Following the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake occurred on Sept. 6 this year, the reconstruction and the rehabilitation of most of Hokkaido’s area and new Chitose Airport have made rapid progress and there are no obstacles to welcoming tourists. In the future, Hokkaido will enter the autumn in which there are many delicious aquatic and agricultural products, and you are welcome to Hokkaido as always. 　

We’d gladly announce the official selection for the Feature Films Competition at the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2018. From 49 films submitted from 25 countries/regions, 5 Films are selected. The films will be screened in competition programs during the festival and judged by the jury for the Feature Competition. See you at NEW CHITOSE 2018!   Selection for the feature Films: https://site2018.airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/feature_compe/  

We’d gladly announce the selection for the SHORT Films Competition at the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2018. From 2,043 films submitted from 86 countries/regions, 76 Films are selected for all categories. Thank you all the filmmakers, producers and the distributers for submitting great films. 　 The selection result for the FEATURE Animation Competition will be announced later. See you at NEW CHITOSE 2018! 　 Selection : https://site2018.airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/nominate/ 　

We are pleased to reveal the poster for NEW CHITOSE 2018 designed by Yoko Kuno. Receiving a secret signal from the land of North, animals from all around the world gather with animation films…! https://airport-anifes.jp/nciaf2018_ssl/en/about/webvisual/ Yoko Kuno (Japan) Graduated from Tama Art University in 2013, she is working as an animator, illustrator, and comic artist. Her main works include Airy Me (music video for cuushe) and an opening movie for ETV’s program Puppet Theater Gara-piko-puu. She participated as a staff of the feature animated films like The Case of Hana and Alice (dir. Shunji Iwai), Crayon Shin-chan, and TV series Land of the Lustrous. She published her first comic book […]

Now we are open for the submissions to this year’s animated films competitions. We have new competitions, Feature Competition and Student Competition! The deadline for the short films: June 30th, and the deadline for the feature films: July 31st. Please See the detail in the following web. We also accept the submission via FilmFreeway. See you at NEW CHITOSE 2018! 　 CALL FOR ENTRIES: https://airport-anifes.jp/nciaf2018_ssl/en/competition/ 　

  From November 2 to 5, 2018, the New Chitose Airport, a gateway for the world to access Hokkaido and known as “Entertainment” Airport, has the 5th edition of the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival. The last edition in 2017 attracted about 33,000 visitors for four days. Submission for the competition starts on April 16th. We have the New Competitions: Feature Film and Student Film!   ▼General Information New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2018 Date: Nov 2 to 5, 2018 Venue: Terminal Building of New Chitose Airport Submission: Submission for the competition starts on April 16th.