International Möbius Grand Prize: Competition Origins
Founded in 1992 by Professor Ghislaine Azémard from Paris VIII University, France,the competition was originally titled Prix Möbius International des Multimédias.
Under the auspices of UNESCO, it commits to boosting innovation and cultural exchanges across global multimedia and digital publishing industries.
Named after German mathematician August Möbius, the award draws symbolic meaning from the Möbius strip:a structure featuring seemingly opposing sides that interconnect and loop endlessly,symbolizing the integrated coexistence of technology and culture, art and science.
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Track Setup
Centered on national strategies, innovation & entrepreneurship, cultural communication, talent cultivation and people’s well-being, five competition tracks are established to cover cutting-edge fields of digital content creation nationwide.
Track 1: Digital Cultural Tourism
Centered on the lineage of Chinese civilization, this track explores cultural and tourism resources, leverages digital media and AI to empower smart tourism, and fosters new forms of cultural tourism businesses.
Cultural and Tourism Planning Landscape Design Experience Design
Track 2: Heritage Reconstruction
Powered by digital media and AI generation technologies, this track interprets the cultural connotations of heritage, unfolds stories behind cultural relics, and advances the national digital heritage reconstruction initiative.
Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage Text-to-Image & Text-to-Video Generation Experience Design
Track 3: Digital Performing Arts
Centering on the revitalization and artistic expression of Chinese civilization, this track adopts AI to empower heritage-related literature and arts as well as immersive experiences, nurturing a sound ecosystem for digital performing arts.
Scriptwriting & Directing Lighting & Stage Design Music Composition & Performance
Track 4: Media Communication
Centered on the inheritance and innovative development of civilizations, this track harnesses AI to present a warm, credible and amiable image of China and boost China’s international communication capacity.
Digital Audio-Visual Integrated Media Works Comic Strip Art
Track 5: Gaming and Esports
Integrating the essence of Chinese civilization and adopting AI-enabled innovation in game and esports creation, this track builds an innovative foundation for participation in Olympic esports programmes.
Animation Creation Game Development Esports Ecosystem
Competition Timeline
May : Official Tournament Launch
June : Submission Opening & Works Collection
August : Preliminary Review
September : Secondary Review
October : Final Judging
November : Award Ceremony
Highlights of Previous Sessions
International Möbius Grand Prize: Past Achievements Showcase
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Rooted in an international network of individual experts, universities and research laboratories, the International Möbius Prize has long been committed to advancing research on systemic communication analysis and cultural industries over decades. This global alliance consists of national juries spanning Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and the United States.
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