What is ZAFA?

ZAFA is our biannual online animation showcase - Zircines Animated Film Awards.

If you are a CGI 3D or 2D filmmaker/animator and you have completed at least one animated film, you are invited to submit your work to win ZAFA awards.

Submit original animations of any genre/length through our filmfreeway page below anytime you want. The submission is completely free and it's open all year round.

Submit

zafa WINNERS

2023 - 2024

Best Animator: Ollie Yao and Heather Yun (Twin Sparks)

Best Director: Nelson Fernandes (Us)

Best Producer: Julie Liang (Conversation in the Car)

Best Art Direction: Yu-Hsuan Teng (Vestige)

Best Technology: Jesimiel Bello and Dafe Edesiri (HASKE)

Best Screenplay: Ivy Luxen (The Source 1996)

Best Science Fiction: Xiaoran Zuo and Zexi Liu (Automata)

Best Horror: Jia Cheng Hu (The Tag-ALong)

Best Experimental: Hazel Gong (Doll's House)

Best Drama: Zeina Bukhari (Uprooted)

Best Music Video: Ruchen Shang and I-wen Chen (Oh!My God)

Best Motion Graphics: Po-En Wang and Saniya Assembek (Soundtrack Your Life)