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• The next generation of animated classics • SPONSORED BY CAPCUT

• The next wave of reimagined Programming

• SPONSORED BY CAPCUT

Fairground's

Animation

Imagination

Sponsored by CapCut, a Global Sponsor of Fairground AI TV

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Fairground and CapCut are calling on the world’s most innovative AI filmmakers to bring back the magic of the cartoons, anime and animated features that defined our childhoods. Channel the spirit of the Saturday-morning shows, after-school favorites and big-screen classics that shaped you, then create something 100% original: your characters, your world, your story. Make the film the next generation will grow up watching. Any genre. Any interpretation. The theme is Animation Imagination — what that means is entirely up to you.

• GETTING STARTED

Animation Imagination:
The Prizes

Animation Imagination is open to AI filmmakers everywhere, with $15,000 in prizes across four categories. Three main prizes celebrate the different sides of the animation we grew up on, from wholesome family favorites to the weird stuff that kept us up past lights-out. A bonus prize honors the best work made with CapCut. Every entry must be 100% original.

$15,000

TOTAL CASH PRIZE POOL

CATEGORY 01

Family Friendly Stories

$4,000

Create a heartwarming, hilarious, or fantastical animated story that audiences of all ages can enjoy.

CATEGORY 02

Saturday Morning Cartoons

$4,000

Bring bold characters, playful chaos, and larger-than-life adventures to life with the spirit of classic Saturday morning animation.

CATEGORY 03

Past Your
Bedtime

Past Your Bedtime

$4,000

Push animation into stranger, bolder, and more surreal territory with offbeat humor and more mature storytelling. Keep it within a TV-14 content boundary.

BONUS PRIZE

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CapCut

Best of CapCut Prize

As part of Fairground's Animation Imagination, we’re offering a Best of CapCut prize. Whether or not you're entering a film for the main Animation Imagination prizes, you can submit any film made with CapCut for consideration.

$3,000

The Creator Bonus

Even if you don't take home a prize, any content submitted to the Fairground portal is eligible for our revenue-share program. If selected for our distribution platforms, you will receive 50% of all revenue generated by your work!

• free credit perk

10,000

Free CapCut Credits for Participating Creators

Every Animation Imagination participant can claim 10,000 free CapCut Seedance 2.5 credits to bring their entry

to life. To unlock yours:

Every Animation Imagination participant can claim 10,000 free CapCut Seedance 2.5 credits to bring their entry

to life. To unlock yours:

Complete the credits application form located in the Opportunities section of the Fairground Portal (click into the opportunity you want to compete in, which has the form for the 10,000 free CapCut credits).

Your credits will be added within 1–2 business days of your form submission.

Use credits for your Fairground Animation Imagination submission!

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Along with your credits, you'll get the following from CapCut:

A beginner's guide to CapCut Video Studio's canvas-mode workflow and AI filmmaking features

Full access to Video Studio on CapCut Web, where you'll create your AI film

• IMPORTANT DETAILS

Timeline

DATE

MILESTONE

Launch Contest

Wednesday, November 4

Contest Ends

Tuesday, December 1

Finalists Announced

Finalists

Announced

Friday, December 4

Winner Announced

Winner

Announced

Thursday, December 10

Technical Specifications

The following technical specifications are preferred. Submissions that don't meet these exactly will still be considered, but adherence is strongly encouraged.

Uploads must be no later than Tuesday, December 1st at 11:59PM PST.

File Type: .mp4 or .mov
Resolution: HD (1920 x 1080)
Length: 3+ minutes
Codec: H.264 or ProRes
Bitrate: 10 Mbps
Frame Rate: 23.976, 24.000, 25.000, 29.970, or 30 fps
Audio: AAC, 48kHz, Stereo (preferred)
Music: cleared or original

Requirement: Submissions must be created using any CapCut product (CapCut Video Studio, for example). Please retain proof of creation (e.g., screenshots or screen recordings via Loom), as selected winners may be required to verify their workflow.

Requirement: All entries must be original work and may not contain any unlicensed intellectual property, including trademarks.

Requirement: All submissions must follow the CapCut Community Guidelines to be eligible.

How to Submit

All submissions must be made via the Fairground portal. Before submitting, you are strongly encouraged to ensure you have a profile set up on the Fairground portal — or create one if you haven't already. Once you've logged in, follow the OPPORTUNITIES section on the left to submit your entry.

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• Your work front and Center

Get Your Film Seen by the World!

Share your film and tag @CapCut for a chance to get noticed and featured on CapCut’s official social channels! Your work could reach millions of creators and audiences worldwide, putting your film in the spotlight of the global CapCut community.

If you choose to share, here’s how:

Tag CapCut and Fairground on your

platform of choice:

Instagram: @CapCut and
@Fairground.tv
X: @CapCut and @fairground_tv
TikTok: @CapCut
LinkedIn: CapCut
and Fairground

Add #BestofCapcut and #FairgroundContest so the community can find your film.

Say in your caption or on screen that your film was made with free credits from CapCut. For example: “Made with free credits from @CapCut.”

Posting your film on social media is entirely optional. Social features are separate from the contest and have zero impact on judging, scoring, or prize selection, including the Best of CapCut prize.

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• HALL OF REIMAGINED