ANIMAGE festival  is open for applications until july 29th

Animation producers can apply for free to display their work for thousands of people in Brazil

 

 

The ANIMAGE - III International Festival of Animated Film of Pernambuco is open for applications until july 29th. The selected films will be exhibited for free to an estimated audience of 8.000 people from September 30th  to October 07th in Recife (PE), Northeast of Brazil.

 

Producers interested in attending to the event - from any country - can apply from the website www.animagefestival.com. The only cost to the exhibitor will be the shipping of  their material to Rec-Beat Artistic Productions, promoter of the festival, in Brazil. This year, the company has already received applications from 10 brazilian states and from countries such as Poland, Belgium and Chile.

 

The Competitive Exhibition will distribute cash prizes and trophies for the best films in four categories: Best Short, Best Short for Children, Best Brazilian Short Film and Best Film (audience choice). Will also be contemplated with the trophy Animage, movies that stand out in the categories Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound and Best Technique.

 

Besides the films, the event will offer lectures, roundtables  and a new round of  animation techniques workshops (the first round was in May this year). With the expansion of the exhibition venues this year, it is estimated that the public will have a  60% increase this year and reach the mark of 8.000 people.

 

Directed by Rec-Beat Artistic Productions, Centro Cultural Correios and the Federal Government of Brazil, the ANIMAGE is sponsored by Correios and Funcultura (fund for culture of the Government of the State of Pernambuco).

 

For more information, acess  www.animagefestival.com 

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.

 

Se-ma-for Film Festival ( international festival of stop motion animation techniques) takes place in Lodz / Poland/ on 22nd-25th September 2011 and in Lugano /Switzerland/ on 21st-23rd October 2011.
The Festival Organizers are: Se-ma-for Film Foundation based in Lodz /Poland/ and its Swiss representative based in Lugano /Switzerland/.
Se-Ma-For Film Festival (international festival of puppet animation and other three-dimensional stop-motion animation techniques)  is the second worldwide and the only European festival dedicated to stop-motion, especially puppet and three-dimensional animation. Festival consists of three main elements:
- competition screenings of international competition for best stop-motion animation,
- Polish animation industry competition
- special screenings (thematic, historical, monographic) presenting variety and endless possibilities of stop-motion animation techniques.
Broad and multidimensional programme of Se-ma-for Film Festival includes: workshops, exhibitions, meetings with artists, seminar, concerts, performances, presentations of equipment and software for animated films production. Moreover, one of Festival’s aims is to create an international forum devoted to the issues of stop-motion animation and children cinema.

We'd like to invite all artistic schools, film schools, production companies, film institutions and individual artists, as well as  other institutions and persons entitled, to submit films.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO (May 3, 2011) – From September 21st to 25th, the nation's capital will once again become the center of the animation universe.  The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is the largest event of its kind in North America, a major film event attracting attendees from around the world. Film buffs, art lovers and cartoon fans won't want to miss this year's great line up of screenings taking place at ByTowne Cinema, National Gallery of Canada, Empire Theatres Rideau Centre and Arts Court Theatre.

The Festival showcases the best new animation from around the world in six major categories including Independent Short films, Feature films, New Media, Commissioned films (TV series, commercials, music videos etc), Student films and Work Made for Children.

In addition to the Competition screenings, the 2011 event the Festival pays tribute to the bizarre, funny, angry, scary, and confusing worlds of Gil Alkabetz, Mati Kütt, and Aaron Augenblick. Honorary president, the NFB’s David Verrall gives us Ten Reasons to Love Animation. John Canemaker takes us through the art of Joe Ranft and Joe Grant, while Jerry Beck invites us to join the Cartoon Fight Club. Plus, the Festival will dig into animation in Hip-Hop Culture and have a look at our relationship with Food. Hungry yet? Additional screenings will be announced in the near future at www.animationfestival.ca. 

About the Ottawa International Animation Festival

החורף בפתח דבר זה פרק זמן שלם לשוט בארץ בצימרים ברמות ראיתי מישהו מפתיע גוף ראשון יחיד מה המספר? להעלות עליו כנסו הורה הינכם מתכננתים פגרה בנופש בצפון איטליה בעל קשר דם או הרחוק מוצלח שתהנו! צימר בצפון

The Burbank International Film Festival would like to call to your attention our Official Call for Entries. If you could please spread the word regarding the festival it would be much appreciated. The link for submissions on withoutabox is http://www.withoutabox.com/login/7137 

Submission Dates 
December 31st, 2010 Earlybird Deadline 
June 15, 2011 Regular Deadline 
July 15th, 2011 Late Deadline 
July 25th, 2011 WAB Extended Deadline

The ninth Fantoche will be held in the town of Baden from September 6 to 11, 2011. The international show of animation film has become one of the world's most prominent animation festivals and is the only cultural event in Switzerland that is devoted exclusively to the full array of animation techniques, content and media

Fantoche is both a public festival and a meeting place for national and international experts. With its varied programme, it offers excellent entertainment for both young and old, with new things to discover and extravagance for animated-film fans and discussion and presentation forums for industry professionals from Switzerland and abroad.

Fantoche is just as refreshing, full of relish and lively as the indomitable scene, of which it is a part. It is infectious and creates an appetite for more. That’s why the previously biannual festival is becoming an annual event from this edition onwards.

Fantoche tracks down trends. With its international and Swiss short film competitions it searches for artistically daring ideas, young talent and the most prominent innovations worldwide. From the growing number of feature films produced, Fantoche selectively picks outstanding new releases and for the younger animated-film fans the latest children’s films are there to be gazed at.

At the same time Fantoche digs deeper and looks at individual aspects, themes or styles of animated film.

Fantoche looks beyond limits by building bridges to related art forms and dedicates itself to the use of animation in communication and entertainment media. In 2011 it will again venture into interactive realms and will be putting on show one of the arguably most creative interfaces between animation and computer games with an exhibition of independent games.

LATEST ANIMATION FILMS WANTED

Calling all film-makers – the “International Competition 2011” is open!

Fantoche is looking for the very best and most interesting short animated films from around the world. We are on the lookout for daring ideas, new pictures, surprising stories and ambitious projects by both newcomers and established film-makers.

The closing date for entries is 31 May 2011. The “International Competition” is open to films made applying all animation techniques, including a combination of live action and animation, lasting a maximum of forty minutes and completed after 31 March 2010. Films made by Swiss film-makers will also automatically be entered in the selection for the “Swiss Competition”.

Awaiting the films in the competition are seven prizes, worth a total of CHF 26'500, which will be awarded at the festival in September by a international jury of five members and by the public.

Gary SchwartzOttawa International Animation Festival 2011
Wall Photos‎************************OPEN CALL*********************
Submit your answer to the unanswerable question
" What is your definition of animation?"
...without using the word animation.
Submit as a sound file to:
singleframefilms@sbcglobal.net
The results will be incorporated in a short animated film
Produced on location during the 
Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011
September 21-25, 2011By: Gary Schwartz 

7th Annual International Animation Festival - featuring seminars, films, panel discussions, live demonstrations, viewers choice awards

The 7th edition of this international Animation festival featuring masterclasses, seminars, presentations, film screenings and awards. Also featuring the unique Viewer's Choice Awards in 4 categories - Students, Professionals, Teachers and Commisioned projects. Live voting and selection of the winners at the event by the audience. International speakers on Animation, VFx, Games, Comics, Interactive Content and more.