The 14th China International Cartoon and Animation Festival (CICAF) will be held from April 26th to May 1st. As one of the most important part in CICAF, 2018 Golden Monkey King Award announces they are now accepting applications.
With the slogan of ‘high quality, high character, and high taste’, this Award endeavors to encourage ‘originality’ and ‘excellence’. It is also an optimal platform for tapping talents and the hidden values of the emerging industry, and also for setting directions for the structural transformation and upgrading of the cartoon and animation industry of China.
As one of the co-organizers of this year’s event, International Education Alliance for Creative Industries (IEACI) would like to invite more professionals and students from worldwide to join in this competition and win a fantastic animation journey in China.
The 2018 “Golden Monkey King” Award comes into two major categories: The General Awards for industry professionals and the Promising Awards especially for students.
Applications must be submitted before Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Beijing Time. The Award Ceremony will be on April 27, 2018.
If you are an industry professional, please go to the General Awards registration at THIS LINK.
If you are a student, please go to the Promising Awards registration at THIS LINK.
The award winners will receive cash prize, trophy and certificate, for more detail information please check: THIS LINK
From last year, we are very honored to invite Bournemouth University as one of the important partners for supporting the Promising Awards, to approve scholarships for winners and this year, will have more scholarships coming up. We are very excited to see some wonderful works from students worldwide.
There are several works from domestic and overseas win the final prize last year, which receive the cash prize up to more than RMB700,000, please check:
The Winners List for the “Golden Monkey King” Awards Competition of the CICAF 2017
The General Awards
| Category | Awards | Works | The country (region), unit |
| Animated Film | Golden | Monkey King: Hero Is Back | Hengdian Film Production Co., Ltd |
| Silver | Song of the Sea | Cartoon Saloon | |
| Bronze | Big Fish & Begonia | Bi An Tian (Beijing) Culture Co., Ltd Beijing Enlight Pictures Co., Ltd Horgos Coloroom Pictures Co., Ltd | |
| Animated Series | Golden | Panda and Little Mole | CCTV Animation Inc. |
| Silver | Rainbow Chicks I | Ningbo Strom Animation Co., Ltd. Hangzhou TThunder Animation Co., Ltd. | |
| Bronze | The Determined Young Warrior | Shanghai Toonmax Media Co., Ltd | |
| Short Animated Film | Golden | The Sense of Touch | Folimage |
| Silver | The plum blossom | China Academy of Art | |
| Bronze | The little Cousteau | FAMUPRAGUE | |
| Comic | Golden | The King Yu Story-Wang Fu Stone | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute |
| Silver | Cinderella at Twelve O’clock | Kuaikan World (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd | |
| Bronze | Mouse Guard : Fall 1152 | Personal： David Petersen（America） |
The Promising Awards
| Category | Award | Works | The country (region), unit |
| Animation | The Best Promising Animated Short Film | Forefinger Town | School of Animation and Digital Arts, Communication University of China |
| Sweet Cocoon | ESMA – School of Artistic Trades | ||
| The Promising
Animated Short Film |
Matchmake | China Academy of Art | |
| Doge | Communication University of China | ||
| Le Fil dAriane | Claude Luyet | ||
| Come with Me | Communication UniversityofChina | ||
| Gone | Communication UniversityofChina | ||
| Amir & Amira | ESMA – School of Artistic Trades Pixar’s RenderMan | ||
| Comic | The Best Promising Comic | Examination of the Art | JILIN UNIVERSITY OF ARTS |
| The Promising Comics | Mr. Rabbit | Zhejiang University Of Media and Communications | |
| Summer Diary | Zhejiang University of Media and Communications | ||
| My Simmons | Personal：Huang Weipeng | ||
| The Traveling Memory of M Pig | Zhejiang University of Media and Communications | ||
| Together | Qingdao Agricultural University |
