Past Events :: Competitive Festivals

First Annual Amazing Kids! Animation Contest

Posted In | Event Category: Animation | Event Type: Competitive Festivals, Seminars / Workshops
Starts: May 19, 2000 - Ends: Oct 01, 2000
Submission Deadline: May 19, 2000
Location: Burbank, California, USA
Website: http://www.amazing-kids.org/splash.html
The First Annual Amazing Kids! Animation Contest will give young animators a chance to be mentored by professional animators from DreamWorks Animation. The contest is part of a partnership between Amazing Kids!, a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring excellence in children, and DreamWorks Animation. The event is hosted on the Amazing Kids! Web site and is open for kids 6-17 years old. As part of the contest, DreamWorks is providing original content for the Amazing Kids! Web site, including animation lessons for kids taught by DreamWorks animators. A panel of DreamWorks animators will choose the winners. Winning prizes include copies of the Web-based animation software program, Macromedia Flash, donated by leading Internet entertainment and software company shockwave.com. All contest entries will be posted on the Amazing Kids! Webspace in the "Amazing Kids! Animation Station," (premiering in late summer, 2000).

Large Format Cinema Festival

Starts: May 17, 2000 - Ends: May 20, 2000
Submission Deadline: May 17, 2000
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Website: http://www.LFCA.org
LFCA 2000 will mark the the Large Format Cinema Association's 4th annual Conference and 3rd annual Large Format Film Festival. The competition is open to all member of the international large format industry. The Festival highlights new and classic works in 15/70 and 8/70, an historical tribute to a pioneer of the large format film industry, and a closing gala featuring a 5/70 Hollywood widescreen classic. The Conference will feature panels, technical sessions, historical tributes, awards, and a keynote presentation.

Canada's Golden Sheaf Awards

Posted In | Event Category: Documentaries, Live Action | Event Type: Competitive Festivals
Starts: May 11, 2000 - Ends: May 14, 2000
Submission Deadline: Feb 10, 2000
Location: Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Website: http://www.yorktonshortfilm.org
Golden Sheaf Awards or the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival offer awards in various categories which include Children's Production, Documentray Over 30 Minutes, Documentray Under 30 Minutes, and Drama Under 60 minutes. Films must be 16mm, BETACAM, BETACAM SP NTSC or VHS NTSC. The entry fee for the competition is CA$100. All films entered must have been completed between March 13, 1999 and February 10, 2000.

Nordic and Baltic Animation Festival Fredrikstad

Posted In | Event Category: Animation, Special Effects | Event Type: Competitive Festivals, Exhibits, Screenings
Starts: May 03, 2000 - Ends: May 07, 2000
Submission Deadline: Feb 01, 2000
Location: Fredrikstad, Norway
Website: http://www.animertedager.no
After 6 years, the organizers of the Oslo Animation Festival have moved operations to Fredrikstad. Even with a new name, the Festival invites both animators and spectators to take part in five days of animated fun to promote the screening and better understanding of animation. The festival presents: Nordic and Baltic films in competition, Nordic and Baltic Panorama, International highlights, a Focus on Canadian animation, Paul Driessan as Guest of Honor, Animated Special Effects, a Celebration of Oskar Fischinger, Jury Progams, Exhibitions and even more. You can enter your films to this international festival on VHS tape.

First Roma Cinema Web Festival

Posted In | Event Category: Animation, Documentaries, Live Action, Short Films, Television | Event Type: Competitive Festivals
Starts: May 02, 2000 - Ends: May 07, 2000
Submission Deadline: May 02, 2000
Location: Rome, Italy
Website: http://www.larchivio.com/festival.htm
This Festival has six categories: features, shorts, TV fiction, cartoons, shorts and documentaries. One panel of judges will be composed of show business and communications professionals and the other by Internet users. The winning works will be presented on the Website for the rest of the year; the works that are not selected for the festival will be presented on-line for a limited period of time immediately after the event.

Harvey Awards

Posted In | Event Type: Competitive Festivals
Starts: Apr 29, 2000 - Ends: Apr 29, 2000
Submission Deadline: Apr 29, 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
The Harvey Awards are one of the comics industry's oldest and most respected awards. The Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in 24 categories, ranging from Best Artist to the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame. These industry awards are both nominated and selected by the full body of comics professionals.

Zoomgo Film Fest 2000

Posted In | Event Category: Animation, New Media, Short Films | Event Type: Competitive Festivals
Starts: Apr 01, 2000 - Ends: Apr 26, 2000
Submission Deadline: May 21, 2000
Location: New York, New York, USA
Website: http://www.zoomgo.com
First annual Zoomgo Film Fest 2000 is celebrating creativity, talent and achievement through the use of streaming media and the Internet. The festival will showcase works from around the world ranging from animations to shorts. There will be 100 films/animations selected and posted on the festival site where a panel of professionals from the Independent Film/Animation Industry will judge the top 10 voted films. There will be three overall cash awards: 1st place - US$5,000, 2nd place - $1,000 and 3rd place - $500. Voting will start on June 1, 2000 at zoomgo.com.

Cortoons Festival 2006

Starts: Nov 30, 1999 - Ends: Nov 30, 1999
Location: Roma, Italy
Website: http://www.cortoons.it/
Cortoons 2006 (third edition).

Cortoons is an International Animated Short Films Festival which will take place 26/27/28 April 2006 at Palladium Theatre in Rome (Italy).

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2nd World Film Festival of Bangkok

Starts: Nov 30, 1999 - Ends: Nov 30, 1999
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Website: http://www.worldfilmbkk.com
The 2nd World Film Festival is the annual festival held from 15 - 24 October 2004 at EGV Metropolis Bangkok Thailand. More than 80 films worldwide is participating and the competition is for the Harvest of talents awards in Best Picture, Best Script, Best Art Direction, Special Jury Prize Award and People Choice. Pls. visit www.worldfilmbkk.com

FIAE 09 - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EROTIC ANIMATION

Posted In | Event Category: Animation, Features, Other, Short Films | Event Type: Competitive Festivals, Discussion, Exhibits, Screenings
Starts: Nov 30, 1999 - Ends: Nov 30, 1999
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Website: http://www.fiae.com.br
FIAE 09 - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EROTIC ANIMATION

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