The 1st international Animation Expo '97 Seoul, KOREA July 25, 1997-August 3, 1997 Place : Olympic Park in Seoul, Korea Contact: Lee, Hee-Seok Yulchon Bldg. 10F, 24-1 Yoldo-dong, Youngdungpo-gu Seoul 150-728, Korea (MBC) Tel: +82-2-789-3788, +82-789-3789 FAX: + 82-2-789-3968, +82-2-789-3903 Internet: www.animexpo. com 1.The Official Languages the offficial language of the Festival shall be Korean and English 2.Administration The Festival will be orgranized by MBC(Munhwa Broadcasting Corp.) 3.Qualification for entries. The following are the qualifications required for entryu works in the Festival (1)Entry works should be "frame by frame", including computer graphics animation. (2)Entry shall be either film or video tape. a.film shall be presented in 16 or 35 format, and it shall be an optival shoundtrack system. films should also have a 3m leader. b. videotape shall be on standard inch cassettes and in either of the NTSC. PAL., SECAM formt. BETACAM is acceptable only for the NTSC format. In the event that the works submitted in inch VHS cassette tapes reach the final contest, the works should be transferred to a form of film or to BETCAM format when submited to tyhe Organization COnmmittee Videotapes should start with a color-bar for 3minutes and 5 seconds of black screen. (3)running time should be under 30 minutes. (4)Works should be those that have been completed after January 1, 1995. One film or videotape should contain only one work (5)Coprighted characters, scripts, music, etc, used in the works shall be accopanied with authorization. 4.entry procedures No entry fee is required. (see the internet homepage) 5.Sections of Competition feature films theme (Nature & dreams) films in General animation for TV(both part of a series and not) animation for children Animation for education CF animation (promotional Works) frist films 6.Prizes Total 120,000 US $ grand prize - US $ 20,000 theme prize -US $ 20,000 Feature film prize prizes for Oustanding workd (cash section) special internatioal July Prizes Debut Prize Meris Prize Sponsor Prize More information : contact Lee Hee-Seok ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite