THE
UK COMPETITION 2024
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The YAY UK competition is here to discover and celebrate the best young animators in the UK, aged 11-18.
The competition runs from April to September and the winning films will be announced and premiered at Manchester Animation Festival in November.
Prizes include exclusive tours of some of the UK's top animation studios, past tours have included Aardman, AXIS, and Blue Zoo.
Unsure of what to make? Watch previous years' winning films for inspiration.
THE THEME
This year's theme for the animation is the word GROWTH.
This word can be used to inspire an idea, but they are not required to use this theme; the animations will not be judged on how well they relate to this theme.
Competition Rules
Please submit your entry by midnight Monday 16th September 2024.
The shortlisted films and prizes will be announced on this website on Monday 14th October 2024.
- Entrants must be aged 11-18 years on the closing submission date of 16th September 2024.
- Video entry must be no more than three minutes long, excluding credits.
- Video entry should be HD resolution supplied as an MP4 video file (at least 1280x720 pixels)
- Only one submission per student.
- Video entry must have been fully made by the entrant; group projects are not eligible.
- If using music, entrants must use royalty-free tracks so it can be screened online/at the festival, using copyrighted music without permission will make the submission void.
- Entrants must be living in the United Kingdom.
- Video entry must have been made after last year's competition deadline of 3rd September 2023.
- Video entry must be submitted by midnight Monday 16th September 2024.
- Video entry must be created using Stop-Motion, 2D or 3D animation techniques.
- To qualify as a finalist, entrants may be asked to provide a short making-of video to demonstrate how they made the film.
- Video entry's content be similar to a U or PG film, so do not use swearing or extreme violence.
The entry will be judged by professional animators using the scoring criteria:
- Quality of the animation skills
- Clarity of the storytelling
- Quality of the design
- Quality of the overall film
Winners will be announced at Manchester Animation Festival on Sunday 10th November 2024.
Very best of luck!