H-AIR HIROSHIMA ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

H-AIR is a residency program for people involved in the animation industry. The purpose of the program is to invite animation artists to stay in Hiroshima City for a short period of time and engage in their new projects here. The aim is to help the invitees to build their careers and enrich the art and culture environment in Hiroshima.

The number of the invited artists

Period of Stay

June 8 (Mon) - Aug 26 (Wed), 2026 (80 days)

Application

Dec 1 (Mon), 2025 - Jan 31 (Sat), 2026

Selection Committee

Nobuaki Doi, Koji Yamamura, Shizuka Miyazaki

How to apply

To apply, the applicants need to fill out the online application form on the official website of Hiroshima Animation Season and include your proposal document for your new project. Any style of proposal document is acceptable, but please be sure to include the following information.

Proposal document contents:

Project overview
Reason why participation in H-AIR is necessary for this project (in the case of working on your own new project)
Why is a visit and stay in Hiroshima necessary for your career? (in the case of working on a short film based on a stay in Hiroshima)
A summary of how the applicant satisfies the “3. Selection (2) Selection criteria,” written in the Application Guideline.

Your proposal should be no more than 10 pages long in PDF format, and it should be written in English or Japanese.

Please read the Application Guideline carefully before applying.
◎Application Guideline (PDF)
◎Click Here for the Application Form

Report

Please click here to see the invitees, reports, etc. for H-AIR2024.
https://animation2024.hiroshimafest.org/en/air/