Pure hearts of animation help to create a colorful future.
On the morning of October 22nd, the opening ceremony of the 2nd Gold Rhino Award as well as the KICAF Animation Festival was successfully held in Pullman Hotel, Kaifeng. The animation festival is co-hosted by Kaifeng Municipal People's Government, Henan University and China Animation Group Co., LTD.
Deputy Secretary of CPC Kaifeng Municipal Committee and mayor of Kaifeng municipal people's government, Gao Jianjun, university leaders including the vice president of Henan University, Xu Shaokang, the general manager of China Animation Group Co., LTD., Yang Shoumin, and the vice chairman of International Animation Association, Li zhongqiu, as well as many experts in culture and animation field all attended the opening ceremony.
The collecting and rating of original animation works is a crucial part of the Gold Rhino Award as well as KICAF. The festival received a total of 990 works from 98 universities, and many enterprises and individual artists. Seven venture capital works were chosen by the Gold Rhino Award. The animation project Eagles and Chickens won the Silver Award of the Gold Rhino Award with second place.