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Perry’s Previews: 2013 Oscar Animation Shorts Review, Director Interviews & Prediction

By Perry Chen | Monday, February 11, 2013 at 2:15pm

2012 was an amazing year for animation short films. This year’s Oscar nominees share one thing in common: they are all silent films, each demonstrating the power of pure storytelling with only visuals and music! The nominees are: “Paperman”, “Fresh Guacamole”, “Maggie Simpson in the Longest Daycare,” “Head over Heels,” and “Adam and Dog.”

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The Promised Land: Part 4

Israel's demand for its neighbors’ recognition of its right to existence as an independent state is essential. Which country would not seek it or fight for it, if need to? But there is another facet to this, one which came to my focus while there, Israel's right to existence as the Jewish state. This is an all together other, vastly more complex an issue.

Screenwriting Blogs

10 MAXIMS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR SCREENPLAY

If you’re a writer who wants to improve the quality of your story, or a producer who wants your film to have the best possible chance at the box office, I've got 10 writing maxims for you that will maximize your chances of success...

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The 5th Xiamen Cyber Sousa Animation Festival, 26 through 29 October, 2012 - Xiamen, China

My visit to the 5thXiamen Cyber Sousa Animation Festival in Xiamen, China was in marked contrast to my visit to Changchun, China six weeks before.  Changchun is located in the far North East of China near to the South Korean and Mongolian borders and although the weather had not turned cold yet the heavy coats and boots in the department stores foretold what was to come soon.

Xiamen is situated on the South-eastern coast of China on the Taiwan Strait which gives it a beautiful tropical climate with lush flowers and foliage.  The most marked difference between the two events was the much more relaxed pace of the Xiamen festival.  Although there was an array of events, there were very few that we were required to attend, so I could choose what was most interesting to me.

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Last Call for Entries: 4th GOLDEN KUKER, SOFIA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL - 7 to 12 May 2013 SOFIA, BULGARIA

Dear filmmakers, producers, students and distributors,

Now is your chance to submit your animated films for the 4th GOLDEN KUKER – SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL!

will be held from May 7 to 12, 2013 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

You are kindly invited to participate in our festival’s competition this year with your animation films produced after 1st January 2011!

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ANIMATED COM AWARD 2013





20th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film


The award ceremony will take place on April 26, 2013 in the Mercedes-Benz Museum Stuttgart.

again – aiming at the myth of the „Silver Arrow“. All interested national and international filmmakers – students from film and animation schools as well as young companies – are invited to animate the famous German Grand Prix racing cars of the 30s and 50s in a personal and innovative way.

Information on the terms and conditions, the competition categories and the awards you will find here:
www.itfs.de/en/home/competitions/animated-com-award/.

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