Press Release from Nickelodeon

Kansas City FilmFest 2010
Kansas City, Kansas, USA
April 14-18, 2010
Deadline: August 15, 2009 (early)

All filmmakers, anywhere, are invited to submit your short or feature film -- drama, comedy, documentary, animation or experimental work. It must have been completed since January 1, 2008.

EARLY DEADLINE DATE: August 15, 2009 (Other deadlines: 10/1/2009, 11/15/2009. and 12/01/2009)

ENTRY FEES: Vary by short or feature and increase with each new deadline date

Anifest India 2009
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
August 13-16, 2009
Deadline: July 31, 2009

The largest annual international animation festival held in India. Competitive categories for animation shorts. 1. Student Films 2. Independent professional films 3. Commissioned films 4. Films made by teachers/trainers.

Pre-selection jury of professional animators select films for screening and voting by the audience at a live session during the festival. No entry fee. DVD format only, duration in all categories should be under 10 mins.

Canterbury Anifest 2009
Canterbury, U.K.
November 7-8, 2009
Deadline: September 30, 2009

The Canterbury Anifest is an animation festival that takes place annually. There is no submission fee. The Award Categories are Festival Grand Prize, Festival Runner Up, Audience Selection Award, Creative Design, Creative sound design, Technical Achievement and Smallfilms Award.

Design Festa Vol.30
Tokyo, Japan
October 24-25, 2009
Deadline: September 1, 2009

An international art event with over 8,500 artists attending!

Design Festa is a biannual international art event. Artists who have original work can participate with no restrictions. It is open to all artists from all over the world who want to exhibit their creative talent. For experimentation and an opportunity to take the next step in their artistic lives, this event is the place for artists to express their ideas freely!

Booth Areas

Video Festival Imperia 2010
Imperia, Liguria, Italy
April 20-24, 2010
Deadline: February 8, 2010

The Videofestival City of Imperia is open to amateurs and professionals. Registration is free. The Festival is now at its 5th edition and will take place in Imperia from April 20 to April 24, 2010. Deadline for foreign works is February 8, 2010.

551 authors from 45 nations participated to the 2009 edition. 100 films were screened.

INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY:

Flip Animation Festival 2009
Wolverhampton-Birmingham, West Midlands, U.K.
November 5-7, 2009
Deadline: July 3, 2009

Flip Animation Festival, UK. Established 2004. Animation screenings, seminars, workshops and competitions in the heart of England. Last year we included 6 competition categories:

Best Film
International Film
Best Newcomer
Best Sound Design
Best Experimental Film
Student Film

Free Film Submission - Deadline,3 July 2009

Cinema by the Bay Festival 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
October 23-25, 2009
Deadline: July 15, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Advanced Potion-Making Experience on YouTube
Deadline: June 24, 2009

The "Advanced Potion-Making Experience" is an interactive video submission contest launched in support of the July 15 opening of HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE.

Holland Animation Film Festival 2009
Utrecht, The Netherlands
November 4-8, 2009
Deadline: July 1, 2009

There are only a couple of days left to enter your film for HAFF 2009. Don't hesitate and submit your film now at www.haff.nl for the following competitions:

-- Competition for independent animated shorts in the categories narrative and non-narrative
-- Competition for applied animation in the categories commercials, educational films, music videos and leaders
-- Competition for best Dutch animation

Animated Dreams Call for Entries 2009
Tallinn, Estonia
November 18-22, 2009
Deadline: August 15, 2009

The 11th edition of Animation Film Festival ANIMATED DREAMS will take place from 18th to 22th November 2009 in Tallinn, Estonia.

Beware, your dreams have been animated!

How to submit a film:

The website poff.ee/anima displays the regulations, the short film entry form. For any kind of information please write to anima@poff.ee.

Titmouse Animation is Calling for Characters with Characters for 7200 Frames
Deadline: July 3, 2009

Beverly Hills -- June 17, 2009 -- Hollywood based Animation studio Titmouse, Inc., is offering an amazing opportunity to artists from around the country with ideas for a short animated film. The chosen films will be fully funded and the process will be documented from start to finish as part of a TV show being produced called 7200 Frames (www.7200frames.com).

Summer 2009 Animation Workshop, Film School Zlin -- Prolongued Application Deadline
Zlin, Czech Republic
July 12-26, 2009
Deadline: June 30, 2009

Press Release from Sony Pictures

CULVER CITY, Calif., June 15 -- In IGN's District 9 VIP Access Sweepstakes, two moviegoers can win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interview Oscar(R)-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, as well as DISTRICT 9's director, Neill Blomkamp, and star, Sharlto Copley. The grand prize winners will get the unique chance to learn exclusive details about the highly-anticipated science-fiction thriller DISTRICT 9 during a two-day trip to San Diego, California as they cover Comic-Con for IGN.com.

European Independent Film Festival 2010 Call For Entries
Early Deadline: December 14, 2009
Late Deadline: January 4, 2010

The European Independent Film Festival -- Europe's foremost festival for independent filmmakers -- is currently accepting submissions for its 2010 edition. The festival accepts films in 13 categories:

European
-- Dramatic Feature
-- Dramatic Short
-- Documentary Feature
-- Documentary Short
-- Animation
-- Experimental

Non-European
-- Foreign Dramatic Feature

The CGSociety is offering a challenge, should you choose to accept it, in its mission to track down the best Secret Agent inspired art!

The 24th CGChallenge calls for entries based on the shadowy world of spies, secret agents and their evil adversaries. Who do they work for? What secrets do they know? Who do they protect? And, most importantly, what cool and curious gadgets do they wield?

Press Release from e-on software

June 15, 2009. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, in association with Maxon, Pixologic, 3D Total, 3Dconnexion, Cornucopia3D and 3D World Magazine, today announced the fourth edition of the "Vue 3D Environment Competition", designed to showcase the capabilities of 3D technology for CG environments.

A Night of Horror International Film Festival announces its official call for entries today. The festival is now accepting feature films, shorts, music videos, and screenplays for the 2010 event.

What began as an idea for a one-night event (hence the festival's name) now spans for 10 days. The 2009 festival showcased 15 feature films and 70 shorts and music videos, along with hosting parties, filmmaking forums, and a screenplay competition.

Game industry professionals are invited to submit session proposals for GameX Industry Summit, October 24-25, 2009 in Philadelphia. GameX Industry Summit presents the 'Right Brain' Creativity Track and the 'Left Brain' Leadership Track.

GameX Industry Summit is presented by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) chapters in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Submit your session ideas to GameX Industry Summit today!

Animex Awards Call for Entries
Deadline: October 1, 2009

Animex Awards is inviting entries from student animators, games designers and visual effects artists for 2010. Judging panels from previous Awards have included representatives from Pixar, ILM, Disney, Aardman Animation, Sony Imageworks, DreamWorks Animation and Electronic Arts, to name but a few.

There are two ways to enter: