The inaugural International Children’s Animation and Comics Festival took place August 6-8 in Libo, a county of China’s Guizhou Province, awarding a truly global assortment of titles in both the cartoons and comics categories.
The festival also featured seminars, workshops, masterclasses, cosplay performances and a Children’s Animation Camp. The festival received over 4,500 submissions from adult professionals and children in 71 different countries.
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The ICACF 2016 Animation Winners
Animation Award: Northern Lights Bear (Russia)
Animation Silver: With You (India) & Children of Oak by Saadat Rahimzadeh (Iran)
Animation Bronze: Little King by Hye mi Kim (South Korea) & I Come from the Prairie by Arisbek Nuhan (China)
Honorable Mentions
The Forest Paper by Sipparpad Krongraksa (Thailand)
The Unwashed Penguin by Isabelle Favez (Russia)
Flower & Nightingale by Mehdi Aqajani (Iran)
Dado Daughter Daytona (India)
The Rabbits and Wolf (Russia)
Where the Animals Go (Russia)
What’s Going on with Annie by Hu Yin-jia and Cai Meng-xiong (China)
Hippo and Juice by Alexey Minchenok (Russia)
Lady with Flower Hair by Sara Tabibzadeh (Iran)
My Joshua (Korea)
Full list of winners here.
