About CICAF

China International Cartoon and Animation Festival (CICAF) is the first state-level international professional cartoon and animation festival of its kind in China, sponsored by the National Radio and Television Administration: China Media Group and The People's Government of Zhejiang Province also co-organized by the Hangzhou Municipal People's Government; Zhejiang Radio and Television Bureau; and Zhejiang Radio & TV Group. CICAF is also the key cultural trading platform backed by the state official Project---“Chinese Culture Going-Global Initiative”. This annual event has been held in Hangzhou since 2005, the capital of Zhejiang Province, a scenic city famed for its legendary West Lake as the World Cultural Heritage. With the theme of “Animation Feast, People's Celebration" CICAF becomes a comprehensive carnival-like festival including B2B and B2C parts, and is mainly composed by5 major brands: Exhibition, Forums, Business, Competitions and Activities. CICAF aims to develop into a communication platform with broader international visions and higher professional standards. As Hangzhou is widely known as “The City of Animation ”, CICAF is playing a vital role in promoting Hangzhou and China’s ACG industry, bringing the Festival of a largest scale, highest popularity and widest influence in China.

“Common Prosperity in New Era, Animation Inspires Future,” The 17th CICAF was unveiled from September 29 to October 4, 2021. As the first national cultural exhibition held in Hangzhou in the year of the 100^th anniversary of the founding of CPC, the opening year of the 14t National Five-Year-Plan and the starting year of Zhejiang’s High-quality Development & Construction and Common Prosperity Demonstration Area Initiative, CICAF took effective measures to scientifically prevent epidemic and control crowd flow to make sure the quality was not compromised in a streamlined agenda, and the visitors enjoyed a wonderful and safe event both offline and online.

The 17th CICAF Industry Expo attracted 118 exhibitors with more than 300 well-known ACG IPs from Asia, Europe, America, etc. Digital, intelligent and thoughtfully designed COVID-19 control measures were deployed for the health and safety of the exhibitors and visitors. In addition, The “CICAF on Cloud" platform was further improved, immersive realistic 3D and VR exhibition halls were set up, and what's going on in the offline booths and main stage was live-streamed for online audience all over the world, so they won't miss any great moments.

In 2022, CICAF will mark its 18th birthday and usher in a new stage of development. Under new circumstances and following the spirit of "Common Prosperity in New Era, Animation inspires Future." the new edition will be an perfect combination of online and offline activities. The safe and high-caliber event will stand out as the identifiable and charming cultural gilded signboard and an vivid example of socialist cultural power construction.

Information

Sponsors:

National Radio and Television Administration China Media Group

The People's Government of Zhejiang Province

Organizer:

Hangzhou Municipal People's Government

Zhejiang Radio and Television Bureau

Zhejiang Radio &TV Group

Undertakers:

Hangzhou ACG Industry Development Center

Hangzhou CICAF Exhibition Co., Ltd.

Time:

November 24 to 27, 2022 (Four Days)

Venue:

Hangzhou International EXPO Center, Hangzhou Zhejiang, China

Cost

Activities

Cartoon &Animation Industry Summit Forums---Core Forum

Listen to the dialogues among masterminds and draw inspiration from the wits of the professionals. Experts, scholars, veteran professionals and animation fans participate in the forums with different topics where sparks of thoughts bursting. China international Cartoon & Animation industry Summit Forums are grand annual gatherings for people in this field and Core Forum is one of the most important events! It is the "wind vane" that guides the development of Chinese animation, and leaves an impact on the trend of the world animation. To warm people with nice works, to move people with warm works, to nourish people with excellent traditional culture, and to arouse the feelings with classic folktales. The Core Forum is the platform for the exchanges and cooperation on the most influential works, most authoritative voice, most advanced ideas and most cutting-edge explorations in the global animation sector in the year.

CICAF“Golden Monkey King Awards

Sponsored by China Media Group "Golden Monkey King Awards" is a top brand builder for CICAF, and stands for a contest prestigious to all cartoonists animation makers and enthusiasts worldwide. All entries and artworks to manifest a good future and destiny of human beings, as decent, orchestrated, and particularly out of original thinking are encouraged and celebrated.

We wish the Awards to bring more people an access to the cartoon and animation world, make the business a gold mine, find more young talents, and steer the way for the whole industry in China to a transformation, upgrading and sustainable development. Entries we consider excellent will be recommended to show and play at the session for matchmaking & networking. The Awards is classified into two major categories for overseas entries: the General Award and the Promising Award.

Registration: https://jhj.cicaf.com/en

Email: monkeyking@cicaf.com

Tel: Ms. Guo, 0086-571-8509 9235

International Animation &Game Business Conference (iABC)

iABC is the B2B part of 2021 CICAF. In recent years, it has gradually become an annual activity for animation and game practitioners at home and abroad. 16 professional activities had been held in 3days, with 227 animation and game enterprises, colleges and universities, and social organizations participating. Partnership Forum attracted a total of 679 people, including 38 representatives of buyers such as publisher agents and 29 representatives of capitalists vertical to the entertainment industry, bringing about 1,646 matchmaking sessions in four half days. Six overseas enterprises from the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Finland, and South Korea sent representatives from their agencies in China to the event for business negotiation. The constantly improving Business on Cloud system attracted the attention and participation of professionals from 47 countries and regions.

China (Hangzhou) International Children's Comics Contest (CICCC)

CICCC has now developed into one of the youth brand activities with the largest participation and highest international degree in China CICAF, it is also one of the most influential international youth cultural activities in China, a big platform for children and teenagers under 18, who love painting art and want to exchange ideas worldwide.

In order to further promote international exchanges and integration, and to implement the combination of talents cultivation and works recommendation, the 2022 CICCC of the 18^th  CICAF is now open to recruit sub-divisions worldwide.

Registration: https://comic.cicaf.com

Contact: Ms. Yang +86-571-87029773

International Cartoon & Animation Alliance Hangzhou Summit

Hangzhou Summit has been successfully held for 7 editions from 2006 to 2018. According to incomplete statistics, it has invited 18 different international animation festivals, and 75(times) visits. Hangzhou Summit has achieved five major cooperation achievements: “White Paper on International Animation Festivals in The 21st Century”, “Hangzhou Mutual Proclamation of International Animation Festival”, "Memorandum of Understanding", "Mutual Cooperation Agreement" and established International Animation Festival Hangzhou Club.

Source: cicaf-en.com