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Schedule
May 2026 – July 31, 2026: Submission Period
September 2026: Preliminary Selection, Initial Review & Shortlist Announcement
October 2026: Final Review, Winners Announcement & Awards Ceremony
Entry Categories
1. Animated Feature Film (Domestic): Theatrical productions with a runtime of no less than 60 minutes that have obtained filing and project approval from the National Film Administration, National Radio and Television Administration.
2. Animated Series (Domestic and International): Television or online platform productions divided into multiple episodes, with each episode no less than 3 minutes in length. Domestic animated series shall have obtained filing and project approval from the National Film Administration, National Radio and Television Administration.
3. Animated Short Film: Animated narrative works between 30 seconds and 60 minutes in length, including online animations.
4. Student Animation: Entries must be animation works created by students during their enrollment period, submitted either individually by the student or collectively by the school (excluding social training institutions).
5. Commercial Animation: Industry application or market-oriented animation works, such as demonstration animations, advertising animations, cutscene animations, etc.
6. Cross-Strait Star Special Award for Animation: Complete animated works of any type. The creative team shall be an enterprise or an independently legal-entity studio registered in Fujian Province or Taiwan Region.
7. Best Comic: Entries must be comic works consisting of no fewer than 8 panels, and must constitute at least one independent chapter of a complete storyline.
8. Student Comic: Entries must be narrative comic works created by students during their enrollment period, submitted either individually by the student or collectively by the school (excluding social training institutions).
Submission Requirements
1. Entries shall have been completed after January 1, 2024. Each work shall be submitted for only one award category.
2. The regional classification of a work shall be determined by the copyright agreement or the region to which the core creative team belongs.
3. The following materials shall be submitted for each entry:
(1) Registration Form: Complete the entry information through the Cyber Sousa Award online registration system (website: www.cybersousa.com.cn). Upon online submission, an “Entry Number” will be generated. Print the registration form and sign or stamp it. Only registration forms that are fully completed and signed or stamped will be valid for registration and participation. The registration deadline is 23:59 on July 31, 2026.
(2) Entry Format Requirements:
①Animation: MP4, AVI, WMV, AFS, or MOV format. Feature films and short films shall be submitted in full. For animated series, only one episode is required. Resolution shall not be lower than 720P.
②Comic: JPG or PNG format, resolution not lower than 300 DPI, original dimensions preserved, named in reading order. For webcomic strips, width shall be no less than 800 px.
③ Entries shall not contain company watermarks or text such as “sample”.
④Language: Chinese or English. If the original work is not in Chinese or English, please attach Chinese and English translations.
(3) Poster: All entries shall provide a poster or 3 screenshots in JPG or PNG format.
(4) Trailer: Animation entries shall provide a trailer no longer than 1 minute.
(5) Supporting Documents: Entries for the domestic “Best Animated Feature Film” and “Best Animated Series” categories shall have obtained filing and project approval from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and TV. Supporting documents with an official seal shall be submitted together with the entry.
Entries for the “Cross-Strait Star Special Award for Animation” shall submit a copy of the business license or corresponding certificate.
4. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to disqualify any entry that: violates or denigrates the political and legal systems of the People’s Republic of China; contains pornographic, violent or gory content; involves plagiarism or copyright infringement; or otherwise breaches competition rules.
Submission Methods
Method 1: Online Upload
Online registration system: www.cybersousa.com.cn
Method 2: Mail Submission
(1) Store the entry, poster, trailer, and other supporting documents on a USB drive or CD. Name the folder with the corresponding “Entry Number”. Mail the USB drive or CD together with the original registration form and other paper supporting documents to the Organizing Committee.
(2) Shipping costs shall be prepaid. A declaration may be attached stating: no commercial value, for cultural purposes only, for competition selection only.
(3) USB drives or CDs will not be returned unless specifically requested and return shipping fees are prepaid in advance. The Organizing Committee assumes no responsibility for loss during mailing.
Contact Information
ASIFA-CHINA
Address: Room 1002, Building 3, Zijin Digital Park, Haidian District, Beijing
Tel: 010-62662716
Email: contact@asifa.cn
For further questions around Film Submission, please call +86-(010)-62662716 or write us on contact@asifa.cn