We’re excited to introduce you to the jury members for NEW CHITOSE 2025!
The jury members will have the task of choosing among the selection films in competition and bestowing 10 official awards, including the Grand Prix for short films and the Grand Prix for feature films.

The jury members for Short Films are Špela ČADEŽ, a three-times nominee and award-winning Slovenian director (Steakhouse) in NEW CHITOSE; NISHINO Shinjiro, Representative Director of GAS AS INTERFACE CO., LTD who runs a multi-disciplinary art facility; Caibei CAI, currently one of the most significant Chinese animation filmmaker and award-winner for two categories (Sliver Cave, Jury prize and Best music animation) this festival.

The jury members for Feature Films and 30 Seconds Animation are Gints ZILBALODIS, a Latvian filmmaker best known for directing ‘Flow’ which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was also nominated for Best International Feature Film; Jiwon HAN, South Korea-based filmmaker whose original animated film ‘Lost in Starlight‘ is released as the first animation produced by Netflix in Korea. The other member of this category and the jury member of Music Animation will be announced at a later date.

We’re looking forward to your submission and seeing you at NEW CHITOSE 2025!

We are open for the submissions! Submit your animation film now, for a chance to join in the next NEW CHITOSE 2025 Official Selection.

The selected Short films and Feature films will be screened in the Official Selection programs during the festival. The International Jury may present the following awards as a result of deliberation during the festival.

In addition, we have “NEW CHITOSE 30 Seconds Animation” category. 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 2025 for Short Films, Graduation Films, Music Videos
21st July 2025 for Feature Films
21st July 2025 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 2,258 works in all categories. The winners were “Zima” (Short Grand Prix, directed by Tomek POPAKUL and OZEKI Kasumi), “Glass House” (Feature Grand Prix, directed by Boris LABBÉ), “Misérable Miracle” (Japan Grand Prix, directed by Orikasa Ryo), “Sweeter is the Night” (New Talent Award, directed by Fabienne WAGENAAR) and else.

We are really looking forward to your submissions. See you at NEW CHITOSE 2025!

NEW CHITOSE is proud to announce the 12th edition: November 21-25, 2025.
The submission starts on April 21!

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 12th edition of the festival: November 21-25, 2025.

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 35,800 attendees last year. The coming 12th 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 21th!
See you at NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT 🩷 ✈