Recently, the 83rd Venice International Film Festival closed. Among the three awards presented by the Venice Immersive Competition, the VR work The Pigeon Ring, directed and written by Zhang Yuqi, a graduate of the inaugural cohort (Class of 2019) of the Film Photography and Production major (Virtual Imaging Production direction) at the School of Drama, Film and Television of Communication University of China, and supervised by Che Lin, Associate Professor at the School of Drama, Film and Televi

On September 28, the UNESCO Creative Cities Design Forum, themed Design for New, Steering Intelligence for Far-Reaching——Challenges and Practices of AI-Integrated Design, was successfully held in Shanghai. At the forum, the UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia officially released the results of the When AI Meets Design global call for good practices. The AI interactive art installation Transcendence: Vitality of Mountain and Water by the team of Professor Wang Lei, Dean of the School of Animatio

Recently, the China Open International Volunteer Team Chinese Culture Training Session was held at the International Media Education Institute (International Student Affairs Center) of Communication University of China. The event was jointly organized by Communication University of China and the University of Missouri, with faculty and student representatives from both universities and all volunteers participating together, marking the official launch of offline training for the 2026 China Open

On September 14 local time, the 53rd Student Academy Awards ceremony was held during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) at the TIFF Lightbox venue. The animated short film Gauze, co-directed by Yue Yulin and Ma Xinyue, graduates of the School of Animation and Digital Art at Communication University of China, won the Bronze Medal in the Animation category. This honor is an important achievement of the schools internationalized talent cultivation in animation, fully demonstrating stude

It is once again the beginning of a new academic year. After completing registration and the opening ceremony, the 2026 preparatory students at Communication University of China officially embarked on a fulfilling and exciting preparatory study journey.From August 31 to September 4, the International Education Division of the Center for Education Development systematically organized a series of orientation education week activities for new students around seven areas: university rules and regula

ByZhang Yanqiu, Zhang ZhihuaFrom August 17 to 24, Vice President Cai Jianping of our university led a delegation to renowned universities in Argentina and Uruguay for academic exchanges and cooperation visits. Professor Zhang Yanqiu of the Institute for a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity and Professor Zhang Zhihua of the School of Journalism accompanied the delegation.The delegation participated extensively in the Fourth Latin American China Studies Conference. During the conference,

To strengthen the development of animation and digital art disciplines, enrich international exchanges and cooperation for faculty and students, and support the universitys goal of building a world-class institution, during the 2026 summer semester, the School of Animation and Digital Art at Communication University of China organized a series of international joint programs. Nearly 80 faculty and students traveled to France, Switzerland, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and other cou

I. Entry CategoriesA. AnimationRefers to dynamic image works that create motion or character performance through frame-by-frame methods, including narrative and non-narrative categories. Animated short films may be produced through hand-drawn animation, computer animation, stop-motion animation, and other frame-by-frame methods, but motion capture and real-time controlled puppet performances are not included. Animated short films should be under 30 minutes in length, with 75% of the footage prod