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

If you need to edit the info or materials you have uploaded afterward, please go back to this page and press the "User Login" button on the top. Please remember the email address, the Tel you filled in. You will find the register No. on the entry form.

Schedule

June  - August  15th, 2024 Soliciting entries 

September  2024 Pre-selection, initial evaluation and initial shortlist announcement

October  2024 Final evaluation

November  2024 Announcement of winning entries,Award Ceremony 

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 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.

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, and the 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: www.cybersousa.com.cn

Mini Program: Search "Xiamen International Animation Festival" on WeChat Mini Programs

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 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.

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.

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: 010-62662716

Email: contact@asifa.cn

For further questions around Film Submission, please call +86-(010)-62662716 or write us on contact@asifa.cn

Regulations

Entry Rules