Please read the Regulations,the Entry Rules before you begin.

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Schedule

February – March 27, 2023    Call for entries

April 2023    Pre-selection, initial evaluation, and initial shortlist announcement

May 2023    Final evaluation

the second quarter of 2023    Announcement of winning entries (subject to the festival time)

Registration procedures

Step1. Fill in the online registration form , and an entry number will be generated after online submission. Print the registration form and sign or stamp on it.

Step2.Upload your works and other materials through the online system.

Submission Requirements

1. Entries must be the works completed after January 1, 2020. 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 (http://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 March 27, 2023.

(2) Format Requirements 

① Animation: Entries should be submitted in one of the following formats: MP4, AVI,WMV,AFS,MOV. One episode of animated series is required for submission if a single episode of the series is longer than 20 minutes; two episodes are required for the series shorter than 20 minutes per episode. 

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 language 

is neither Chinese nor English, please add Chinese or English subtitles.

(3) Posters of the work: All entries must provide one poster or 3 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. 

Contact Information

1. The Organizing Committee of Xiamen International Animation Address: C09 F4, No. 33 Guan Ri Rd., Xiamen Software Park II, Fujian Province, China.

Postcode: 361008 

Telephone: 86-(0)592-5953932 Fax: 86-(0)592-5913901 

Email: 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 

Fax: 86-(010)-88792568 

Email: contact@asifa.cn

For further questions around Film Submission, please call +86-(010)-88792568 or write us on contact@asifa.cn

Regulations

Entry Rules