ACAMIS FILM FESTIVAL 2026

This year’s festival theme is “Human Connections”

We’re shifting away from last year’s focus on AI to highlight human connections and cultural relationships. Students may submit films in any genre, as long as their work reflects this central idea.

For example, students can choose to present a coming-of-age story that explores internal or external challenges. Yet these experiences differ greatly across regions — what growing up means in Mongolia might look very different from in Thailand or China. We encourage students to bring elements of their own culture and context into their films.

Your movie should be 5-7 minutes long. The movie must not show nudity, sexual content, or the glorification of violence, alcohol, or drug abuse. These are the usual rules also for DP film students. Your local film teacher and representative will make sure your movie abides by these rules before you can submit it to the festival jurors.

Below we will introduce you to the categories of the awards and the jurors.

HOW TO ENTER THE COMPETITION

  1. CREATE A MAXIMUM 7-MINUTE-LONG SHORT FILM

  2. USE ORIGINAL OR COPYRIGHT-FREE MUSIC

  3. SUBMIT IN HIGHEST POSSIBLE QUALITY - FILE SIZE MAXIMUM 2GB

  4. ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOVIE WITH CHINESE SUBTITLES - CHINESE LANGUAGE MOVIE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

  5. SEND VIA WeTransfer.com TO patrik_izing@wab.edu

  6. INCLUDE A PDF: SCHOOL NAME. MOVIE TITLE. CREW MEMBERS. STORY SUMMARY. SUPERVISOR EMAIL.

  7. SUBMIT IT ALL TOGETHER BY FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026.

  8. WATCH THE AWARDS CEREMONY LIVE ON MARCH 8TH ON WABCURATED’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

We are honored to announce that our head juror will be Mr. Yu Dong, the vice chairman of the Chinese Film Association and the head of the BONA Film Group.

BONA Film Group has produced some of the biggest blockbusters in the past decades. These titles include Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino, AD Astra by James Gray, and many more. For an extensive list of movies created by the Bona Film Studio, click on their Letterboxd page.

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AWARD CATEGORIES

  • BEST PICTURE

  • BEST DIRECTING

  • BEST SCREENPLAY

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • BEST EDITING

  • BEST SOUND DESIGN

  • BEST ACTOR

  • BEST ACTRESS

GET INSPIRED

Enjoy a curated playlist of the most-liked WAB student movies from the last three years. Many of the creators are already in prestigious film schools in Holland, the UK, and the US.

Watch on YouTube to see the entire playlist.