Bucheon International Animation Festival BIAF, 18-22/10/19

2019 Festival Coverage

Denis Do Creates the 2019 BIAF Poster

2019 Festival Trailer:

A Female Warrior and Lion Sculptures Emphasizes Spiritual Relationship in Khmer Style. Created by Denis Do.

I have always admired a female character who practices bokator, a Khmer martial art. Though the stage in film is very limited as it is a teaser, I wanted to show an alternation of double-sided, ambivalent concepts: being active and being powerless; an organic matter and inorganic matter; and the finiteness and infiniteness of time. These contrasting ideas conflict with each other to form a new harmony - Denis Do

2019 Call For Entries (Archive)

The 21st BIAF is held 18-22 October at Bucheon City, South Korea. BIAF is an Academy Award® Qualifying Festival. BIAF Grand Prize will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film category of the Academy Award®.

NEW CATEGORY VR: Bucheon Intl Animation Festival (BIAF2019) launches VR Animation Competition for the first time as part of International Competition. All VR/360/interactive films completed after 1 January 2017 are eligible to apply. 1 given the Jury Prize (2,000,000KRW). All VR works due by end of July 2019

More Awards & Prizes
*Feature Film Competition / *Considered Priority for Premiere Condition.

Grand Prize - 10,000,000 KRW
Jury Prize - 3,000,000 KRW
Special Distinction Prize - 2,000,000 KRW
Audience Prize - 1,000,000 KRW

*Short Film Competition

Grand Prize - 8,000,000 KRW
Jury Prize - 3,000,000 KRW
Special Distinction Prize - 2,000,000 KRW
Special Distinction Prize - 2,000,000 KRW
Audience Prize - 1,000,000 KRW
AniB's Choice - 1,000,000 KRW

*Graduation Film Competition

Jury Prize - 3,000,000 KRW
Audience Prize - 1,000,000 KRW

*TV&Commissioned Film Competition

Jury Prize - 2,000,000 KRW
Audience Prize - 1,000,000 KRW

*Korean Film Competition

Jury Prize - 3,000,000 KRW
Audience Prize - 1,000,000 KRW

*Online Competition

Netizen Choice(International) - 1,000,000 KRW
Netizen Choice(Domestic) - 1,000,000 KRW
*Special Prizes can be added

1) Animated films must have been completed after January 2018 and must not have been submitted to previous BIAF. Preferable at least Korean Premiere
2) The official languages of BIAF are English. Non-English language films must be subtitled in English by applicants themselves
3) The selected applicants must send the presentation copy for screenings by September 19, 2019

Deadline: 30 June 2019(Short, Graduation, TV&Commissioned), 31 July 2019 (Feature)
Submit via filmfreeway

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