Chitose Hokkaido, JAPAN NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2014 AnimatedAnimated ShortShort FilmFilm CompetitionCompetition CALLCALL FORFOR ENTRYENTRY The New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2014 is intended to provide opportunities for animators to gain global popularity through an Animated Short Film Competition and to create a new forum for international exchanges via the culture of animation. Part of the festival’s appeal is its outstanding location in an airport with a massive flow of tourists and one of the world’s few airport movie theaters. We hope that animations with a variety of great individualities would gather in the New Chitose Airport terminal buildings from the world and the new festival of the 21st century could provide opportunities for them to gain global popularities. See you at New Chitose Airport Terminal! Outline Festival Period : 31st October 2014 – 3rd November 2014 Place : New Chitose Airport Terminal [Chitose Hokkaido, JAPAN] Screening : New Chitose Airport Terminal Theater Hosted by : New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival Committee Animated Short Film Competition Submission Awards Submission requirements 【 】 Grand Prix with 1 million JPY 1. Submissions must be animated films running no longer than 30 minutes New Filmmaker’s Award with 300,000 JPY 2. Submissions must be works completed on Japan Grand Prix with 500,000 JPY or after April 1, 2012. Audience Award with 100,000 JPY ...Check the official website for further information. Kids Audience Award with a memento 【Deadline 】 The judges may also institute a new Special 23rd June 2014 Award. Film Screening 【Submission procedures 】 Submissions are accepted only via the Online Films passing the initial judging will be screened Submission Form. during the festival in the General Competition Program or the Family Program. An http ://www.airport -anifes.jp /en/ international panel of judges will also review these works during the same period (the main judging period). Invitation The Committee will invite either the director or the producer of each work selected in the initial judging process (one person per submission) to attend the Award Ceremony (scheduled for November 3, 2014) and cover related expenses as detailed below. 1. Part of round-trip travel (as per the Committee’s Secretariat regulations) 2. Accommodation during the stay in Chitose (applicable only to hotels arranged by the Secretariat) New Chitose Airport Theater This is Japan's first airport movie theater, providing powerful screen images with life-like acoustics. Its special seats provide the opportunity to enjoy movies in a relaxing environment. The cinema has three screens with a total of 377 seats and 3D capability. Official website: http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/theater/ Honorary Chairman Taku Furukawa animator Born in Iga city, Japan in 1941. He started drawing Manga, or comics, in high school and intended to be an animator while studying in Osaka University. After working for Yoji Kuri, he became independent animator and illustrator and set up Takun-box Inc. in 1970. Not only “Phenakistiscope” won special distinction in Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 1976, but also his works such as “Oxed-man”, ”from heart to heart”, “TYO STORY” etc. have been highly regarded and he has worked for NHK regularly. His retrospective was screened in Ottawa International Animation Festival 2002. In addition, he has released collections of his paintings and picture books as an illustrator and won domestic award. He received the Order of Purple Ribbon in 2004 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette in 2012. Guest professor in Tokyo Polytechnic University and the president of Japan Animation Association at present. Chief of International Juries Chris Robinson artistic director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival Chris Robinson is an Ottawa-based animation, film, literature and sports writer, and artistic director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). He also wrote the screenplay for the award-winning animated documentary Lipsett Diaries, directed by Theodore Ushev. As an author, program planner and historian, his contribution to the promotion of independent animated film earned him the 2004 President’s Award given by ASIFA-east, the New York chapter of the International Animated Film Association. His style is lively and direct. He is quick to speak out vigorously on various platforms and is famous for his outbursts and aversion to empty rhetoric. Robinson authors a column entitled The Animation Pimp on Animation World Magazine’s website. Robinson has also written on music, film, literature and sports for various international publications including Sight and Sound, Salon.com, Stop Smiling, Ottawa Magazine, and the Ottawa Citizen. His monthly literature column, “The Lit Pimp” appeared in the Ottawa Xpress from 2006-2010. Robinson published thirteen books between 2003 and 2011, including Stole This From a Hockey Card (2005), Ballad of a Thin Man: In Search of Ryan Larkin (2008), Love Simple (2009) and Time Out of Mind (2010). He is currently working with on My Balls are Killing Me, a graphic novel about his experiences with testicular cancer. Contact New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival Office Mail. [email protected] Tel. +81-11-206-128.