EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DOMINATE THE 24 HOURS ANIMATION CONTEST FOR STUDENTS
Welcome to command central! This is your one-stop hub for everything you need to not just survive, but absolutely crush the 24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students. Whether you’re a first-timer or a returning champion, we’ve got you covered.
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Game day
Livestream, countdown and real-time support

registrations
Join the chaos, read the requirements carefully!

Rules & Regulations
The sacred laws of 24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students

registered teams

FAQs
Every question you didn’t know you had

Prizes
Wanna know what you’re playing for?
sponsors
what you’re getting into
the challenge
Create a 30-Second animated masterpiece in the exactly 24 hours
the twist
Theme revealed at start time – no advance preparation allowed
the prize
After a team of industry experts review the films, 7 winning teams will take home the prizes from major animation companies
the community
Thousands of students worldwide pushing their limits together
This Year’s Contest Format
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virtual kickoff
Join the global livestream for theme announcements and official start
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Create Anywhere
Work on campus, or at home (wherever your school allows)
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Submit Together
All teams submit through our streamlined platform
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Celebrate Globally
Winner announcement livestream with film showcases
01
virtual kickoff
Join the global livestream for theme announcements and official start
02
Create Anywhere
Work on campus, or at home (wherever your school allows)
03
Submit Together
All teams submit through our streamlined platform
04
Celebrate Globally
Winner announcement livestream with film showcases
key dates & deadlines
Create events, add alarms, do what you need to be sure you don’t let these dates/deadlines pass you by!
Critical Reminder: Late submissions are NOT accepted. Not even one second late. Plan accordingly!
Team Registration Deadline
Friday Sep 25, 2026 23:59 PDT
Contest Weekend
Friday Oct 2, 15:00 PDT through Saturday Oct 3, 16:00 PDT
Submission Deadline
Saturday Oct 3, 2026 16:00 PDT
BTS Submission Deadline
Monday Oct 5, 2026 23:59 PDT
Team Name Graphic Submission Deadline
Monday Oct 5, 2026 23:59 PDT
Winner Announcement
Friday Oct 16, 2026 12:00 PDT
contest statistics
2025 Participation
Teams Registered
Schools Participated
Countries Represented
Total Prizes
all-time records
Years of Chaos
Student Participants
Schools Involved
Countries Represented
All the schools who have participated in our contest.
24HOURS PAST PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
- Abertay University, Scotland
- Academy of Art University, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Africa Digital Media Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
- Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts, Beirut, Lebanon
- Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario
- Animation Mentor
- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Art Institute of California, San Diego, CA, USA
- Art Institute of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
- Atlantic University, Virginia, USA
- Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
- Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, USA
- Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, USA
- Bahcesehir University, Cartoon & Animation, Istanbul, Turkiye
- Bangkok University International
- Belas Artes University, Sao Paulo, BRASIL
- Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
- Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA
- Braunschweig University of Art, GERMANY
- Brigham Young University, UT, USA
- California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA
- Canada College: Redwood City, CA, USA
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
- Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC CANADA
- Caribbean School of Media Communication, Kingston, JAMAICA
- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, QB, CANADA
- Central Acacemy of Fine Arts, Chaoyang, Beijing, China
- Central Michigan University: Michigan, USA
- Centro Universitário Ritter dos reis – Uniritter, Porto Alegre RS Brazil.
- Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo
- Chapman University, CA, USA
- CIIT College of Arts and Technology, Philippines
- City University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong
- Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Cogswell Polytechnical College: CA, USA
- College for Creative Studies. Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Columbia College, Chicago, USA
- Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
- Concordia University: Montreal, Canada
- Conestoga College, ON, Canada
- Creative Hill College: Czech Republic
- CSC- Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia: Rome, Italy
- CSUC , Chico CA, USA
- CSUF , Fullerton CA, USA
- CSULA, Los Angeles CA, USA
- CSULB, Long Beach, CA, USA
- CSUN, Northridge CA, USA
- Daemen University, NY, USA
- Dani Academy, CA, USA
- De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines
- De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
- Daemen University, NY, USA
- DePaul University
- Design Centre Enmore TAFE NSW Australia
- DigiPen Institute of Technology, Redmond, WA, USA
- DIS Study Abroad – Copenhagen, Denmark
- Drexel University Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Ecole Georges Melies, France
- Edwardes College Peshawar, Pakistan
- ELAC, East Los Angeles CA, USA
- Ecole MoPA, FRANCE
- Edinburgh College, Scotland UK
- Emily Carr University Art & Design, BC, CANADA
- Escola Britânica de Artes Criativas, Sao Paulo, Brasil
- Estonian Academy of Art, Tallinn, Estonia
- Estúdio Escola de Animação, BRASIL
- Exceptional Minds, CA, USA
- FAAP, Sao Paulo, BRASIL
- Faculdade Melies, Sao Paulo, BRASIL
- Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, USA
- Ferris State University: MI, USA
- FEU Institute of Technology, Manila, Philippines
- Film School Zlín, CZECHIA
- Francis Tuttle Technology Center, OK, USA
- Game Heads Youth Program, Oakland, CA, USA
- Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA
- Georgia Southern University, Georgia, USA
- Georgia State University, Georgia, USA
- Gnomon School of Visual Effects, CA, USA
- Grand Valley State University, MI, USA
- Griffith Film School, Australia
- HBK Essen, Germany
- Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
- HSE Art and Design School, Moscow, Russia
- Humber College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Huntington University, IN
- iAcademy, Philippines
- Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
- INTI International College Subang, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
- Irvine Valley College, CA, USA
- ITESM – Campus Guadalajara
- ITESM Campus Monterrey: Monterrey, Mexico
- ITESM Campus Queretaro, MEXICO
- ITESM Campus Puebla
- Ithaca College, NY, USA
- Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, INDIA
- Kansas City Art Institute , Kansas City, MO (Missouri) USA
- Kendall College of Art and Design , Grand Rapids, MI USA
- Kedriya Vidyalaya, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
- Kingston University London, UK
- Kunsthochschule Kassel, GERMANY
- Kutztown University, PA, USA
- Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, USA
- Lesley University, Cabridge, MA, USA
- Lipscomb University, TN, USA
- Loyola Marymount University, CA, USA
- Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
- Metropolitan Community College, NA, USA
- MIT Art, Design and Technology University, India
- MTSU , Tennessee USA
- Munster Technology University, Tralee, Ireland
- National Pingtung University, TAIWAN
- Nevada State College , Henderson, NV
- New Mexico State University, New Mexico, USA
- Northeastern University, MA, USA
- Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, Italy
- Ohio State University
- Okanagan College, BC, Canada
- Ontario College of Art and Design, ON, CANADA
- Orange Coast College, CA, USA
- Orange County School of the Arts
- Otis College of Art and Design, CA, USA
- Parsons School of Design, NY, USA
- Penn State – Pennsylvania State University
- PennWest- Edinboro, PA, USA
- Pixel Blue College, Alberta, CANADA
- Point Park University, PA, USA
- Portsmouth University, UK
- Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Pratt Institute, NY, USA
- Queensland University of Technology, Australia
- Rangsit University, Bangkok Thailand
- Regent University, Virginia, USA
- Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA
- Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, USA
- Riverside City College, CA, USA
- Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA
- SAE Institute, Mexico City, MEXICO
- SAE Institute, Capetown, South Africa
- SAE Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Salt Lake Community College: UT, USA
- Sam Houston State University, Huntsville TX, USA
- San Jose State University, San Jose CA, USA
- Sapir College, Israel
- SCAD: GA, USA
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
- School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY , USA
- Seminole State College Florida, FL, USA
- Seneca College, Toronto CANADA
- SFSU, San Francisco, CA
- Sheridan College, CANADA
- Shih Hsin University, Taipei, TAIWAN
- South Dakota State University, SD, USA
- Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
- State University of New York at Fredonia, NY, USA
- Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
- Syracuse University, NY, USA
- Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Queretaro, MX
- Texas A&M, TX, USA
- The Los Angeles Film School, CA, USA
- The University of Technology, Jamaica
- Think Tank Training Centre, Vancouver, CA
- NYU – Tisch School of the Arts, NY, USA
- Universidad de Oriente, Campus Puebla
- Universidad del Valle de Puebla: Puebla, MEXICO
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: Santa Catarina,Brasil USA
- Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla
- Universidad San Sebastian, Concepcion, Chile
- UNIT (Universidade Tiradentes), Aracaju, Brazil
- University of Alabama – Huntsville, AL, USA
- University of Bradford, UK
- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley CA, USA
- University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA
- University of Central Florida, FL, USA
- University of Colorado, Denver, CO
- University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
- University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI, USA
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
- University of Makati, Philippines
- University of Melbourne, Australia
- University of North Carolina School of Arts, NC, USA
- University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
- Universty of Saint Francis, Indiana USA
- University of Salford, Manchester, England
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
- University of Technology, Jamaica
- University of Tehran, IRAN
- University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA
- University of the Arts London: Central Saint Martins
- University of The West Indies, Jamaica
- UVM Campus, San Rafael, MEXICO
- Utah Valley University, Utah, USA
- Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
- Vancouver Film School, BC, CANADA
- Villa Maria College, NY
- Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
- Voxel School, Madrid, Spain
- Wah Yan College, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Westwood
- Whistling Woods International, Mumbai, India
- William Paterson University, NJ, USA
- Woodbury University , Glendale CA , USA
- Yoobee College of Creative Innovation – Auckland
- Yoobee College of Creative Innovation – Wellington
- ZPHS Dharmavaram, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA
Our BRAVE High Schools:
- Allen High School, Texas, USA
- Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School
- Apeejay School International, South Delhi, India
- Center for Academic Achievement – SMSD, Kansas City, Kansas
- Clark Magnet High School
- Communication Arts High School (San Antonio, TX)
- Don Mills Collegiate Institute HS: Ontario, CANADA
- Eden High School, Catharines, Ontario, Canada
- Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose
- Falls Church High School, Virginia, USA
- Franklin High School: CA, USA
- Freestyle Academy of Science and Technology
- Gladstone Secondary School, British Columbia, Canada
- Inglewood High School
- Interlochen Center for the Arts, MI
- Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, Salt Lake, West Bengal, India
- Marin School of the Arts (Novato High School)
- Northview Heights Secondary School, Toronto, Canada
- Regent Christian Academy – Sullivan Campus
- R L Turner High School, Texas, USA
- Rowland High School, CA, USA
- Salt Lake Community College, Utah, USA
- San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, CA, USA
- School for the Visual Arts and Humanities – CA, USA
- Sierra Canyon School
- Sisler High School (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
- Utopian Academy for the Arts High School (GA)
- Westside Innovative School House (LA)
- Wexford Collegiate School of the Arts (Scarborough, Canada)
- Wilson High School
And Our VERY Brave Middle Schools:
- Aveson AGLA Charter Middle School
- Blue Ridge Academy
- Fulton Academy of Science and Technology
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