Green Cross Belarus
with support of
the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus
the Union of Teachers-Artists
within the "In my homeland" project

announces

the 11th International Cartoon and Film-Strip Contest

New time brings new opportunities. Digital photos and computers facilitated greatly the hard work on filming cartoons and film-strips and opened a page of animated cartoons made at school and home. Currently, there is a unique niche for little and young artists and their teachers to express their creative ideas in a form of a cartoon and a strip-film.

In 2026 we will be glad to see the art works at the FREE topic. We also invite you to think, create and send us your masterpieces on the themes of

•           Who lives in the mirror

•           How I taught my dad/mom/grandma/brother/sister/friend...

•           When I was/become an adult

Terms for participation in the Cartoon Contest:

1/ The contest work should be made in stop-motion technology with the use of any materials. Works made with the use of computer graphics are not considered.

2/ Technical requirements for a work: a resolution of at least 720x576 for the frame size of 4:3 or 720x480 for the frame size of 16:9; a recommended codec is H.264.

Terms for participation in the Strip-film Contest:

1/ A work has to contain 15-64 frames and can be made using any technique (a picture, a collage, an applique work, dolls, etc.) and materials. Works made using computer graphics are not to be considered.

2/ The works have to be saved in a digital form; a resolution of at least 1600х1200 for the frame size of 4:3 or 1920х1080 for the frame size of 16:9.

3/ The text is placed in a separate area under each picture (frame).

4/ The works have to be provided as a single file in PDF format.

General conditions:

1/ Who can participate:

• Creative teams of art schools, schools of arts, colleges of arts, art studios;
• Family creative groups;
• Separate participants made the whole work by themselves.

Young people, aged 5-18, have to be creators of the works.

2/ The work has to be completed in the year of holding the Contest or in the year before.

3/ The work should be captioned with the title, author(s), materials used with indication of the author and title (musical compositions, film fragments, paintings, drawings, etc.), place and year of publication.

4/ Works in foreign languages should have subtitles in Russian, Belarusian or English.

5/ The work is sent to the contest via special free file-sharing services (for example: drive.google.com, cloud.mail.ru, www.dropbox.com, disk.yandex.ru). The link is indicated in the registration form.

Fill in the registration form

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING THE WORKS – JANUARY 15, 2026.

RESULTS OF THE CONTEST:

The jury board will include artists, artists-teachers, animation artists and other animation experts.

The jury will consider the works submitted for the Contest in February 2026 and name winners / diploma recipients. Works of winners will be shown during the work of the International Conference of Artists-Teachers in Minsk and at the opening ceremony of the exhibition “In My Homeland” which is to be held in April 2026. Moreover, they will be available in the electronic gallery of art and animation works on the official website of the Contest “In My Homeland” (www.children-art.org).

The Organizers retain the right to reproduce the submitted works in order to promote and develop the Contest and to use in methodical activities without the author's consent.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

(+375 17) 392 88 02                                E-mail: info@children-art.org
(+375 29) 667 57 80                                 Internet: www.children-art.org