1. Administration:
This Festival is administered, under the endorsement of Association
Internationale du Film d'Animation / International Animated Film
Association（ ASIFA）, in accordance with its regulations by the Organizing
Committee, which is a non-profit organization consisting of the City of
Hiroshima, the Hiroshima City of the Future Foundation, ASIFA-Japan and
other bodies specifically related to this Festival.
2. Official Languages:
The official languages of the Festival shall be Japanese and English.
3. Qualification for Entries:
The following are the qualifications required for entry works in the Festival:
（1） Entry works shall be made "frame by frame", including computer
graphics animation.
（2） Entries shall be either film or videotape.
1）Films shall be presented in 16mm or 35mm format and use an
optical soundtrack system. Films should also have a 3m leader.
2）Videotapes shall be on HDCAM-NTSC or Digital Betacam-NTSC
format. Videotapes shall start with a color-bar for 1 minute and 5
seconds black.
（3） Running time shall be within 30 minutes.
（4） Works shall be those that have been completed after April 1, 2012.
（5） Copyrighted characters, scripts, music, etc., cannot be used in the
works without the copyright owner's agreement. Failure to obtain such
agreement will result in the works being disqualified from competition.
（6） Each film or videotape shall contain one work only.
（7） Works which have already been awarded prizes at other festivals are
eligible. In this case, a listing of all awards and prizes received must be
fully indicated on the entry form.
