The Association is founded in the firm belief that the art of animation can be enriched and greatly developed through close international co-operation and the free exchange of ideas, experience and information between all who are concerned with animation.

The art of animation is the creation of moving images through the manipulation of all varieties of techniques apart from live action methods.
This independent art, whatever its manner of expression - in theatres, on television, in education or children's film etc. - should make an extensive and important contribution to the world's cultural heritage, while playing its part in the search for new ways of artistic expression. It should help to promote progress towards peace and mutual understanding between all people.
In the spirit of the above preamble, the members of ASIFA have drafted and adopted the following statutes.

 Article 1
Under the name Association Internationale du Film d'Animation (ASIFA) is founded an association of unlimited duration which is to be governed by French law of July 1st, 1901.

 Article 2
1. In the spirit of a world wide cultural movement for progress in the development, dissemination and knowledge of animation, the purpose of the association is:
a) to establish worldwide communications between all who are professionally concerned with animation (directors, producers, administrators, script-writers, technicians, artists, designers, animators, composers, critics and historians, etc.),
b) to help promote satisfactory solutions to their creative, aesthetic, economic, technical and other problems through the exchange and circulation of information.

2. To this end, ASIFA will:
a) organize meetings, conferences, assemblies and other events;
b) publish bulletins, studies, reports, documents, reviews and other publications;
c) grant its patronage to festivals and other undertakings which are in harmony with its purpose and premises;
d) promote the international exchange of film makers;
e) strive to remove obstacles in the way of free circulation of animation in order to carry out any of its objectives;
f) establish Commissions to carry out any of its specific objectives;
g) implement all other activities of the decisions of the General Assembly and the Board of Directors.

 Article 3
1. Its registered office is established in Annecy, France.
2. Temporary or permanent secretariats may be established in locations chosen by the Board of Directors with the consent of the local national government, and will function under the control of ASIFA.
3. In the event of war, the Presidency and Office of the Association and the administration of its assets will be transferred to a non-belligerent country, that of a member of the Board or, failing this, of a member of the Association.

 Article 4
The Association is composed of individual members who meet the requirements set down in Article 5, accept the Statutes and undertake to pay the dues set by the Board of Directors.

 Article 5
The Board may accept as individual members: artists, writers, directors, studio personnel, musicians, technicians, producers, distributors, journalists, critics, theorists, scholars, teachers, advanced students in animation, and all those who have made a substantial contribution to Animation.

The Association is international and composed of individual members.

 Article 6
The following will no longer be members of the Association (though the Association may not be terminated by their resignation):
a) members who have notified the President by letter of their resignation.
b) members who fail to pay their membership.
c) members who have been dropped from the membership by the Board of Directors.
This exclusion may be temporary or permanent. It can be motivated only by violation of the Statutes or public morals. Any national group or member may appeal before the following General Assembly, or, in the final instance, before an arbiter appointed by UNESCO.

 Article 7
The funds of the Association consist of:
a) annual dues of which the payment by January 31st is obligatory.
b) subsidies granted by official organisations, local, regional, national or international.
c) proceeds derived from various activities and from the sale of publications.

The Board of Directors may accept contributions in kind for the quota of dues if these contributions meet the needs of the Association. The budget is decided annually by the Board of Directors.

 Article 8
Daily accounts are to be kept of money received and paid, and, if need be, of contributions in kind. Each branch of the Association is to keep separate accounts which will constitute a special section in the general accounts of the Association.