We’d gladly announce the official selection for the NEW CHITOSE 30 Seconds Animation in competition at the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2024. From 172 films submitted to this category, 8 Films are selected. The selected films will be broadcast for a specific period (From October 6 to November 5, 2024 *Scheduled) on digital signage throughout the airport facility at New Chitose Airport. One of these films will receive the award during the festival. Thank you very much for many submissions!

Please see the Official Selection for 30 Seconds Animation Competition ☞ https://airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/nc30sa_selection/

Selection Committee;
ONO Tomoko, chief director of NEW CHITOSE 2024
IWASAKI Hirotoshi, artist
TANAKA Daisuke, animation researcher
NAGATA Takeshi and MONNO Kazue (TOCHKA), creative unit
KURASHIGE Tetsuji, animation filmmaker
NIHEI Sarina, animation filmmaker

NEW CHITOSE 2024 is excited to announce the official selection for the FEATURE FILMS in competition. From 43 films submitted from 17 countries/regions, 6 Films are selected. The films are screened in the New Chitose Airport Theater during the festival (November 1st-5th) and judged by the international jury. Thank you very much for all submitters, filmmakers, producers and distributors!
SEE YOU AT NEW CHITOSE 2024.

Please discover all the results of the FEATURE FILMS’ Official Selection ☞ https://airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/feature_compe/


Statement;
Feature animations have flourished worldwide in quantity and quality like never before in recent years: it’s no exaggeration to say that they have reached their “golden age.” But at the same time, the unspoken rule of “how feature animations should be” is now being questioned. At our film festival, we aim to carefully hand-pick innovative and fresh works that boldly break out of the fixed ideas of feature animations with which the viewers are associated. Some of these films have already been widely screened domestically, but I believe you’ll be able to discover new charms in them as you watch them in our selection.
(TANAKA Daisuke, member of Selection Committee)

Selection Committee;
ONO Tomoko, chief director of NEW CHITOSE 2024
TANAKA Daisuke, animation researcher

NEW CHITOSE 2024 is excited to announce the official selection for the SHORT FILMS in competition. From 2,043 films submitted from 90 countries/regions, 66 Films are selected for all categories. The films are screened in the New Chitose Airport Theater during the festival (November 1st-5th) and judged by the jury for each competition. Thank you very much for all submitters, filmmakers, producers and distributors!
SEE YOU AT NEW CHITOSE 2024!

Please discover all the results of the SHORT FILMS’ Official Selection ☞ https://airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/selection/

Please see the International Jury ☞ https://airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/jury/

Selection Committee;
ONO Tomoko, chief director of NEW CHITOSE 2024
IWASAKI Hirotoshi, artist
TANAKA Daisuke, animation researcher
NAGATA Takeshi and MONNO Kazue (TOCHKA), creative unit
KURASHIGE Tetsuji, animation filmmaker
NIHEI Sarina, animation filmmaker

Preview Member;
KINAMERI Yue, graduated from Sapporo Otani University
TSUKADA Yutaka, critic
NAKAGAWA Hitoshi, animation director
MIWOO Youki, animation filmmaker
NOMURA Takaaki, critic
MOMMA Yusuke, film director
WAJIMA Kohei, web designer


The selection result for 30 Seconds category and Feature Films will be announced later.

Entry Deadline for 30 Seconds category has been extended to JULY 20!!

We have new category “NEW CHITOSE 30 Seconds Animation” (Each film must be 30 seconds or less, including time-loop film) this year.
The selected films in this category will be broadcast for a specific period on digital signage throughout the New Chitose Airport facility that boasts approximately 22 million annual users. One of these films will receive the award during the festival. Films already available online may also be submitted!

Please see the details as follows;

NEW CHITOSE 30 Seconds Animation
https://airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/nc30s/

We look forward to your submission!

The installation ‘Touch on an Absence’ will be held in Tokyo from July 5th to July 15th.
It’s a new project by the artist Tabaimo, well-known for animated installations that use drawings and coloration evoking the hand-made nature of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, in collaboration with three filmmakers who are nominees for the Short Film category in NEW CHITOSE 2023.

When Tabaimo participated as a jury member at the “New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2023”, she rediscovered the depth of the world of animation. Inspired by this experience, she created this new project with three independent animation filmmakers she met there: Josh SHAFFNER (USA), Lea VIDAKOVIC (Serbia), and Stephen VUILLEMIN (France). By contextualizing the films of the three filmmakers within the realm of art in collaboration with Tabaimo, this work establishes a multi-layered relationship between animation and audiences, crafting an experiential installation that invites deep engagement and exploration.

Please see the online interview with three filmmakers as follows. (Interviewer: NIHEI Sarina, New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival Program Adviser)




‘Touch on an Absence’
Dates: July 5th to July 15th
Venue: Warehouse TERRADA G3-6F (2-6-10, Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo)
Producer: IMO studio
Organizer: Warehouse TERRADA
Please see the details ☞ https://taw.warehouseofart.org/

We are open for the submissions! Submit your animation film now, for a chance to compete in the next NEW CHITOSE 2024 Official Selection and maybe be among the winners.


New Category: NEW CHITOSE 30 Seconds Animation
In addition to the official selection for the Short and Feature films, we have new category “NEW CHITOSE 30 Seconds Animation” this year.
The selected films in this category will be broadcast for a specific period on digital signage throughout the New Chitose Airport (Hokkaido, JAPAN) facility that boasts approximately 22 million annual users. One of these films will receive the award during the festival.

Deadline
30th June 2024 for Short Films, Graduation Films, Music Videos
20th July 2024 for Feature Films
20th July 2024 for 30 Seconds Animation

Submissions & Regulations
Short and Feature Films ⇒ https://airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/
30 Seconds Animation ⇒ https://airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/nc30s/
FilmFreeway ⇒ https://filmfreeway.com/NewChitoseAirportInternationalAnimationFestival


Last year the festival received 2,300 works in all categories. The winners were “In Dreams” (Short Grand Prix, directed by Josh SHAFFNER), “Chicken for Linda!” (Feature Grand Prix, directed by Chiara MALTA, Sébastien LAUDENBACH), “Vision” (Japan Grand Prix, directed by Çağıl HARMANDAR), “Our Uniform” (New Talent Award, directed by Yegane MOGHADDAM) and else.

We are really looking forward to your submissions. See you at NEW CHITOSE 2024!

NEW CHITOSE is proud to announce the 11th edition: November 1-5, 2024.
The submission starts on April 22!

New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival is an animation festival dedicated to animated films held at the terminal building of New Chitose Airport (Hokkaido, Japan), which connects Hokkaido with the rest of the world as an entertainment airport. We are excited to announce the 11th edition of the festival: November 1-5, 2024.

Launched in 2014, the festival has been providing an exciting experience that is only possible as a one-of-a-kind “airport festival” and we gathered about 35,000 attendees last year.
The coming 11th edition will continue to present various programs delivering the look of animation “today” from various perspectives such as special screenings and guest speakers of films the festival picked to feature, in addition to the Competition section which is the main event of the festival receiving more than 2,000 entries from around the world each year.

The submission for all the competitions starts on April 22nd! See you at NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT.