Festival Description

Taichung International Animation Festival (‬TIAF) is organized by Taichung Film Development Foundation (TFDF) with the support of the Information Bureau of Taichung City Government. TIAF ‬is the only city film festival in Taiwan that features solely animation. ‬Founded in 2015‭, ‬TIAF has established itself as a major international animation festival‭, ‬popular among moviegoers and animators‭, ‬domestic and abroad alike‭. In 2017, TIAF launched Short Film Competition with awards totaling TWD 1.2 million (approx. 43,000 USD), ‬a draw to global filmmakers as well as encouragement for Taiwanese filmmakers to submit their innovative projects‭.

Taichung International Animation Festival Call for Entries

Feature Films
1. The running time (including end credits and film length) of these animations, regardless of the
technology and medium used to create them, must be over 60 minutes.
2. The film must be completed after 1 January 2024 and no other version of the work can be entered
previously.

Short Films
1. The running time (including end credits and film length) of these animations, regardless of the technology and medium used to create them, shall not exceed 25 minutes.
2. The films must be completed after 1 January 2025 and no other version of the work can be entered previously.
3. To submit a "Taiwanese Short Films" or "Taiwanese Student Short Films", the director must be a national of Taiwan with a valid ID, or more than half of the production costs must be from Taiwan, or more than half of the production staff must be Taiwan (R.O.C.) nationals with a valid ID national. (Please refer to Article 5 in Criteria for Differentiating Domestic Motion Pictures and Non-Domestic Motion Pictures legislated by the Ministry of Culture R.O.C., revised on Oct 16, 2015.)

Competition Categories

• Feature Films
• Short Films
• Taiwanese Short Films
• Student Short Films
• Taiwanese Student Short Films
• Children’s Short Films

Important

• Regulations and entry form via FilmFreeway
• Deadline: 30 June 2026