Sydney Opera House announced the return of the GRAPHIC global animation competition, held as part of the GRAPHIC festival [1] of storytelling, animation and music. The competition is open to illustrators, animators and storytellers of all levels – from established artists to up-and-coming talent – from anywhere in the world.
First prize for Best Animated Short is a trip to Sydney to attend GRAPHIC festival at Sydney Opera House, $10 000 [AUD] and the winning entry will be screened at the GRAPHIC opening night event. There will be a $5000[AUD] prize for Best Animation Craft, as well as the ANIMAL LOGIC People’s Choice award of $5000 [AUD].
Entrants are required to create an original short animated film with a running time of no longer than three minutes, and upload it to the dedicated GRAPHIC festival YouTube Channel [2], where the public can vote for their favourite. The twenty animations with the most votes will then be submitted to a panel of industry experts for judging.
Judges for the GRAPHIC global animation competition include Animation Director, Marco Marenghi (Walking with Dinosaurs 3D [2013]); Director, Chris McKay (Robot Chicken TV series, Co-director LEGO: The Piece of Resistance [2014]), Animation Director, Daniel Jeannette (Happy Feet, Where the Wild Things Are) and GRAPHIC co-curator, Jordan Verzar.
Competition is now open and entries close on Sunday 28 October, midnight AEST
GRAPHIC 2012 at Sydney Opera House will take place from November 9 – 11. The full program will be announced in September.
Source: Sydney Opera House
Links:
[1] http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/about/program/graphic2012.aspx
[2] http://www.youtube.com/user/SOHCompetitions