The Tokyo Anime Award Festival (Japan) is accepting short animations (under 30 minutes) until October 31st, and feature animations (over 60 minutes) until November 10th, 2023.

About the festival:
Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2024(TAAF2024) calls for feature and short animated films with high potential and strong messages from all over the world. Our aim is to screen high-quality animated films superior in originality, provide opportunities to inspire audience as well as creators, cultivate new talents, and contribute in the development and promotion of animation cultures and industry.

Eligibility:
– The festival accepts feature animation (more 60 minutes) and short animation (below 30 minutes).
– The film must have been completed on, or after, January 1, 2022 (regardless of country of origin, and whether it is professional, amateur or student work).
– The film that has been theatrically released, paid video streaming, broadcast, or distributed for profit in Japan for a certain period prior to March 7 (Thu), 2024is not eligible for the Competition. Screening at film festivals and previews are not considered “for-profit” herein.
– Work that has been nominated to TAAF in the past will not be accepted.
– Submissions must be done via the festival’s website (see link below).
– No cancelation will be accepted once the submission has been made. The TAAF office will not answer any inquiries regarding reason for selection.
– Submission Fee: FREE
– Deadlines:
* Short Animation: October 31st, 2023
* Feature Animation: November 10th, 2023

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://animefestival.jp/en/post/1524/

To submit to the Short Animation Competition please visit: https://animefestival.jp/en/award/competition/short_regulations/

To submit to the Feature Animation Competition please visit: https://animefestival.jp/en/award/competition/feature_regulations/

We remind readers that the Tokyo Anime Award Festival will take place from March 8th– 11th, 2024 in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan.

To see other Calls please follow the next link: “Call For Entries”.