Bitfilm Festival 2004
Hamburg, Germany
November 3 - 7, 2004
Deadline: July 15, 2004

The Bitfilm Festival for digital film and new media shows films that use digital technology in a creative and innovative way. There are six categories:

* 3D Space: Computer generated 3D animations.
* FX Mix: Digitally composed hybrids, mixing live-action, effects and animation.
* 64K Demos: Audiovisual programs that work with a PC's processor and videocard.
* Flash: Linear films and interactive works made with Macromedia Flash.

CGI meets sexy sci-fi in Tripping the Rift, Sci Fi Channel’s first adult-oriented cartoon.

Ottawa International Animation Festival
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
September 22 – 26, 2004
Deadline: July 2, 2004

Spike TV (a division of MTV Networks) will be airing animation created using ILL Clan Inc.’s proprietary 3D animation technique called machinima. By modifying off-the-shelf computer game technology, the New York animation studio produces machinima in a fraction of the time it would take using typical computer animation techniques.

The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences will hold the Machinima Film Festival, which celebrates films made within a realtime virtual 3D environment (i.e. 3D game engine). The early submission deadline is August 1, 2003 and the final deadline is September 15, 2003. Last year

The Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences has announced the nominations for the 2003 Machinima Awards, which showcases the best in films created in a realtime virtual 3D environment, known as 3D game engines. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on October 25, 2003 at the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York as part of the Machinima Film Festival.

The 4th Bitfilm Festival for digital film and new media shows films that use digital technology in a creative and innovative way. There are five categories:

Digital Features
Films of min. 90 minutes which use 3D animation and digital effects as an artistic means.

Bit Shorts
Short films, music videos and ads which use 3D animation and digital effects as an artistic means.

Flash
Linear films and interactive works made with Macromedia Flash.

Machinima
Films that are animated in real time using game environments.

Micromovies
Films of max. 60 seconds that are custom-made for mobile devices like cell phones, PDAs etc.

There will be a total of 45,000 Euros in prize money awarded. Entry deadline: July 1, 2003. There is no entry fee.

More information and submissions under http://www.bitfilm-festival.org/index_e.html

The Portland Indy Animation Festival 2003 is now accepting competitive and non-competitive entries. The Festival celebrates independent animators around the world, the more independent and original, the better. Submissions can include all aspects of animation including 3D, 2D, machinima, stop-motion, filmed puppetry (in all its forms) and interpretations of the art of animation. Format of submissions must be provided on one of the following: DVD, SVCD, VCD, VHS (PAL/SECAM/NTSC) and MiniDV. Entries need to be received by July 31, 2003. Entries submitted for the competition will be evaluated by judges and the audience. There will be awards handed out to those present on the last day of the festival. The Festival will take place at several venues August 24-26, 2003 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

The Machinima Film Festival 2003
New York, New York, USA
October 25, 2003
Deadline: September 15, 2003

The 4th Bitfilm Festival for Digital Film and New Media is looking for entries for the event that will take place in Hamburg, Germany on September 19-26, 2003. Prize money totaling 45,000 Euros will be awarded in five categories:
Digital Features
Films that run 90 minutes, which use 3D animation and digital effects as an artistic means.
Bit Shorts
Short films, music videos and ads which use 3D animation and digital effects as an artistic means.
Flash
Linear films and interactive works made with Macromedia Flash.
Machinima