Happy Valley Animation Festival

To qualify for HVAF, your submission should meet the following requirements:

• Your film meets the category specified type/genre requirements and runtime duration.
• Limit of two submissions per director, artist, designer, or collaborative team per category.
• Submissions must adhere to ethical practices, including respecting intellectual property rights, proper licensing, and responsible use of AI-generated content. It is expected that directors/submitters attain all of the respective copyrights and permissions required for their film prior to submitting. This includes all music, sound effects, product placement, actor/model release forms, etc. Animations without these rights will not be eligible to be screened or exhibited.
• Human creativity should remain central to the filmmaking/animation process. Only minimal use of AI is permitted. Filmmakers are required to clearly disclose the extent and nature of AI tools used in their submissions.
• While animations of any completion date may be submitted, those completed within the past two years will receive priority consideration.
• Entries should only be entered into a single category. Choose the category that best represents your film. If we think your work should be considered in a category other than the one to which it has been submitted, we will re-assign its category.
• Upon submission of your work, you acknowledge you have permission/rights to submit the work, authorize the screening and exhibition of your work at HVAF events, and agree to above terms & conditions.