The Niigata International Animation Film Festival (Japan) is accepting animation films until November 30, 2024.

About the festival:
Niigata, a prosperous port town, is indeed being transformed into a new region for animation. The NIIAF is a hub that integrates animation culture and industry.

Eligibility:
– The festival accepts only feature animation films for 40 minutes or longer, including end credit—no limit to the methods of animation.
– The film must be completed in or after the year 2023.
– The film has to come with English subtitles unless the work is in Japanese at the time of the entry. For the Japanese-only video, English subtitles will be required after shortlisting.
– All of the copyrights of music, characters, and other entities in the film with copyrights shall be approved by the copyright holder(s) before submitting the film. The festival has no responsibility for legal matters with the third party to the submitted work, including infringement of rights and damages.
– Submission can be done via FilmFreeway or Website.
– Submission Fee: FREE
– Deadline: November 30, 2024
– Notification Date: January 17, 2025

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://niigata-iaff.net/en/wp-content/themes/niaff/file/submission_rules_en.pdf?20240701

To submit to the festival via FilmFreeway please go here: https://filmfreeway.com/NiigataInternationalAnimationFestival

To submit to the festival via Website please go here: https://niigata-iaff.net/en/competition/entry/

We remind readers that the 3rd Niigata International Animation Film Festival will take place from March 15 – 20, 2025 in Niigata, Japan.

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