: Entries should be narrative comics in all forms of drawing. This category is only open for submission by companies and studios registered in Fujian or Taiwan with independent legal status. Awards & Prizes In 2024, the 16th Xiamen International Animation Festival (XIAF) Cyber Sousa Awards Animation Competition has 11 general awards with a total prize of 1.3 million RMB. The specific settings are as tabled below.   Animation awards Gold Prize Silver Prizes Nomination Prizes (One) (Two) (Three) Best Animated Feature Film (China Mainland) 50,000 30,000 10,000 Best Animated Series (Worldwide) 50,000 30,000 10,000 Strait Star Special Animation Award (Fujian & Taiwan) 30,000 20,000 10,000 Best Animated Short Film (China Mainland) 40,000 30,000 10,000 Best Animated Short Film (Overseas) 40,000 30,000 10,000 Best Student Animated Film (China Mainland) 30,000 20,000 10,000 Best Short Video Animation (Worldwide) 40,000 30,000 10,000 Best Commercial Animation (Worldwide) 40,000 30,000 10,000 Total prizes 1,000,000 Comic Awards Gold Prize Silver Prizes Nomination Prizes (One) (Two) (Three) Best Comic (Worldwide) 30,000 20,000 10,000 Best Student Comic (China Mainland) 30,000 20,000 10,000 Strait Star Special Comic Award (Fujian and Taiwan) 30,000 20,000 10,000 Total prizes 300,000   Special Notes: 1. The prizes are all tax-inclusive, and the personal income tax related to the prize will be withheld and paid by the Xiamen International Animation Festival Organizing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Committee). 2. If there are less than 12 works received for a category, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to leave the award vacant. Submission Requirements 1. Entries must be the works completed after January 1st, 2022. Please submit the work in accordance with the requirements of the awards settings. Each work can only be submitted once (for one award). 2. The region of the work is determined by the agreement of the copyright holder or the region of the creative team. 3. The following materials should be submitted together with the work: (1) Registration form: Fill in the entry information through the online registration system of Cyber Sousa Award here (www.cybersousa.com.cn) an entry number will be generated after the online submission. Print off the registration form to sign or stamp on it. Only a complete and fully signed (or stamped) registration form can be effectively registered Deadline for registration is 23:59 on August 15th, 2024. (2) Format Requirements ①Animation: MP4, AVI, WMV, AFS, or MOV. For feature-length and short animations, the complete works must be submitted for evaluation. For animated series, only one episode needs to be submitted; for short video animations, two episodes are required for entry. ② Comics: Works should be submitted in the format of JPG or PNG with a resolution of no less than 300DPI. Pictures should remain the original size and be named in reading sequence. Scroll comics are required to have a width of no less than 800px with no height restriction. ③ No company watermarking or the word "sample" shall appear in the works. ④ Language requirements: Chinese or English. If the original work is in a language other than Chinese or English, please attach a Chinese or English translation. (3) Posters of the work: All entries must provide one poster or three screenshots (in JPG or PNG format) that contain the main scene(s) or character(s) of the work. (4) Trailers of the work: Trailers of animation entries should be provided, and the duration should be no more than one minute. (5) Other Supporting Materials: Entries for Best Animated Feature Film (China Mainland) and Best Animated Series (Chinese Mainland) should have been filed by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio and TV. The relevant documents should be stamped officially and submitted along with the entries. All works apply for the Strait Star Special Animation Award and the Strait Star Special Comic Award, the studios/enterprises are required to submit a copy of business licenses or equivalent licenses. Otherwise, it will be deemed ineligible. 4. The Organizing Committee has the right to disqualify the following works: the content violates or attacks the political system and legal system of the people's Republic of China; the content involves the excessive depiction of pornography, violence, blood, etc.; the content is suspected of copying, plagiarizing and infringing others' copyright; or the content violates other provisions of Cyber Sousa Award Competition of Xiamen International Animation Festival. Submission 1. Upload via the online system Online registration system: https://cybersousa.net/?lang=en 2. Register via Click for Festivals Website: https://www.clickforfestivals.com/cyber-sousa-xiamen-international-animation-festival Please kindly review the entry rules and selection rules attached below before submission Entry Rules of 2024 (16th) Xiamen International Animation Festival (XIAF) Selection & Evaluation Regulations of 2024 (16th) Xiamen International Animation Festival (XIAF) Contact For additional information, please contact us at contact@asifa.cn

5月22日下午，国际动画协会中国分会（ASIFA-CHINA）在北京邮电大学数字媒体与设计艺术学院举办“动画短片校园展映—厦门国际动漫节专题活动”。此次活动由数字媒体与设计艺术学院程希老师主持、ASIFA-CHINA久子老师主讲。数媒专业负责人李萌老师和数字艺术系的郭宁老师出席了该活动。

ASIFA动画短片校园展映第九场厦门国际动漫节专题活动走进北京工商大学。活动由国际动画协会中国分会张驰副秘书长担任主讲嘉宾，北京工商大学数字媒体艺术系主任吴思淼老师、严励老师、李妍老师及相关专业的学生参加了此次活动。

ASIFA动画短片校园展映第八场厦门国际动漫节专题活动，我们来到了北京城市学院。活动由北京城市学院艺术设计学部教研主任陈志老师主持，国际动画协会中国分会副秘书长张驰老师主讲，动画及相关专业师生参加活动。

5月15日下午，国际动画协会中国分会（ASIFA-CHINA）一行人做客中国传媒大学动画与数字艺术学院，举办厦门国际动漫节专题活动。ASIFA-CHINA副秘书长张驰老师担任此次活动的主讲。

5月14日下午，国际动画协会中国分会（ASIFA-CHINA）受邀在北京服装学院举办ASIFA动画短片校园展映第六场厦门国际动漫节专题活动。活动是为了向高校学子讲解国内外各知名动画节相关大赛的情况并鼓励同学们多创作好的作品，参加更多高水准比赛而组织的专业赛事分享活动。