18th International Animation Festival in Japan – HIROSHIMA 2020

Dear Friends,

With your kind cooperation, we are very pleased to announce that the 18th International Animation Festival in Japan – HIROSHIMA 2020 will be held from August 20th to 24th this summer.

 It is only with your warm and encouraging support for many years that we have been able to hold our manifestation every two years, since its first edition in 1985 till today, with the spirit of pursuing world peace, shared by both the City of Hiroshima and the Association International du Film d’Animation (ASIFA). On behalf of our festival team, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all of you.

 Through promoting the art of animation, we aim to encourage cross-cultural communication beyond language, as well as to develop all kinds of art and cultures. It is our sincere hope that we receive many entries to HIROSHIMA 2020.

 Also, we, the festival team, are working hard for the preparation to welcome all of you at the festival venue in August. We look forward to your inspirational entries, and to your participation in person in HIROSHIMA 2020!

 Thank you very much for your continued support to our Festival.

Sincerely yours,

Sayoko Kinoshita
Festival Director

Your entries will be accepted from February 1st to April 1st, 2020. (No later than April 1st, 2020)

Please read our Regulations carefully.
Please submit your entry following the entry procedures below.

How to submit your entry

In principle, the entry form shall be submitted online, and the entry work for selection shall be submitted as URL link to online streaming video.

*For more information, please refer to our regulations Ⅳ-A and Ⅳ-B-1.

1. Submission of entry forms and materials

   a. The entrant shall access the online entry system by clicking the link below, and fill out a separate entry form for each work.

   Online Entry System​

   b. One still image from the work (H500 pixels or more×W1200 pixels or more, JPEG), and one director’s photograph (H640 pixels×W480 pixels, JPEG) shall be uploaded on the online entry form according to the instructions. (The standard resolution for printing will be 350 dpi.) The file name of the still image shall be the English title of the work, and the file name of the director’s photograph shall be the director’s name.

   c. As for the work with narration and/or dialogue, the script in PDF format shall be uploaded on the online entry form according to the instructions. The script file name shall be the English title of the work.

2. Submission of entry works
   Each work shall be separately uploaded on online streaming services such as YouTube or Vimeo, and its URL shall be specified in the entry form. (a URL for several works in a compilation is not acceptable.)
   * The uploaded work must be available until the end of August, 2020.

3. Receipt of a confirmation e-mail.
   Confirm your work information and click the “Entry” button enables you to submit your entry.
   The entrant will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail with the reference number and the details of the entry.

That is all for entry procedures.

 Online Entry Form

Please proceed with your online entry from below.