III International Animation Film festival "Animur"

About

The only international animation film contest of independent and for-profit animation will be held in Khabarovsk for the third time from November 1 to 4, 2024.

Film screenings, workshops, creative meetings, and lectures will once again bring together animation industry professionals and audience from around the world on the bank of the Amur River.

The festival program includes the best examples of foreign animation from the Asia-Pacific countries, South-East Asia and Russian animation. The goal of Animur is to present animation as one of the most modern and dynamically developing art forms and to bring together industry professionals and government officials to discuss the prospects for the development of the animation creative industry in the region. The festival also wishes tosupport a new generation of animators.

Applications for the festival will be accepted until August 01, 2024. The competition programs welcome short animated films and episodes of animated series created in 2022 and the following years after. The out-of-competition program will include screenings of full-length cartoons, animation works by festival guests, retrospectives, collections of films from different countries of the Asia-Pacific region and South-East Asia, master classes, creative meetings, and more.

The international jury of the festival will include professionals in animation art, representatives of the international animation community, professionals in the field - artists, directors, producers. The awards cover all age categories: cartoons for children, schoolchildren, teenagers and adults.

The director of the Animur festival is represented by Alexandra Dubovskaya, the chairman of the board of the Khabarovsk regional non-government organization for development of animation. Sergey Merinov, Russian cartoonist, director-animator, executive of the author's animation school, is the festival’s president. Alena Sycheva, film critic, is the festival’s program director.

Awards

Based on the results of the Jury’s selection, the Jury awards the prizes in following nominations:

Grand Prix

Special Jury Prize

Prize for best directing

Prize for the best artistic solution

Prize for best animation

Prize for the best sound solution

Prize for the best student film

Prize for the best series

Prize of the Festival’s Management Committee

Rules

•There is no fee for submitting a film to the festival competition.

•Films selected for the competition will be screened free of screening fees.

• Films selected for the competition can be shown within the competition programs no more than 5 times on the territory of the Khabarovsk Territory within 3 days during the days of the festival.

• The festival does not impose any restrictions on the film in terms of premiere status or its availability on the Internet.

• Foreign(mainly from the countries of the Asia-Pacific region) and Russian animation filmswith a duration up to 30 minutes created no earlier than January 1, 2022 are accepted for the competition.

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

• Only one Jury operates at the festival.

• The Jury consists of no less than 3 people, who are connected to the art of animation.

• The process of assembling the Jury takes place from June 15 to September 16, 2024. Members of the Jury will be announced no later than 2 weeks prior to the start of the festival.

• A chairman will be elected by the Jury during the first session.

• Films created by members of the Jury are not allowed in any of the competition programs that they evaluate.

• Decision made by the Jury is considered final and undisputed.

• The Jury will announce the decision at the festival’s closing ceremony on November 4, 2024.

he Festival Director: Alexandra Dubovskaya The Festival President: Sergey Merinov The Festival Program Director: Alena Sycheva The Festival Art Director: Konstantin Sakhno