Entries are now being invited for AEAF Awards 2011. The AEAF Awards is an international competition and screening, now in its 15th year, and attracts entries from around the world.

 

 

The Awards recognize and reward excellence and creativity in 11 categories of competition. The AEAF Awards Entry Form

Commercials Animation - Commercials VFX - Feature Films Animation - Feature Films VFX - Titles, Idents & Stings - Short Film - Music Video - TV Series - Web Animation - Student

The AEAF Awards finalists and winners will be screened on 2 August 2011. 
A panel of judges will select the top ten entries in each category for screening, and the top scoring entry from each will be named category winner and receive the award.

Entrants to the AEAF Awards have the opportunity to show their projects in the  AEAF Online Festival. 

The AEAF Awards are open to all digital content creators and motion graphics, digital video, animation and effects professionals and students.

Previous winners of the AEAF Awards are among the world's premier post-production companies, effects houses and film studios. Past winners include: 

Passion Pictures - Weta Digital - Animal Logic - Industrial Light & Magic - Pixar Animation Studios - Complete Post - Digital Pictures - Fuel - Iloura - Fin Design & Effects - Sony Pictures Imageworks - The Mill - Framestore – MPC -  and many others. 

Please take time to fill in the Entry Form and send it to us with your entry. You are most welcome to enter any projects that were completed no later than 30 June 2011.

All finalists’ entries will be screened at the AEAF Awards night on 2  August 2011. Winning entries receive the specially commissioned Award and, most important, exposure through the screening of the entries, press coverage including the Showcase issue of Digital Media World Magazine and the recognition of the digital content creation, animation and VFX communities.

We look forward to receiving your entry.

The AEAF Awards Entry Form

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The 2012 Byron Bay International Film Festival

FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: 28/10/2011

REGULAR ENTRY DEADLINE: 28/09/2011

6th Byron Bay International Film Festival March 2nd to 11th 2012

For 10 days, the always beautiful Byron Bay will be the setting of the 2012 BBFF. The first place in Australia to see the sun, Byron Bay provides an exotically stunning backdrop for the festival, with world-class beaches only a short stroll from the venue. This is a one of a kind film festival and it's hard to imagine a better place for filmmakers to have the opportunity to present their work.

The world of animation and experimental film continues to expand. With the unstoppable evolution of technology new doors are continuing to open for the visually innovative. Embracing this progression, BBFF is an exciting avenue to showcase animated and experimental films in a world class environment. No longer among the fringe dwelling genres, they are now a significant part of the festivals broad program and are embraced by judges and audiences alike.

The BBFF's Best Animated Film Award could be where you are headed if your film is 2D, 3D, Flash, Stop motion, Claymation, Traditional or Machinima. Or does your film test the boundaries of conventional film making, or even trample all over them as it runs past without so much as a "how do you do?" Then maybe you could be in the running for the Best Experimental Film Award. You might even be up for both!

Byron Bay and the surrounding area is a place that holds certain ideals close to its heart: creativity and the arts; human rights, diversity and multiculturalism; the natural environment and environmental issues; indigenous culture; innovation; spirituality and healing; conscious thinking and positive living; music; humour; and surfing. We endeavour to show a range of films that reflect an understanding of these ideals. But that doesn't mean we are limited to these themes.

BBFF believes strongly in providing support for the independent filmmaker. Whether this is your first attempt at gaining exposure in film industry or you have been chipping away at it for many years, we want to give you a chance to make your mark. The films we showcase are viewed by a diverse, intelligent and most importantly open audience. While the judging panel has included some highly respected and well connect members of the Australian film industry. Including representative of top Australian distribution companies including Lionsgate, Dendy Films, Paramount Pictures, the ABC, World Movies Channel, Rialto Distribution, Accent Film, Palace Films and many more.  

There is a broad range of awards including Best Film, Documentary, Short Film, Drama, Cinematography, Surf Film, Environmental Film, Music Video, Best Young Australian Filmmaker (open to Australian Director’s and Producer’s under 25) among others. There is also a special award for best local film.  Filmmakers are encouraged to use the paperless entry system Withoutabox and further details can be found at www.bbff.com.au

Filmmaker Andy Mullins whose acclaimed short film Minnie Loves Junior had its Australian Premiere in Byron said “We have travelled all over the world with Minnie Loves Junior, and the program at Byron Bay was one of the best I have seen, let alone had the privilege of being a part of”.

The Byron Bay International Film Festival is open to films of all lengths and all genres. Films in competition must have been completed after Jan 1st 2009.  

 

In its third year as a stand-alone festival, the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival returns to the University of Technology, Sydney from 23 to 26 September 2011.

Showcasing the latest highlights of world animation, this year’s festival also marks an increased focus on the ideas, craft and processes behind animated filmmaking, with an engaging program of expert panels, discussions and student workshops, along with the annual SIXTY40 Proto-Ninja Prize & Blue Egg Audience Choice Award.

In 2011 UTS: SIAF will bring you a bustling program of current animated films from here and around the globe. Featuring films not only from UTS students, but from Supinfocom school in France, a Korean films program, and Global Greats from quite literally all over the world.

The festival is a collaborative production between UTS, Design Architecture & Building, Arts and Social Sciences and Engineering and IT faculties and our sister-festival Melbourne International Animation Festival; supported by our festival board, programming committee and a specialised Industry Advisory Group. The festival aims to provide a platform for enthusiasts, students, academics and industry to engage in dialogue about animation and its practice in an open and participatory atmosphere.

 

Entries are now being invited for AEAF Awards, an international competition and screening, now in its 16th year with entries from around the world. AEAF Awards Entry Form

Entries are now invited for the following categories:

 

Commercials Animation - Commercials VFX - Feature Films Animation - Feature Films VFX -
Web Viral - Titles, Idents & Stings - Short Film - Music Video - TV Series - 
Flash  Animation - Student - Games Cinematics - Education & Training

The AEAF Awards finalists and winners will be shown at a screening event on 17 July 2012.
A panel of judges will select the top ten entries in each category for screening, and the top scoring entry from each will be named category winner and receive the award.

Entrants to the AEAF Awards have the opportunity to show their projects in the AEAF Online Festival.

The 2013 Byron Bay International Film Festival
REGULAR ENTRY DEADLINE: 27th September 2012
FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: 1st November 2012

7th Byron Bay International Film Festival March 1st to 10th 2013

The 2013 BBFF will screen for 10 days in beautiful sub-tropical Byron Bay. The first place in Australia to see the sun, Byron Bay provides an exotically beautiful backdrop for the festival,  with world-class beaches only a short stroll from the venue. BBFF provides an opportunity for filmmakers to present their work at a truly distinctive film festival.

This Festival attracts International filmmakers, directors, producers, performers, cultural tourists and prominent members of Australia’s film industry, not to mention a wealth of appreciative audience members. The range of films and genres screened are diverse and dynamic. 

The festival’s organisers are passionate about supporting independent filmmakers in all stages of their careers. They firmly believe in the creation of positive opportunities to showcase the fresh and amazing works of talented creatives to an open intelligent audience as well as to some well connected highly respected Judges.

The festival features an award for the Best Young Australian Filmmaker and is open to Australian Directors and Producers under 25. It also offers young Australian filmmakers reduced entry fees for their films. All accepted Filmmakers are encouraged to attend the festival.

Through-out 5 venues BBFF2012 featured 47 public screenings many of which featured introductions and Q & A sessions by attending filmmakers, free workshops & panels, industry networking functions, Schools Screenings, family-friendly films, free showcases of experimental films plus a popular a balcony bar for the audience to mix with filmmakers. The festival hosted 16 World Premieres, 107 Australian Premiere’s, and over 200 films from 39 countries. Two highlights of the Festival are always the Gala Red Carpet Opening and Closing Nights with catered parties which always attract full houses.

All films entered will automatically be considered for nomination in any award categories that the film might qualify for during the selection process. BBFF awards include but are not limited to Best Film,
Documentary, Short Film, Drama, Cinematography, Surf Film, Animation, Experimental Film, Environmental Film, Music Video, Best Young Australian Filmmaker (open to Australian Director’s under 25) & an award for the Best Local Film. Filmmakers are encouraged to use the
paperless entry system Withoutabox and further details can be found at www.bbff.com.au

The Byron Bay International Film Festival is open to films of all lengths and all genres. Films in competition must have been completed after Jan 1st 2010.

Culture2Culture presents Tricky Women, the first animated film festival, dedicated to animation created by women. The festival will include an international competition, screenings and discussions. Animated films, animation videos, computer animations and animations for the Internet implemented by women from 1999-2000 are accepted.

Insbruck - Austria from May 7 to 12, 2002, the first true worldwide Fair/Festival for Comics, BD, Manga, Cartoons, Animation Films, Video Games with Awards (inscription rights for Awards included in the stand rental fees).
Everyone is welcome: Exhibitors and Visitors (we are expecting more than 200,000 professionals and individuals the 2 first days) coming from all over the world.
For information and conditions, please visit our Web-site.

Welcome to participate in Prix Ars Electronica 2002 - Competition for Cyberarts!

For the 16th time, the Austrian Broadcasting Company, Upper Austrian Regional Studio, as the organizer of the Prix Ars Electronica, invites artists, scientists, researchers and developers from all over the world to participate in the Prix Ars Electronica competition. The categories are Computer Animation/Visual Effects, Interactive Art, Digital Musics and Net Vision/Net Excellence. The total prize money for the Prix Ars Electronica 2002 amount to 100.000 Euros.
The category of Computer Animation/Visual Effects encompasses independent producers as well as high-end products from the advertising and entertainment industries.
The deadline for your submission is March 31, 2002 (postmarked). The Jury meeting will be taking place from April 19 to 21, 2002. Consult the website for more informations.

For the 17th time the Asutrian Broadcasting Company, Upper Austrian Regional Studio, as the organizer of the Prix Ars Electronica, invites artists, scientists, researcher and developers from all over the world to participate in this competition in the categories Computer Animation, Net Vision/Net Excellence, Interactive Art and Digital Musics.
The total prize money amounts to

"Tricky Women" is dedicated specifically to animations made by women. The international competition with the "Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna" constitutes the main part of the festival. Country focuses, retrospectives, curated programmes, lectures and discussions offer the chance to look at animated films from a theoretical as well as practical perspective.