To enter the competition, applicants must:

• Reside in an African country at the time of entry.
• Be at least 18 years old on the date of entry.
• Be the original creator of all submitted works (portfolio and storyboard) even as a team
• Participate individually or as part of an unincorporated team (no formal studios allowed). 

Participate individually or as part of an unincorporated team (no formal studios allowed).  

Phase 1 – Pre-Selection

• Afro VFX reviews all eligible applications and pre-selects up to 30 applicants. 
• The official jury selects five finalists based on the relevance, creativity, and originality of their storyboards and portfolios.

Phase 2 – Selection and Integration of Finalists

• The 30 semi-finalists must create a profile on the platform www.cgafrica.com to present their application to the jury.
• The jury selects the five finalist teams.
• Online bootcamp for integrating the finalist teams: Competition content, schedule, schedule, access to tools (assets, Autodesk Media & Entertainment pack)

Phase 3 – Final Production

The five finalists will receive:

• The Autodesk Media & Entertainment Collection
• AfroVFX's free 3D asset pack (stadiums, buildings, monuments, etc.)
• Crowd simulation training using Golaem software, as well as Layout and Lighting in Maya
• Mentoring provided by industry experts
• Finalists must produce a final video of no more than 1 minute and 2 seconds, in accordance with the technical guidelines provided.

Finalists are invited to supplement the AfroVFX assets with their own assets (not purchased on any platform).

• Participants must be the sole authors of the submitted works (application and final production) and guarantee that no third-party copyright is violated.
• The use of assets (including characters) not included in the pack is permitted, but ownership (original creation) must be proven.
• The use of animation support tools (e.g., Mixamo) is permitted but must be acknowledged.
• By participating, finalists grant AfroVFX and its partners a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, and distribute their works for promotional and educational purposes, with attribution.

The jury evaluates the final videos according to :

• Fidelity to the original storyboard
• Artistic creativity and originality
• Technical quality (animation, layout, lighting, rendering, crowd simulation) Narrative strength and suitability to the competition theme

Technical Excellence (animation, layout, lighting, rendering, crowd simulation) and Narrative Impact, including storytelling quality and alignment with the competition theme.