Rising Stars Awards: College Works Honorary Lists Unveiled for Game-Based Animated Films Section
Guangyang Academy gathers animation's brightest stars. On April 19, the 15th BJIFF's Game-Based Animated Films Section - an industry event focusing on cross-border integration and collaborative innovation - came to a successful conclusion at Guangyang Academy in Xicheng District, Beijing. As a highly regarded incubation platform for young animation creators, the final results of the college works selection were announced at Ceremonies. Young creators from top national universities demonstrated the infinite possibilities in the field of animation and comics with their inspiring brushstrokes and cutting-edge digital expressions. Industry experts, college teachers and students gathered together to witness this highlight moment for future creators.
Honor Gala for the Game-Based Animated Films Section
This year's college works selection event reached an all-time high in scale, attracting more than 70 universities and colleges nationwide and collecting over 1,000 entries. After rigorous evaluation, 56 outstanding works were finally selected.
It is worth noting that the college works selection was originally divided into two tracks: "Animated Shorts" and "Comic Works." However, during the review process of the comic unit, multiple picture book works demonstrated cutting-edge characteristics of cross-media narrative. Based on the differences in artistic forms and evaluation criteria between the two, the jury pioneered the launch of "an independent review channel for picture books", conducting a unified evaluation of all picture book works. This initiative not only maintains the fairness and impartiality of the competition system but also aligns with the general trend of media convergence in the contemporary field of visual narrative.
Awards Ceremony for the Game-Based Animated Films Section
College animated short works demonstrate bold innovation by breaking boundaries. In this year's selection, the wave of youthful creativity showcases distinct characteristics of diverse genres and unique expressions. Emerging creators reconstruct animation language from a vanguard perspective, both continuing the spiritual context of Chinese animation aesthetics and breaking artistic boundaries with determined innovation. This grand feast of youthful creativity not only highlights the infinite possibilities of animation as a comprehensive art but also reveals the vigorous vitality of China's animation industry in generational inheritance.
List of Honorary Works for College Animated Shorts:
高校动画短片荣誉作品名单
高校漫画风格各异，颇具开发潜力。年轻的漫画创作者们在积极探索绘画技法的同时，大胆融入青年成长、社会观察等现实议题，这种兼具艺术实验性与内容厚度的创作模式，使漫画作品既保持独立的艺术价值，又显现出强劲的IP开发潜力，为图像艺术跨媒介开发提供宝贵的素材和灵感。
高校漫画荣誉作品名单：
List of honorary works for college animated shorts
College comics showcase diverse styles and significant development potential. While actively exploring painting techniques, young comic creators boldly incorporate real-world themes such as youth growth and social observation. This creative model, which combines artistic experimentation with content depth, ensures that comic works maintain independent artistic value while demonstrating strong IP development potential, providing valuable materials and inspiration for cross-media development of visual arts.
List of Honorary Works for College Comics:
List of Honorary Works for College Picture Books:
The college selection event of Game-Based Animated Films Section of the 15th BJIFF officially came to an end today. The award-winning works, with their innovative cross-media narratives and cutting-edge technological expressions, showcase the vigorous power of new-generation creators in driving the upgrading of China's animation industry. When the academic education system becomes fully attuned to industry needs, and when the experimental explorations of young creators gain access to market-oriented channels, China's animation industry will undoubtedly establish a synergistic development framework integrating creative production, technological R&D, and international dissemination. This will pave an innovative path with distinctive Eastern aesthetic characteristics in the global cultural competition.
As light and shadow weave new dreams, we ride the winds of opportunity at this defining moment! We look forward to young creators unleashing their talents in the Game-Based Animated Films Section - an open and inclusive platform where they can reinterpret Eastern aesthetics through fresh perspectives, aligning their creative passion with the pulse of the industry. In this rising era of Chinese Anime, let us join hands to illuminate global screens with China's stories!
