ASEAN cartoon competition raises copyright awareness
(VOV) -An animation contest, open to all professional and amateur animators and students who are citizens of ASEAN member countries has been launched to raise the awareness of the copyright.
Software files must be submitted prior to the deadline of April 15 via the competition’s website and along with paper copies directly to the Authorship Copyright Department in each ASEAN member country.
The event, within the framework of the 2011-2015 ASEAN intellectual property action programme, is designed to improve animators’ skills and capabilities in making and commercializing cartoons.
It also provides opportunities for contestants to share experience, and expand the animation industry within ASEAN.
Each contestant or group is permitted to send one entry which must be translated into English.
The organizing board will evaluate the works based on ideas and content (40%), production techniques (30%) and character and design (30%).
Five of the best works from each ASEAN member countries will be selected and advance to the second round.
In the second round, the candidates will attend a seminar on ASEAN cartoon production in Thailand which is scheduled to take place in early May 2014.
Six outstanding works will be selected for awards to be given at a ceremony scheduled to take place in early August, 2014.
There will be one first prize, one second prize, one third prize and three consolation prizes.
The prize-winning works will be used for an awareness-raising campaign on intellectual property in the ASEAN region.
The competition is being organised by the Association of South East Asian Nations Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC).
ASEAN comprises 10 member countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.