<p>International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival are inviting children and youth who want to participate in their animated films in the festival <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Competitions-and-Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Competition</strong></a>. VAFI &amp; RAFI International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival is an independent film festival that promotes the cultural creativity of children and youth.</p><h3>Competition Categories:</h3><p>VAFI has three competitive categories divided by the age of the author(s):</p><ol><li>VAFI MINI (authors - children under 10 years).</li><li>VAFI MIDI (authors - children from 11 to 14 years).</li><li>VAFI MAXI (authors - youth from 15 to 18 years).</li></ol><p>RAFI has four competitive categories divided by the age of the recipient:</p><ol><li>RAFI 0-6 (animated films for children up to 6 years).</li><li>RAFI 7-10 (animated films for children from 7 to 10 years).</li><li>RAFI 11-14 (animated films for children from 11 to 14 years).</li><li>RAFI 15-18 (animated films for youth from 15 to 18 years).</li></ol><p><br></p><h3><br></h3><ol><li><br></li></ol>

<ol><li>The Jury will award five films per VAFI category –one first prize and four equal second prizes.</li><li>The first prize is the Statue and the Diploma and the second prize is a Diploma.</li><li>The official Festival Jury for RAFI has twelve members – tree per category.</li><li>RAFI Jury members are children and youth, appointed by the organizers every member in their category.</li><li>RAFI Jury will award one film per category.</li><li>The RAFI prize is the Statue and Diploma.</li><li>Members of the RAFI Jury can choose special mention per category.</li></ol><p><br></p>

<ol><li>VAFI &amp; RAFI has no entry fee.</li><li>In order for your submission to be valid, they must be completed Entry via vafirafi.com on the entry form link or on platform FilmFreeway no later than 20 February 2022.</li><li>Films have to be sent to Festival online or by post no later than 20 February 2022.</li><li>Submission to the Festival means approval of all Festival Regulations without acceptance or further notices and it is valid without signature or seal.</li><li>I f you choose to send the films by post, films that don't arrive on Festival address, no matter of the actual shipping date, won't be taken into the consideration for VAFI &amp; RAFI festival.</li><li>DVDs on which the film is saved won’t be returned to the sender.</li><li>DVDs and online copies of films will be kept as a part of the Festival archive.</li><li>The sender will take all the costs and the risks of shipping.</li><li>Only animation films will be accepted</li></ol><h3>Technical Details:</h3><ol><li>Films must be in DVD – PAL format, all regions, MPEG 2, MPEG 4 or AVI – via post or online.</li><li>The number of submitted films is not limited.</li><li>The duration of films is limited for RAFI is on 20 minutes and there is no time limit for VAFI (recommendation is to 10 minutes).</li><li>Separate and completely filled out Entry is required for each film.</li><li>If there is a speech used in the film in a language other than English, subtitles in English must be made as part of the film.</li></ol><h3>About the organization</h3><p>Film Free Way is the world's number 1 way to discover and submit to film festivals and creative contests. It is is the only submission platform that is 100% free for submitters.</p><p>See more available <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Online-Courses" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">online courses</a> on For9a</p><p>See more available&nbsp;<a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Events-Festivals-and-Conferences" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">events and conferences</a> on For9a</p>

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Competition from the International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival (VAFI & RAFI)