"Tricky Women" is specifically dedicated to animation made by women. The international competition with the "Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna" constitutes the main part of the festival. Country focuses, retrospectives, curated programs, lectures and discussions offer the chance to look at animated films from a theoretical as well as practical perspective. For more information, visit www.culture2culture.at.

The sixth edition of Tricky Women Animation Film Festival will take place in March 5-9, 2009. Tricky Women is dedicated exclusively to animation by women. Since 2007 it has been held annually in Vienna each March. The festival offers an international competition of animated short films created by female artists and produced in 2007 or 2008. The deadline for applications for the preliminary selection is November 14, 2008. Awards: Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna worth 3,650 Euro 3-month scholarship in the artist-in-residence program of quartier21/MQ Synchro Film & Video Material Prize worth 1,500 Euro Hubert Sielecki Award worth 500 Euro (for Austrian animation) Audience Award The entry form is also available on our website www.trickywomen.at, where you can find more information about this year's festival and its awarded films: http://www.trickywomen.at/index.php?id=53&L=1. The film still is made by Klara Swantesson (SE), who designs the Tricky Women 09 Trailer.

TRICKY WOMEN 2010 – International Animation Film Festival
March, 4th – 8th


Tricky Women is the first and only festival of animated film in Europe that is dedicated exclusively to animation by women. With its international competition, retrospectives, presentations by renowned film schools, its special programmes and its forum Connecting Animation, Tricky Women offers a unique, up-to-date overview of animated filmmaking around the world.
Since 2007 it has been held annually in Vienna each March.

The festival offers an international competition of animated short films realised by female artists and produced in 2008 or 2009. Each filmmaker, producer or distributor may submit as many films as they like. Each film submitted must be accompanied by an entry form and sent on a separate tape or reel. No films entered in prior Tricky Women Festivals shall be admitted.

The deadline for applications for the preliminary selection is October 30, 2009!!

Awards are presented in the following nominations:
• Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna worth 4,000 Euro.
• 3-month scholarship in the artist-in-residence programme of quartier21/MQ.
• Synchro Film & Video Material Prize worth 1,500 Euro.
• Hubert Sielecki Award worth 500 Euro (for an Austrian animation).
• Audience Award.

Each year the Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival programs the "cr

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