Festival Theme
The AYIFF 2015 cordially invites all to submit complete and original work for the competition. The festival theme is "Cultivating Youth Creativity"

Objectives of the Festival
To recognize and reward the work of our students and indie artists through film and animation festivals.
To encourage students and young indie filmmakers to produce high quality creative works.
To discover and develop talents from the youth and harness their energies and increase their confidence in highlighting the work of indie.
To provide an opportunity to exchange ideas among students and indie artists of national and international levels.
To develop the ability to appreciate, evaluate, analyze and discuss the indie creative artwork, and
To develop creativity and innovation, technical and analytical skills in the field of film and animation.

ENTRY RULES
1. ELIGIBILITY
Any student or an independent filmmaker from Asia or from any of the ASEAN member countries who are between the ages of 15 and 24 years (youth ages as defined by the United Nations).
Creative works to be accepted must be in digital format recorded in a DVD disc that can be played back using any standard DVD player.
Entries must have been produced and completed not earlier than 1 February 2013 and not later than 28 February 2015.
Films that have been entered in other international or local competitions can be submitted provided that the entry has not won any prize or award.
Industry professionals are disqualified to join this competition.
Asian and ASEAN students and indie filmmakers can submit a maximum of three (3) entries in each competition category.

2. CATEGORIES
Competition categories that filmmakers can choose to submit their entries:
Narrative Film (should be maximum of 20 minutes TRT (Total Running Time)
Documentary Film (should be maximum of 20 minutes TRT (Total Running Time)
Animation Film (TRT is from 3 to 5 minutes)
Experimental Film (TRT from 30 seconds to maximum of 3 minutes)
Video Clip (should have maximum of 3 minutes TRT)
Public Service Announcement (should have maximum of 3 minutes TRT)

COMPETITION SCHEDULE (IMPORTANT DATES)
Deadline of entries : 04 June 2015
Shortlisted notice : 27 July 2015
Awarding Ceremonies : 5 July 2015

In conjuction with this conference, we also organising the CREATIVE INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (CIIC) 2015 from 4 - 5 October 2015 in UUM Campus. Visi http://www.ciic.cms.net.my