KingstOOn Animation Festival 2021

SUBMISSION PERIOD
Competitions are open during the period October 1, 2020 – February 22, 2021. Due to the overwhelming requests from participants and the KingstOOn Team being aware of some of the challenges Covid19 has caused in our industry, we have decided to EXTEND the Competition Deadline to Friday, March 5, 2021,11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. You now have until that time to submit your entry, or make any edits to your current entry. No entries will be accepted after the extended deadline.

THEME
Strides are being made by the global film and animation industry towards increasing diversity and inclusivity. In recent years, we have seen a greater surge in the need for diverse stories and content, with more representation for under-represented groups in film and TV. The resounding successes of major blockbuster films in the past two years has demonstrated the global demand for diverse and inclusive stories and content.
The KingstOOn competitions are centered around “Celebrating Diversity in Animation”. Entries reflecting characters, stories, cultures and values of under-represented communities in screen-based industries, including stories created by people of African descent, are encouraged.

TYPE
Short films, full length feature films, series, music videos, virtual/augmented reality and video game cinematics are eligible. All entries that contain live action must include at least 75% animation or visual effects.

TECHNIQUE
Techniques accepted are 2D animation, 3D animation, clay animation, sand animation, Anime, Computer Graphics, Puppetry Animation, Stop-Motion, Flip Book Animation, Experimental Animation and any form of animated films that may exist.

WHO CAN ENTER
The competition is open to storytellers, artists, illustrators, animators, students, and professionals. Entries will be accepted from individuals, groups or organizations. A single representative of a group will be responsible for inscribing the work and the prize will be awarded under the same name. There is no age limitation.

THE COMPETITIONS
The KingstOOn Emerging Animated Content Competition (KEACC) is focused on giving visibility to new talent from the Caribbean. Individual entrants must be citizens of a Caribbean country. If the entrant is a group, the representative inscribing the submission on behalf of the group must be citizen of a Caribbean country (all Caribbean countries are eligible).

The four (4) categories in this competition are:
1. Best Storyboard
2. Best Character Design
3. Best Caribbean Short Film
4. Best Concept

The KingstOOn International Animated Film Competition (KIAFC) is open to local, regional and international participants. The four (4) categories in this competition are:

1. Best Special Effects
2. Best Student Film
3. Best International Short Film
4. Best International Feature Film

EXCLUSIONS
• 1st and 2nd place winning entries from previous KingstOOn Competitions (2013, 2016, and 2019) are not eligible for entry.
• Entries completed before 2018 are not eligible.
• Members of the KingstOOn Festival Management Team and their immediate families, persons connected to the competitions and their immediate families, i.e. sponsors, are not eligible to enter the competition.
• Entries must NOT contain expletive language, explicit sexual content and nudity.
• Entries must NOT discriminate against gender, religion or any ethnic group.
• Entries must NOT promote and be affiliated with terrorism, extreme violence, and extreme nationalism.
• The KingstOOn Festival Management Team reserves the right to disqualify any entry that does not conform to the rules.

THE WORK MUST BE ORIGINAL
The entries must be your own original concept and not a copy of anyone else’s copyrighted material. (If your entry infringes upon another’s copyright it will be disqualified.) Upon submitting your entry to this competition, you are solely responsible for any infringement on copyrighted materials. We reserve the right to request proof that your submissions are original artwork created solely by you. Non-compliance to this rule will result in the disqualification of your entry.

COPYRIGHT
The artist retains all copyrights to their work without exception.

PERMISSIONS
By entering this competition, you are granting The Office Of The Prime Minister, a non-exclusive perpetual license to reproduce your entry on kingstoonfest.com, KingstOOn newsletter, KingstOOn Magazine, and KingstOOn social media pages (Facebook@kingstoonfest, Twitter@kingstoonfest, Instagram@kingstOOnfest, www.linkedin.com/in/yedaip-jamaica-248204136/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-_Nmf2oTkutCRT2-7M4Ang). Entries will not be used for any other purpose than that which is stated. Your work will not be used by the organizers for commercial gain.

LANGUAGE
All entries must be in English, or subtitled in English.

PRESENTATION FORMATS
All film entries must adhere to the following format:
• 1080p (or higher), 1920 x 1080
• 24 frames per second
• Coding H264
Character Designs, Concepts and Storyboards must be in .pdf format.

MULTIPLE ENTRY
Entrants are allowed multiple submissions per category.

COST
Entry is completely FREE!