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SHORT FILM

Must be live-action film.

Group	Individual Entrant	Group Entrant
Open Group	Hong Kong permanent resident Must be age of 18 or above on or before 31 May 2026	At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be Hong Kong permanent residents At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be at the age of 18 or above on or before 31 May 2026

Youth Group	Hong Kong permanent resident Must be age of 17 or below on or before 31 May 2026	At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be Hong Kong permanent residents All Joint-Entrants must be at the age of 17 or below on or before 31 May 2026

Asian New Force	National / permanent resident of any Asian countries or regions (excluding Hong Kong) Must be age of 18 or above on or before 31 May 2026	At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be National / permanent residents of any Asian countries or regions (excluding Hong Kong) At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be at the age of 18 or above on or before 31 May 2026

Hong Kong Tertiary Students Group	Full time students of tertiary institutions in Hong Kong No age or nationality restriction	At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be full time students of tertiary institutions in Hong Kong No age or nationality restriction

International Tertiary Students Group	Full time students of tertiary institutions in Asian countries or regions No age or nationality restriction	At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be full time students of tertiary institutions in Asian countries or regions No age or nationality restriction

ANIMATION

3D and 2D animation, stop motion, hand-drawn, motion graphics, and motion capture.

Group	Individual Entrant	Group Entrant
Animation	Hong Kong permanent resident; or National / permanent resident of any Asian countries or regions Must be age of 18 or above on or before 31 May 2026	At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be Hong Kong permanent residents; or nationals / permanent residents of Asian countries and regions At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be at the age of 18 or above on or before 31 May 2026

Tertiary Students Group	Full time students of tertiary institutions in Hong Kong; or in Asian countries or regions No age or nationality restriction	At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be full time students of tertiary institutions in Hong Kong; or in Asian countries or regions No age or nationality restriction

AI CREATION

AI must be the core creative tool and be used solely across production.

Video generation, motion graphic generation, and stimulation of character performance must be generated by AI tools.

Group

Individual Entrant

Group Entrant

AI Creation

Hong Kong permanent resident; or National / permanent resident of any Asian countries or regions

Must be age of 18 or above on or before 31 May 2026

At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be Hong Kong permanent residents; or nationals / permanent residents of Asian countries and regions

At least half of the Joint-Entrants must be at the age of 18 or above on or before 31 May 2026

*Entrants must be the film director or main creator/ artist of the entry.
*Max. running time of 30 minutes (including end credits).
*Commercials and music videos are not accepted in any group.
*All entries MUST BE produced on or after 1 June 2024.