With the theme of “Animation Feast, People’ s Celebration” , this specialized, internationalized, and market-oriented festival is composed by 5 major parts --- Exhibition, Forum, Business, Competition and Activity, and has successfully launched top 10 brand events: Golden Monkey King Awards, Industry Expo, International Animation & Game Business Conference ( iABC）, Cartoon & Animation Industry Summit Forums, China Cosplay Super Show, Seiyuu Competition, Cartoon & Animation Floats Parade, International Cartoon & Animation Alliance Hangzhou Summit, International Animation Week Film Screening, and “Magic Eye” China (Hangzhou) International Children's Comics Contest (CICCC). CICAF aims to develop into a communication platform with broader international visions and higher professional standards, whereas it has established a long-term strategic cooperation alliance with more than 10 well-known festivals, including Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France), Angoulême International Comics Festival (France) Animafest Zagreb (Croatia), and Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), etc. CICAF is now playing a vital role in promoting Hangzhou and China’ s ACG industry, attracting participants, exhibitors, and contestants from more than 30 countries and regions every year.

Since its inauguration in 2005, CICAF has successfully held 19 editions in Hangzhou, a scenic and historic city famed for its legendary West Lake as the World Cultural Heritage. Hangzhou is the host city of both the G20 Summit in 2016 and the 19th Asian Games in 2023. It has long been famous for its picturesque landscape, fascinating history, enchanting culture, and vibrant business. It is also where the romance between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, known as the "Romeo and Juliet of the East", took place. Today, CICAF has transformed this city into China's Capital of Animation with many newly set facilities: China Cartoon & Animation Museum, two national animation industry bases, and three state-level animation teaching and research centers (i.e., Zhejiang University, China Academy of Art, and Communication University of Zhejiang). The local government invests 100 million yuan in the animation sector every year to pursue a high-quality development.

In late May 2024，the 20th CICAF will be staged at White Horse Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center in Hangzhou . Welcome to join us!

Sponsors

National Radio and Television Administration

China Media Group

The People’s Government of Zhejiang Province

Organizer

Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government

Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture Radio Televsion and Tourism

Zhejiang Media Group

Undertakers

CICAF Executive Committee Office

Hangzhou CICAF Exhibition Co., Ltd.

Time

From late May to early June, 2024 (TBD)

Venue

White Horse Lake Animation Plaza, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

About CICAF Animation Industry Expo

The Animation Industry Expo has been running for 19 consecutive years. It is a highlight of CICAF, a significant platform to showcase the animation and game industry at home and abroad, and an annual festival with extensive participation. Today, it not only covers industrial chains (i.e., comics, animation, games, upstream and downstream sectors) but also offers diversified content (e.g., performance shows, high-tech, pan-dimensional life, Chinese style and trend). We can't wait to embark on a fabulous journey with you at the 20th session in 2024!

Price and Preferential Policies

Pay the booth fee in full by March 29, 2024 and receive a 10% discount off the original booth price.

Source: cicaf.com