Se-Ma-For Film Festival is organized by Se-ma-for Film Foundation operating by two-time Academy Award winning film studio. It is the only in Europe and Asia festival dedicated to puppet animation and stop motion. This year's edition will be held under the banner of animation from Eastern and Central Europe.

The festival not only gives you the opportunity to see the latest, exceptional works of animation artists from Poland and all over the world, but also the greatest classics.

It is also an opportunity to discover the beauty of the art of stop motion and participate in discussions with artists, producers, distributors, as well as representatives of international film schools and festivals.

Lodz city spirit and film tradition provides a unique atmosphere. We want the festival to be an international meeting platform for all speaking the universal language of animation.



This year's festival will include, among other things:

• International Stop Motion Animation Competition and Polish Animation Competition.

• "Animation in the neighborhood" - a project involving several countries of Eastern and Central Europe - the presentation of the most important works of the last five years.

• "Fathers of our animation" - a scientific conference, which will be attended by historians from Russia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovak, Polish, Estonian and Hungarian. It will be a series of lectures illustrated with unique films from the major European archives.

• Special screenings organized on the occasion of 65th Se-ma-for anniversary; "Mornings for children" and special educational shows for high schools.

• Panels for producers, distributors, as well as promoters of the animation. Workshops and conferences with outstanding artists from Iran, Russia, USA, Romania, Belarus and Lithuania.

• Festival zone located in culture, art and creative business center - OFF Piotrkowska and related events; concerts and exhibitions, as well as a visit to the newly opened Se-ma-for Museum of Animation.



Discover the timeless beauty of stop motion animation



"They move, move like living, what a fantastic material, able to create miracles!" Ladislas Starevich - pioneer of puppet animation, which he invented in 1910 in Kaunas, during the recreation of stag beetles fight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From October 10th to 13th Se-Ma-For Film Foundation will organize 3rd edition of Se-Ma-For Film Festival (held in Lodz, Poland) – the first stop-motion animation festival in Europe and Asia. 

You are kindly invited to submit your films – every stop-motion film produced after January 1st 2010, which running time is not longer than 35 minutes can be entered.

  

Submission deadline is August 3rd 2012.

 

Submission materials include: Entry Form, copy of the film (DVD), English translation of the film, two stills and photograph of the director (author) of the film. Materials can be send by e-mail (festival@se-ma-for.com) or addressed to:

  

ANIM'EST 2012 Submission Deadline: June 15th, 2012Festival: October 5-14, 2012. Bucharest, Romania

 

Dear filmmakers, producers, distributors and friends of animated films, the 7th Anim'est International Animation Film Festival will be waiting for your shorts & features in the next few months. The deadline for submitting your films to the 7th edition of the festival is June 15th.

We are glad to announce the opening of the call for a brand new competitive section: Minimest - reserved for shorts appropriate for children aged 4-12 years old. An award will be presented to one of the shorts, based on a decision made by a jury of children.

Also, starting with 2011, the winner of the Anim'est Trophy is shortlisted for the annual Cartoon d'Or Award.

With a smart and nonconformist audience, Anim'est has become Bucharest's most loved film festival and a growing name on the animation scene of Europe, recognized as a member of the Cartoon European Association of Animation Film since the 5th edition. Our presentations, workshops, masterclasses and round tables provide a great opportunity to get in touch with the latest creations and make contacts

You are invited to submit films produced after January 1st, 2010, to one of the Anim'est competition categories awarded in prize money and animation software:

    * Feature Film
    * Short Film
    * Student Film
    * Music video / Advertising
    * Romanian Competition
    * Balkanimation
    * Minimest

Please note our entry deadline: June 15th, 2012, and check out our rules & regulations

ANIMAFRIK is an animation festival dedicated to African and Caribbean animation and designed to promote its  Art and animation. The festival projects films by African and Caribbean Animators on the continent and in the Diaspora. The festival has screening sessions, workshops and conferences.

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

Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, one of the UK's leading showcases and meeting points for emerging talent, returns to Bristol's harbourside from 18-23 September 2012. Join the festival for six days packed with screenings, workshops, networking, special guests and gala events, with a dazzling programme spanning film, visual art, animation, performance and music.

The full programme is now available online where you can also find delegate passes and tickets on sale. www.encounters-festival.org.uk

Roma Creative Contest - Short Film Festival wants to enhance young emerging directors and new technologies.

The participation fee is free: To register you must visit the website romacreativecontest.com and send the form along with the requested material by July 15, 2012. 

The first edition involved over two thousand spectators at the Victoria Theatre in Testaccio, recording a significant feedback from the media. The jury of cinema professionals was chaired byPupi Avati.

With its second edition 2012 the Festival wants to step forward and open the doors to the rest of the world, with a new international section, devoted to animated shorts.

The festival will be hosted by the Victoria Theatre (Piazza Santa Maria Liberatrice, 10- Rome) for four consecutive Sundays: 16-23-30 September and October 7, the closing night.

The competition is divided into three sections:
Images hunters, the main section, which accepts only fiction shorts, Animation, the international section; Mockumentaries, "fake documentary" feeding the doubt in the viewer that what he's seeing is real.

We are pleased to announce that starting today we are open to your submissions for the 8-th World Festival of Animated Film in the city of Varna. The final deadline for your application is 5-th of June 2012.

Submission is free.

The World Festival of Animated Film, once a biannual event, will now be held annually and it’s next edition will take place from 10th to 15th of September 2012 in the Festival and Congress Center in Varna. In the rapidly changing world of animation, a two year interval between festival editions seems like a lifetime, so the organizers, with the support of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and Varna Municipality, decided that from now on, the World Festival of Animated Film will be held every year. This gives the opportunity for the audience always to be on the very edge of animation and at the same time it will keep the festival interesting and fresh.

In other exciting news, it is our privilege to announce a new award that will be handed out for the first time this year – Award for best comedy short film in the name of Donyo Donev.

Additional information on the regulations of the festival and the deadlines to submit your films can be found on our website http://www.varnafest.org.

So stay tuned and keep animating.

 

We are expecting you and your amazing films!

We are open to your submissions Posted on Thursday March 22nd, 2012 by WFAF Team

We are excited to announce that starting today we are open to your submissions for the 8-th World Festival of Animated Film in the city of Varna. The final deadline for your application is 5-th of June 2012.

On your right you will find quick links to the full Rules & Regulations, as well as a link to our Entry Form, which you can fill directly on the website. Please read the Regulations thoroughly before you start filling in the Entry Form. There you can find information on how to prepare your films for submission, what are the technical requirements, the categories of participation and detailed information about the selection process.

If you have any questions that are not mentioned in the Regulations, please do not hesitate to contact us through the Contact form on the website or write us an e-mail.

We are expecting you and your amazing films!

International Animation Festival Hiroshima

August 23rd-27th

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima International Animation Festival was established in 1985, as a project commemorating the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing. From the beginning, Hiroshima City and ASIFA shared a same idea, that is, to promote the international mutual understanding and to pursue eternal world peace through the development of animation art, which is a medium common to all human beings beyond nations and languages.

Hiroshima Festival is a comprehensive animation festival, featuring competition programs to choose the Grand Prix, Hiroshima Prize and other prizes out of many latest animation shorts submitted from around the world. The festival also offers many special programs including retrospectives of masters and talented filmmakers, feature animations, high quality student works, animations for peace, for children, as well as seminars, symposiums, workshops, exhibitions, and educational film market, etc. With its outstanding international programs and administration, the festival is highly recognized not only within animation field but also throughout the media art society.

Entries from students + professionals are invited for PHOTOGRAPHY | GRAPHICS DESIGN | ANIMATION DESIGN categories to participate in 2nd Annual Global Photography + Graphics Festival-2012. For details kindly follow the link.

http://educationexpo.tv/awards/awards.aspx