● The KuanDog Prize is held at the 8th Kuandu International Animation Festival (KDIAF) in 2018 to provide animators a platform to screen and promote their works.
● The Festival not only injects new energy into the animation industry, it also promotes interactions between local and international participants.
● The KuanDog Prize encourages submissions from excellent animators and filmmakers. KDIAF also offers screening programs for outstanding animated films in different categories selected from all over the world.
● Every year we have around 20,000 attendees to our events.
【Best International Animated Short Film】: one winner;
● Prize –Cash Prize of US$2,000 and the KuanDog Trophy
● Eligibility: All productions are eligible to enter this category. Student productions can be opted to enter either this category or Best student Film category; however, each film can only choose one category.
【Best Student Film】: one winner;
● Prize – Cash Prize of US$1,500 and the KuanDog Trophy
● Eligibility: A film that was produced whiles the filmmaker(s) attending educational institutions and under instructors’ supervision.
【Taiwan Special Award】: one winner;
● Prize – Cash Prize of 45000NTD and the KuanDog Trophy
● Eligibility: All entered films that are/were produced by Taiwanese Filmmaker(s) can be considered for this award. To be eligible for Taiwan Special Award, the producer or director of the selected film may be required to provide proof of citizenship.
【 Best Original Score】：one winner,
●Prize – Cash Prize of 1000USD and the KuangDog Trophy
●Eligibility: All films entered in all above categories can be considered for this award.
【Tsai Han-I Taiwan student Award】 : one winner;
●Prize –Cash Prize of 45000NTD and the KuanDog Trophy
●Eligibility: All selected student films that is produced by Taiwanese Filmmaker(s) can be considered for this award. To be Eligible for Taiwan Special Award, the producer or director of the selected film may be required to provide proof of citizenship.
【Honorable Mentioned】:
● Prize – Award Certificates
● Eligibility: All films entered in all above categories can be considered for this award. There may be more than one film being awarded this honor.
(There maybe more than one film being awarded Honorable Mentioned. The jury could also opt to give specific titles of each Honorable Mentioned recipient, i.e. Excellence in Character Design, Excellence in Art Direction, Best Experimental Animation, Commercial special and etc.)
