West Lake International Animation Festival – call for entries and proposals
Skwigly
After a delay of almost two years due to COVID 19, the first West Lake International Animation Festival (IAF) will take place in Hangzhou, China in November 2021. Filmmakers and researchers are invited to participate with their films and/or research proposals.
IAF is hosted by the China Academy of Art (CAA), which has a century old school history, and will be held every two years. The theme of IAF 2021 is “Chinese Independent Animation in the 21st Century”.
The festival program includes screenings, academic forums, lectures, animated film competitions, in addition, to encourage and expand the theoretical research on animation, IAF has set up a special section, the selection and support of academic research on Chinese animation. Researchers are invited to submit their papers about Chinese animation. The winning papers will be published by the publishing house of the China Academy of Art after the event.
Animated films from all over the world and/or research proposals on Chinese animation can now be submitted. Deadline for submission: September 30, 2021
For more information visit westlakeiaf.com