The Bucheon International Animation Festival (Korea) is accepting short animated films until June 30, and feature animated films until July 31, 2025.

About the festival:
In 1999, the Bucheon Int’l Animation Festival (BIAF) embarked on its journey as the sole animation festival in Asia. BIAF has moved to general competition festival which has competitions of 5 categories (Feature / Short / Graduation / TV&Commissioned / Online). The festival is an Academy Award Qualifying Festival meaning that the Grand Prize winner will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film Category of the Academy Award.

Eligibility:
– The festival accepts feature films (over 40 minutes), short films (under 40 minutes), graduation films (under 40 minutes), TV & Commissioned films (TV series, commercial, music videos, etc).
– Animated films must have been completed after January 1st, 2024.
– Films must NO have been submitted previously to the festival.
– Preferable at least Korean Premiere.
– The official languages of BIAF are Korean and English. Non-English language films must be subtitled in English by applicants themselves.
– Submission Fee: FREE
– Deadline:
* Shorts, Graduation, and TV & Commercial Films – June 30, 2025
* Feature Films – July 31, 2025
– Notification Date: August 15, 2025

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://filmfreeway.com/biaf (This is also the submission link)

We remind readers that the 27th Bucheon International Animation Festival will take place from October 24 – 28, 2025 in Bucheon, Korea.

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