Past Events :: Short Films

The Nashville Independent Film Festival (NIFF)

admin — Wed, 07 Jun 2000 11:00:00 -0700

Early deadline for entries: December 17, 1999.

Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films

admin — Wed, 21 Jun 2000 11:00:00 -0700

The 14th World Festival of Animated Films - Zagreb 2000 is an ASIFA sanctioned event dedicated to the art of animation. Categories are: work from 30 sec. to 6 min. long; work from 6 min. - 15 min. long; work 15min. to 30 min. long, and artists film debuts. Submissions can be sent on VHS tapes, but for screening a film print or a BETACAM SP PAL tape must be provided. Award with cash prizes will be given as follows: grand prize, a first prize in each time oriented catagories, and best first production.

The 6th Annual Toronto Short Film Festival

admin — Mon, 05 Jun 2000 11:00:00 -0700

The festival will have the following categories/programs: Computer Animation, International, Visions Canada, Children's Cinema and Midnight's Mania. Films must have been completed after June 1998, and not exceed 40 minutes. Films will be selected based on quality and originality. In conjunction with the festival, a marketplace will be set up for TV buyers, distributors, producers, exhibitors, development and acquisition executives and networks to view all films submitted on video. Over 1,600 videos will be included in the market catalogue.

Hollywood Film Festival

admin — Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:00:00 -0700

The Hollywood Film Festival is currently accepting entries for its 4th annual festival.
Both short and long-form animated films are being accepted for the animation
category. Foreign language films must have subtitles. Entry fee for animation shorts:
$35 per film.

Maui Film Festival

admin — Wed, 31 May 2000 11:00:00 -0700

The Maui Film Festival prides itself on the presentation of life-affirming,
compassionate and transformative storytelling in exemplary films and digital cinema.
Features, shorts, documentaries and animation are accepted, as well as screenplays.
Special Events include: Silversword Lifetime Achievement Award, Filmmakers Panels,
Spirit of Aloha Audience Awards, Midnight VIP Cruise, Taste of Wailea and
Opening/Closing Galas.

The Crested Butte Reel Festival

admin — Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:00:00 -0700

The Crested Butte Reel Festival is a competitive short film festival with an animation, experimental and student category. The shorts must be under 40 minutes. There are cash awards, unusual "trophies" and industry exposure. The festival also presents filmmakers' panels and a director's workshop. Entry fees: regular entries, $30; student entries $20.

First Roma Cinema Web Festival

admin — Tue, 02 May 2000 11:00:00 -0700

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.

Outer Limits

admin — Tue, 16 May 2000 11:00:00 -0700

The New York Animation Festival, in collaboration with Video Lounge, presents Outer Limits, an international series of short animation, experimental, narrative and documentary film and video. Outer Limits will present a vast array of independent and innovative work from more than a dozen countries. An international program featuring animated films by Amy Kravitz (ROOST AND THE TRAP), Dana Behrman (PIGLATIN), Avi Katz (LAST WALTZ IN NEW YORK) and Sylvie Bringas and Orly Yadim (SILENCE) will be held on May 16 at 7:30 pm and May 18 at 9:30 pm.

The American Digital Arts Festival

admin — Fri, 19 May 2000 11:00:00 -0700

The American Digital Arts Festival is accepting entries in the following categories: Digital Filmmaking, Filmmaking w/ Digital Special Effects, Computer Animation, Digital Music, Digital Photography, Enhanced Scanned Photography, Digital Painting and Digital Graphics. Also, for youth age 17 & under, the festival presents The Digital Kids Fest as part of its program. Prizes are being furnished by Adobe, Deep Paint and MGI Software. The organization is also introducing a newway to self-distribute indie features or short films on line with www.IndieXtreme.com.

Zoomgo Film Fest 2000

admin — Sat, 01 Apr 2000 11:00:00 -0800

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.