The 1st Hiroshima Animation Season
Competitions: Application Guidelines
１ Outline(1) Purpose
The purpose of the competitions, held as a part of Hiroshima Animation Season (hereinafterreferred to as HAS), the main program of the Media Arts Division of the Hiroshima Festival (to beheld from August 1 (Monday) to August 28 (Sunday), 2022), is to develop and promote the world
animation scene and culture and art in general, and to foster a culture of peace through the holdingof two competitions for the Pan-Pacific and Asia areas and the world.

(2) Outline of the competitions
a. Period
HAS is held from Wednesday, August 17, 2022, to Sunday, August 21, 2022, but some of thecompetition screenings may appear at the Hiroshima Festival (August 1 to 28, 2022).
a. Venue
JMS Aster Plaza and other venues in Hiroshima City
C. Sections(a) Pan-Pacific and Asia Competition
a. This competition is for the films produced in countries and regions of the Pan-Pacific and Asia
areas. Eligible countries and regions are as follows.

AreaAsiaCountries and regions
India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, SouthKorea China, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, East Timor, thePhilippines, Bhutan, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Maldives,Mongolia, Laos, North Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, MacauN o r t h America

Australia, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu,Tonga, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea,Palau, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia
United States, Canada

Central andSouth America

Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile,
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Honduras, Mexico

O c e a n i a

E u r o p e Russia
b. The competition accepts films of any length. There is no distinction between short films
and feature films.
c. In the case of an international co-production, at least one of the countries/regions listed
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in a. above must be included in the production countries (The nationality of the director and otherstaff members is not considered.)(b) World Competitiona. Films produced in any country are eligible.
b. The films will be selected and judged according to their categories determined by genre
and content (fiction, documentary, etc.) with no distinction between short films and feature films.
(3) Organizers and operators
These competitions are organized by the Hiroshima Festival Organizing Office (hereinafter referred
to as the "organizing office") and managed by the festival office.

２ How to Submit(1) Requirements
a. The work submitted must be an animation film. There are no restrictions on the technique used or
the length, but only works for a single screen are eligible (VR films are not eligible).
b. The submitted work must have been completed on or after April 1, 2020.
c. Submitted works that use languages other than Japanese and English must have English subtitles.
Japanese films must put English subtitles if they pass the pre-selection.
d. In the case that the Applicant is not the original rights holder, the applicant must obtain the rights
to submit to and screen each submission in this festival.
(e) Applicants must obtain permission from the copyright holder for the use of music, existing
characters, and any other rights used in the work before submitting it. In the event of a lawsuit froma third-party regarding infringement of rights, compensation for damages, etc., the organizers andmanagement will not be held responsible in any way.
(2) How to submit
a. Applicants are required to fill in all the information regarding the film and director in the online
application form on the official website of the Hiroshima Animation Season or on FilmFreeway. The
organizers and administrators will determine the categorization of each submission.
b. The film should be submitted via the Internet. The festival won’t accept submission by physicalmail.
(3) Submission period
From 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 7, 2022, to 11:59 p.m. on Monday, February 28, 2022.
(4) Submission feeFree３ Selection and judgement(1) Before HAS
a. Preliminary selection(a) All submissions will be previewed by the selection committee and the committee will decidethe selection. The selected films will be screened during Hiroshima Festival and HAS.
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(b) The results of the selection will be notified directly to the applicants by e-mail by the endof April 2022 and will also be announced on the official website of Hiroshima Animation
Season.
b. Jury judgement(a) The jury meeting will be held before HAS to determine the winners of each competition.
(b) The results of the winners will be announced on the official website of Hiroshima Animation
Season as well as directly to the applicants by e-mail around the beginning of June 2022.
(2) During HAS
a. During HAS, the festival office may assemble special juries consisting of domestic andinternational experts in culture and the arts, citizen representatives, sponsored companies,etc. Each jury would decide their own winning films including an audience award.
(b) The Artistic Directors of the Festival will select the Grand Prix from among the awardwinning films selected by the juries and the special juries and will present the award on thelast day of HAS

４ Screenings(1) Screenings at venuesa. The selected films will be screened as part of the competition program at some venues during
the Hiroshima Festival, mainly during the period of HAS.
b. The order of the films and the screening schedule for each competition program will
be determined by the organizer and the management.
(2) Online screening
If the applicants agree, the selected films will be screened online on the platform prepared by theorganizer. The date of the online screening will be determined separately and announced tothe applicants in advance.
(3) Screening fee
Please note that no screening fee will be paid for any kind of competition screening.

５ Other(1) Use for PR purposes
The Organizer retains the right to use a portion of the submitted films (no more than 10% of
the length of a film), still images, and other submitted materials for the purpose of publicity for
HAS, unless a prior request has been received through the online submission form.
(2) Special screenings, etc.
a. Among HAS, special screenings of submitted films may be held during programs other thanthe Competition. Applicants will be asked in advance to screen their films, and the festival
asks for their cooperation to the extent possible.
a. HAS would like to ask for your consent, to the extent possible, for the collection and screening
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of the award-winning films at facilities under the jurisdiction of the City of Hiroshima after theFestival, as well as for the traveling screening of the films for the promotion of the festival.

(3) Other notes
a. No questions or objections will be accepted regarding the result of the selection and decision ofthe awards.
a. Subjects not specified in this guideline will be decided by the organizer.
c. All dates and times in this guideline shall be Japan Standard Time.
d. By submitting a film through the online application form or FilmFreeway, the applicant agrees tothese guidelines. Please read these guidelines carefully before submitting your application.
(4) Contact information
Hiroshima Festival Organizing Office
Address: 4-17 Kakomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City
Mail: info@animation.hiroshimafest.org
URL: https://animation.hiroshimafest.org/

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