Short Animation Films Contest and Festival for Africans 2020

The African Animation Network has partnered with DISCOP Markets for the third edition of Africa's first animation short film festival called FUPiTOONS FESTiVAL and tour Africa in 2020. The contest is looking for the best AFRICAN ANIMATED content aimed at audiences 2 to 12 years old to be part of a 1-hour screening. 

Contest Categories: 

1. Short Films (with running time no longer than 5 mins) 
2. TV Short Films, Episodes, and Webisodes (with running time no longer than 5mins): TV Specials/Short Films, TV Episodes, and Webisodes 
3. Commissioned Short Films (with running time no longer than 5mins): Educational or Scientific Short Films, Advertising or Promotional Films, Music Videos 
4. Graduation Short Films (with running time no longer than 5mins) 
5. African Production
6. Animation Music Videos

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Any African produced short audiovisual animation aimed at audiences 2 - 12 years old, created frame by frame whatever the technique (where animation is the highest percentage of the technique used), made for the cinema, television and any other screening platform may be entered. 
2. Videos must be uploaded directly to FilmFreeway or a web address (URL) must be embedded when submitting for all forms of films submitted to the Festival. 
3. Suitable URLs include YouTube, Vimeo or Dropbox. 
4. Only films in video streaming will be considered. 
5. URL links protected by a password should be downloadable and active up to 24th October 2019. 
6. Directors, producers or distributors undertake to provide the presentation copy and a poster before 24th October 2019. 
7. Selected films must be supplied using Prores 422 (HQ) 1080 or High-Quality H.264 codec. 
8. There is no entry fee required. 
9. The Festival will inform the person submitting the film by email if it has been selected, at the same time requesting material necessary for the publications and screenings. After being notified entrants have till 24th October 2019 to withdraw from the program. No film can be withdrawn after this date. 
10. FUPiTOONS FESTiVAL will not subtitle any short films presented at the festival. All short films will be exhibited in their original language. Short Films which have English subtitles or have been dubbed into English are preferred for screening purposes. 
11. The organizers would like to receive any available advertising materials (posters, brochures, etc.), as well as a selection of original material used for the making of the film.
12. By accepting the present regulations, the entrant authorizes the organizers to reproduce and broadcast an extract of the films selected for the contest free of charge and for a period of one year (starting from the date of the selection announcement). These extracts will not exceed 10% of the total running time of the film and will be limited to 3 minutes. They will only be used for the promotion in cinema, TV and web programs, interviews and reports.

Awards:

1. Best Animation Short Film
2. Best Animation TV Short Films, Episodes, and Webisodes 
3. Best Commissioned Animation Short Films 
4. Best Graduation Animation Short Films 
5. Best Overall Animation

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