Arena's Creative Minds event is being organized for the past 8 years in various regions across the country to enrich the creative potential among arena students. To promote original contents in India, Arena has decided to offer this platform to studios and individuals that are into IP creation and/or Short film making to exhibit their work to industry veteran and media.

 

CREATIVE MINDS 2011 - WEST zone is scheduled on 15th Dec 2011. Please find below the time and venue details below.

 

Time: 10 AM to 5 PM

Venue:

The Fine Arts society Auditorium

RC Marg

Chembur

Mumbai - 71

Structure of the competition

Categories

Best Animated Original IP for Film/ TV series (any medium)Best Animated Short Film (any medium)

Details of the Categories

 1. Best Animated Original IP for Film/ TV series (2D/ 3D/ Stop Motion):

From December 3-10, film fans flock to Leuven. For the 17th year straight, the International Short Film Festival Leuven offers a broad and very colorful selection of the best short film has to offer. Expect hundreds of new shorts, animation films, videos, documentaries and innovative cross-overs, selected out of thousands of international entries. The festival is a round-up of a great year in cinema, but also looks at the future. Besides being a platform for the short film medium, it also acts as a major talent hunt, where tomorrow’s filmmakers are able to present their first professional productions.

Festival Highlights

EUROPE IN SHORTS: Sundance, Clermont Ferrand, Regensburg, Hamburg, Locarno… our festival team travelled all over the world in search of the very best European short films. Once home, we go through over 2000 entries and select only forty, the cream of the crop of European shorts. The European competition shows films from over 17 countries.  In the non-competitive programmes dozens of new European shorts will be screened, in sections as "The Labo", "Short Films for Children", "Animation Nations" and "Finest Irish Shorts".MILESTONES IN SHORT FILM HISTORY: Milestones in Short Film History” is a collection of the most influential short films made throughout a century of cinematic history. It entails thirty movies produced between 1900 en 2000 that are typical of certain movements and evolutions in movie history or that introduced new techniques, procedures, styles, genres or directors. Together with the programma, the ISFFL presents a publication with the same title (Dutch-English) in witch all films are discussed.SHORT FILM COMPETITION:The ISFFL organises a Flemish and European Short Film Competition in which audience awards and jury awards are being granted. Besides the ISFFL awards the Flanders Audiovisual Fund grants 5 “Wildcards” for new Flemish film talent. The value of the prizes reaches almost 300.000 euro. The winners are announced at the award ceremony, on the last day of the festival, December 10thINDUSTRY ACTIVITIES: Each year, the International Short Film Festival welcomes countless young filmmakers and film professionals from all over the world. This edition boasts quite a few professional activities this year: an info session about Crowdfunding (organised by MEDIA Desk Flanders and SACD), a 2-day seminar about the Short Film in Flanders, a lecture by the Danish-American short film professor Richard Raskin “Story Design in Short fiction Film” and many more.

The International Animated Film Festival "Les Nuits Magiques" show the treasures of animated films to audiences, screening shorts and feature animated films not viewed on TV and in theaters. The event will feature an international short films competition, feature films, special programs, young audience programs, introduction workshops to animation...

Entry form and rules available online www.lesnuitsmagiques.fr from may 15th to augusth 31th

Visit www.iafistanbul.com for more information.

The 4th annual 2011 Machinima Expo (MachinExpo) will take place on the weekend of the 19th and 20th November 2011 in the virtual world of Second Life™ (www.secondlife.com) and live on the web (www.machinima-expo.com). The Festival celebrates the art of Machinima, which is 3D animation created in real-time. The MachinExpo will feature screenings, panel discussions, interviews and opportunities to meet and learn from machinima filmmakers all over the world.

191 machinima films were submitted to this year’s Expo. Four films will be selected by a handpicked jury, One film will win the Grand prize and 3 will win Jury prizes. The prizes will be announced during the weekend events. A selection of the other submitted films will be screened during the expo as well as the week running up (and the week after) to the event. All films will stream 24/7 at the Expo web portal (www.machinima-expo.com).

There is no cost to attend the Expo either within Second Life or to watch via the live steam web portal. If you’ve never been to Second Life before, we recommend you download the free software and try it out before you attend.

The weekend event is being sponsored by Muvizu (www.muvizu.com), Reallusion (www.reallusion.com) and the machinima filmmaker Anim8tor Cathy (www.undisclosedstudio.com). They all have made generous donations to help provide with the running costs and prizes at this year’s Machinima Expo.

Earlier this year, it was announced that the MachinExpo is collaborating with the New Media Film Festiva (www.newmediafilmfestival.com), a real-life festival taking place in Los Angeles in May 2012, the Expo’s films selected by the screening jury will be also screened at the New Media Film Festival.

For more information see http://blog.machinima-expo.com/ and http://www.newmediafilmfestival.com/

Animated Dreams, the oldest and biggest Estonian animation film festival, offers Estonian animators a chance to display the state of their art as well as promotes high-quality international animation culture. From its beginnings as an offshoot of Black Nights Film Festival back in 1999, the event has evolved into a small independent festival. The festival consists of the short animation competitive programme and several special programmes. Traditions include lectures by foreign guests, meetings and workshops.

The short film competition is open to films of any genre and animation technique.

Eligible films must be:

a) short and medium-length (-45 min) animated films;
b) premiered after 1 January, 2010;
c) screened in 35 mm, HDCAM, DigiBeta, or Blu-ray;
d) with English subtitles, if not in English.

Deadline for application is August 15, 2011.
By this date online entry form must be completed (http://vp.eventival.eu/poff/15/films) filmography of director, stills of the film, synopsis of the film) on CD and a preview copy (DVD) with English subtitles should be sent to our office.

The competition selection will be announced to the applicants by October 1, 2011.

This just in- There is now a $1500 Travel Award for a filmmaker to come to the CIFVF. The filmmaker chosen will travel to the festival and perform the final adjudication for the 2011 Greater Columbus Arts Council Media Fellowships. This award is not limited by division so all entries are in consideration for this award.
And also this year, thanks to Showbiz Software, everyone who enters the CIF+VF wins a prize!
All of our film entrants will receive a free digital copy of The Showbiz Labor Guide.

We are also accepting entries for the 2011 CIFVF through WithoutABox

The CIFVF, now in its 59th year, is the longest running film festival in the United States. We are especially seeking animation this year, both for children and adults.

To enter:

www.chrisawards.org

Jetzt Filme einreichen für die 11. Flensburger Kurzfilmtage

Vom 09. - 12. November 2011 zeigen wir wieder ausgesuchte Filme aus Deutschland und Dänemark. Egal ob Spielfilm, Dokumentation oder Animationsfilm, bei den Flensburger Kurzfilmtagen kommt kein Genre zu kurz. Es werden auch dieses Jahr wieder Preise in den einzelnen Kategorien Spielfilm, Dokumentation und Animationsfilm verliehen. Außerdem ist ein Nachwuchs-Förderpreis und der Förderpreis für Filmemacherinnen ausgeschrieben.

Wer also einen Film nach dem 01.01.2009 fertiggestellt hat, der eine maximale Länge von 30 Minuten hat, ist herzlich eingeladen, diesen Film bis zum 31. Juli 2011  über www.flensburger-kurzfilmtage.de anzumelden.

3D, Eric Roberts,  Joan Osborne & Tom Shadyac Join this year's 2nd annual New Media Film Festival’s San Francisco festival lineup!

 

The Best in New Media… Honoring Stories worth Telling.

 

San Francisco CA-- Sat. Nov. 5, 2011

 

This year’s program at the New Media Film Festival stars actor Eric Roberts in “Vegan 101” and band Linkin Park in their lunar odyssey music video “Iridescent.” There will be World Premieres for Joan Osborne’s “love and hate," “Sesko” by Carlos Florez, and short film “Hollywood Tales” by Ethan Black. We also have the 2011 Emmy nominated PSA “the power of you” for Big sisters of RI, and award winning short films “Three fifty” and “The strange tale of Billy Barker.”

 

We are also proud to be screening the existential documentary “I AM” from filmmaker Tom Shadyac, the creative force behind such blockbusters as “Ace Ventura," “Bruce Almighty," “Nutty Professor," and “Liar Liar” as he explores two central questions:

 

What’s Wrong With the World? and What Can We Do About it?

GIRAF7: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
 
GIRAF is now looking for Animation submissions, in all styles, genres, lengths, and mediums.

GIRAF, or the Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival (est 2005), is an annual animation festival that runs each November at the Plaza Theatre in Calgary.  GIRAF celebrates the spirit of independent, underground, and experimental animation, showcasing Canadian animators and presenting diverse animations from around the globe. We’ve showcased the award winning independent work artists including Don Hertzfedlt, Bruce Bickford, Brandon Bloomaert, Barry Doupe, Cordell Barker, Richard Reeves, Chad Van Gaalan, Nick Fox-Geig, Amy Lockhart, Stu Hughes, Madi Piller, and Cam Christiansen, among many others.

Our programs are a strong eclectic mix of animation, representing the best of the medium from Claymation to CG. We focus on presenting independent animations that push boundaries through new techniques, unique visions, and stimulating subject matter.

We DO NOT CHARGE A SUBMISSION FEE, and encourage short and feature length local, national, and international submissions

DEADLINE: August 1, 2011 *Postmarked*

TO SUBMIT YOUR ANIMATION:

Please read our SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, before sending your film.  Improperly labeled, submitted, and formatted films will be disqualified.  Next, Fill out our ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM HERE, and mail us your DVD!  Visit www.giraffest.ca for all appropriate documents.

Submission Questions?  Email programming@quickdrawanimation.ca