The International Animation Festival of Brazil, Anima Mundi, presents its second Web animation competition, Anima Mundi Web. The competition is open to all international works in Flash format and under 500 K. The deadline for entries is June 1, 2001. There is no entry fee. The festival will pre-select twenty works that will be displayed on the festival Website for viewing and voting from June 15 to July 20, 2001. Viewers can vote for the public prize. A group of animation professionals will be invited by the curators of Anima Mundi Web to grant the professional prize. Both the public prize and the professional prize will consist of a cash amount (r$ 1500) and a certificate. In addition, the awarded works will be permanently exhibited on the Anima Mundi Website. The winners will be announced on the closing night of the Anima Mundi Festival in Rio de Janeiro on July 22, 2001.

December 26 and December 27, 2001
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Manga publisher TOKYOPOP has announced a call for entries for its first "Rising Stars of Manga" talent competition. The competition will give aspiring U.S. artists the opportunity to submit their original stories (written in English) for the chance to win cash prizes and get their work published worldwide. Submisison are being accepted now, with a deadline of December 16, 2002. "With the 'Rising Stars' competition, TOKYOPOP hopes to discover some of the best untapped manga talent the world has to offer," said Stu Levy, TOKYOPOP Founder and CEO. "We know that many aspiring manga artists here at home are looking for an opportunity to be published, and TOKYOPOP is proud to be the first U.S. manga publisher to support turning their dreams into reality." The grand prizewinner will receive $2,500 and the chance to pitch a full-length manga series to TOKYOPOP's top brass. The second place winner will earn a cash prize of $1,000. Eight runner-ups will each receive a cash prize of $500. All ten prizewinners will be published in a TOKYOPOP manga anthology scheduled for publication in spring 2003. Entrants are encouraged to submit content from all genres -- comedy, drama, horror, science fiction, action, fantasy, romance -- and even under-represented genres such as political, historical or instructional manga. To obtain entry forms and the official rules and regulations, visit the TOKYOPOP Website (www.TOKYOPOP.com) or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Rising Stars of Manga, c/o TOKYOPOP, 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

The Big 3D contest is the first of its kind to focus on 3D design for the Web, bringing together the 3D and Web development communities to showcase the possibilities in this new arena of Web design. The contest will distribute over $15,000 in prizes, including full copies of SOFTIMAGE|XSI, NewTek Lightwave3D, Toon Boom Studio, MindAvenue AXELedge, Electric Rain Swift 3D, Anark Studio, Ideaworks3D Optimaze!, Strata 3D Pro, and FlashForward 2003 conference pass. Entries will be judged by representatives from 3D software companies, the media and software resource Websites, as well as the general public via The Big 3D Website. To enter, participants must create and submit a 3D Web project that showcases four separate sub-sections sharing a common theme, while demonstrating unique and innovative uses of 3D design on the Web. Entries will be posted on www.thebig3d.com and will be available for public viewing and voting. Projects will be judged on originality, 3D use, interactivity and overall entertainment To learn more about the contest or to submit, vote for, or email an entry, visit http://www.thebig3D.com.

Tirana International Film Festival is the first and the only international cinema festival in Albania created in 2003. TIFF has received invitation to become member of the European Coordination of Film Festivals (ECFF), by next September. Consequently, TIFF aims to respect the Code of Ethics deriving from ECFF. This extraordinary event for Albania takes place under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports and Tirana City-Hall. The competition program combines short films of all formats and categories, alternated between them, in order to make it more eclectic and exciting. Tirana International Film Festival is open to well-known artists as well as students, representatives of all schools, contemporary, independent and alternative cinema from throughout the world. Part of the Festival is also a special program which includes all forms of film production - feature, documentaries and animated films more than 30' length. A particular interest is shown in retrospectives of different authors or countries.

Tirana International Film Festival is open to well-known artists as well as students, representatives of all schools, contemporary, independent and alternative cinema from throughout the world. Part of the Festival is also a special programme which includes all forms of film production - feature, documentaries and animated films more than 30' length. Albania is a solar, enthusiastic and friendly country and besides the

Tirana International Film Festival is open to well-known artists as well as students, representatives of all schools, contemporary, independent and alternative cinema from throughout the world. Part of the festival is also a special program, which includes all forms of film production -- feature, documentaries and animated films more than 30-minutes in length.

Albania is a solar, enthusiastic and friendly country and besides the "strong competition" TIFF aims at the same time to be a meeting point of cultures, where people of Tirana, the guests and all those who love the short film will have a cinema-language-communication week.

More than 20,000 Euro in cash and prizes is awarded to winners. Awards will be offered in each category. TIFF offers full board accommodation to the director or producer representing the selected film during seven days of the festival.

For more information, visit www.tiranafilmfest.com.

The organizers would like to announce the third edition of "AniFestRozafa 2012" Event. The International Festive Event of animated film for children and by children will be held in the city of Shkodra, Albania during the period September 23- 30, 2012. 

The organizers of the International Festive Event of animated film are experienced creators in this genre of film and are happy to invite colleagues to participate by sending their films to our festival.

The Festive Event “AniFestROZAFA 2012” will be contest of artistic values both in the official competition section and in the presenting section of international animated films for children, that of international films made by children themselves, as well as films made by students from international schools of animation.
The assessment of the artistic values will be made by an international jury and by a special jury composed of 30 children from different ages.

You can find more information on the website: www.anifestrozafa.com (  CATALOG 2011 & AWARDS 2011)

Animated films that are to be presented in this International Festive Event must be produced after January 1st, 2010.

Honorable colleagues who wish to participate in the International Festive Event are notified that the online registration, based on the regulation, starts on February 1st, 2012 (01. 02.2012). 

International Festival for Children and by Children

"AniFestROZAFA 2012"

rruga "Lidhja e Prizerenit", pallati "Vega" 8 apartamenti 28

postal code: 1010

Tirana  ALBANIA

tel: +355 672567527

Anibar International Animation Festival – Call for Entries
The 3rd annual Anibar Animation Festival is pleased to announce that the Call for Entries is now open. We invite all filmmakers to submit their animated films for consideration. The call is open till Saturday, June 30, 2012.
A link to the online application form is available here.
Additionally, films may be submitted using the online submission platform Reelport.

Anibar is scheduled for August 22nd - 27th 2012 in Peja, Kosovo.

Declared of Cultural Interest by the Honorary Deputies Chamber of the Nation, Nueva Mirada Film Festival is a member of CIFEJ (International Centre of Film for Children and Youth) and co-produced by INCAA (National Film Institute for the Arts and Sciences). Among the institutional sponsors are the UNESCO, the OEI (Organization of Iberian American States), the INTAL (Institute of Latin American Television) the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, the Secretary of Culture of the Nation, the Cultural Institute of the Province of Buenos Aires.

Through cinema, the festival sets out to highlight the needs of children and young people around the globe. It features an official competition, retrospectives, seminars, workshops and professional meetings.

For more information, visit www.nuevamirada.com.