Hiroshima International Peace Culture Festival Executive Committee Officially recognized by the Academy Awards! The dates for the international animation film festival “Hiroshima Animation Season 2024” have been decided!
Starting December 1st, we are now accepting submissions for the competition and artist-in-residence!
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“Hiroshima Animation Season 2024” is the only animation film festival in Japan that is officially recognized by the Academy Awards. The dates for the event have been decided from August 14th (Wednesday) to August 18th (Sunday), 2024. For five days next summer, you can experience a variety of animations from all over the world at JMS Aster Plaza in Hiroshima! !
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[Event overview]
Name: Hiroshima Animation Season 2024
Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 – Sunday, August 18, 2024
Venue: JMS Aster Plaza (4-17 Kakomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima)
Official website: https://animation.hiroshimafest.org/
●We will begin accepting applications for “competition” films, which will be the main feature of the film festival, from December 1st (Friday).
The structure of the competition has been renewed since the first time, and is divided into four categories: “Short Stories”, “Full Features”, “Pacific Rim Asian Youth Works”, and “Works
Commissioned by Japan”. In addition to discovering the latest trends in the world, the exhibition will serve as a showcase to bring together outstanding works from around the world. In addition, the works that win the Grand Prix of the short film competition will be eligible to apply for the Academy Awards short animation category. Applications for the competition are open until April 14, 2024 (Sunday). The application fee is free until Sunday, March 17th, so please apply as soon as possible.
●We are also accepting applications for “Artist in Residence.” As part of a program that aims to revitalize the media arts
environment in Hiroshima, the host city, through media arts centered on animation, the Hiroshima Artist-in-Residence is a program in which outstanding animation artists and experts from around the world come to stay in Hiroshima and create works. (H-AIR)” will also start recruiting from December 1st (Friday) (until January 31st, 2024 (Wednesday)). Last time, we invited three artists from the United States, Iran, and Japan, and this time we will also invite the same number of artists to Hiroshima for three months.
[Competition recruitment overview]
(1) Competition name
: “Short Story Competition”, “Full Feature Competition”, “Pacific Rim Asia Youth Competition”, “Japan Commissioned Works Competition” (2) Recruitment period
: Friday, December 1, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, April 14, 2024, 11:59 p.m. (3) Target works
: Animation works completed and announced after April 1, 2022 (4) Application fee
:Free (until March 17th), 5000 yen (from March 18th to April 14th) (5) Selection committee
: Koji Yamamura, Shizuka Miyazaki, Honami Yano (Advisor: Nobuaki Doi) *For details and how to apply, please visit the film festival’s official website.
https://animation.hiroshimafest.org/competition
[Hiroshima Artist in Residence (H-AIR) recruitment overview] (1) Recruitment period
: Friday, December 1, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
(2) Number of applicants
:3 people
(3) Selection committee
: Nobuaki Doi, Koji Yamamura, Shizuka Miyazaki
(4) Invitation period
: 92 days from June 1st (Saturday) to August 31st (Saturday), 2024 *For details and how to apply, please visit the film festival’s official website.
https://animation.hiroshimafest.org/air
*Not only overseas writers and experts, but also writers and experts active in Japan can apply.
*During your stay, you will not only develop and produce your own projects, but also interact with Hiroshima citizens by participating in related events and cooperating with workshops.
In the future, this film festival will announce various projects including attractive international guests. Please pay attention. [“Hiroshima Animation Season 2024” is an international festival held as the main project of the media arts section of the “2nd Hiroshima International Peace Culture Festival” (held from August 1st (Thursday) to September 1st (Sunday), 2024). Animation film festival. ] *Images related to this release can be downloaded below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10qaFdLgX_g0Cz-4dxA1m026AFHK1VaQO?usp=sharing [Inquiries regarding this document]
Inside the Hiroshima International Peace Cultural Festival Executive Committee Secretariat
Hiroshima Animation Season Management Office
4-17 Kakomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0812 (inside JMS Aster Plaza) E-mail: info@animation.hiroshimafest.org
Person in charge: Kurita: kurita@hiroshimafest.org
“2nd Hiroshima International Peace Culture Festival”: https://hiroshimafest.org “Hiroshima Animation Season 2024”: https://animation.hiroshimafest.org