Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program
In the final of four program announcements, Sundance Institute announced the short film program at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, taking place Jan. 19-29, 2006, in Park City, Utah.
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Slamdance Film Festival 2006 Announces Lineup
The Slamdance 2006 Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 19-27, 2006, in Park City, Utah, has announced the films to screen at the 12th annual festival. Festival films come from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Cuba, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea, Spain, U.K. and the U.S.
The films competing in the Animated Short Competition include:* THE FLOODED PLAYGROUND (2005, 20 min., USA) Directed by Lisa Crafts.* THE LOVE TRAIN (2005, 8 min., UK) Directed by Eva Bennett.
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Send Your Spiritual Shorts to Damah Film Festival
The Damah Film Festival 2006Los Angeles, California, USAMay 2006Deadline: January 15, 2006
Cinanima 2005: Portugal’s Animation Oasis
Sharon Katz traveled to Espinho, Portugal, for the 2005 Cinanima and reports with a bit of background on the international animation event and what it had in store for fans this year.
HDFEST Los Angeles
Begins: December 1, 2005
HDFEST's 2005 Los Angeles event is the conclusion of the HDFEST 2005 World Tour. HDFEST screens films created exclusively using HD technology. The LA festival will screen a High-Definition Animation sequence featuring the best new animations rendered and presented in HD resolution. HDFEST will also award the winner of the Best HD Animation category.
Zoom Suit Awarded Best Animation At Two More Film Festivals
Former Marvel Ent. brand manager John Taddeos animated short film ZOOM SUIT has been awarded Best Animation at the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival and Best Animated Film at the Santa Clarita Independent Film Festival.
The Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival was held Sept. 16-18, 2005, in Nassau Bay, Texas. The Santa Clarita Independent Film Festival was held Nov. 11-13, 2005, in Santa Clarita, California. Both festivals aim to encourage the work of the independent filmmaker and expand the awareness of independent films.
Death by Heart Wins at Stockholm Fest
Malin Erixon's seven-minute DEATH BY HEART took home the "Made in Stockholm" award on Nov. 26, 2005, at the Stockholm International Film Festival. The film produced by Ganzanderes Animation was recognized by the jury "for odd but gifted animation which, by a surrealistic touch, mixes expressions and narratives in a free manner." The festival, which featured 160 films from nearly 40 countries, can be visited online at www.filmfestivalen.se/sitelliteroot/index/festival2005.
Sichuan TV Festival 2005
Begins: November 26, 2005
The Golden Panda Awards is co-organized by Sichuan TV festival, Cartoon Commission of China TV Artists Association and SIGGRAPH (Beijing) chapter, and is held during Sichuan TV festival, the biggest and most important state-level TV festival in China. For 2005, Sichuan TV festival set up its first international animation film award, the "Golden Panda" award, which is selecting works from all over around the world.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival / Animated Dreams
Begins: November 24, 2005
The Animation Film Festival "Animated Dreams" is a sub-festival of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival International competition of short (-15 min) animations includes 45 films that have premiered after 1 January 2004. Screening formats are 35mm, DVD and Betacam SP Pal. All films with dialogue must have English subtitles. Informative sections include retrospectives of a film-maker, genre or studio, and focus on a country. In addition, short animations will be screened before feature films in the main programme of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Czech AniFest Beckons!
5th Annual International Festival of Animated Films AniFest 2006Trebon, Czech RepublicMay 410, 2006Deadline: January 16, 2006
Time to Enter Zagreb 2006
Zagreb 2006Zagreb, CroatiaJune 12-17, 2006Deadline: February 15, 2006
Zagreb: 18th World Festival of Animated Films is an ASIFA sanctioned competitive festival. The festival was formed in 1969 to encouraging creativity, which eschews pre-set patterns and ideas/notions/conceptions, and finds new ways of exploring the possibilities of film animation. Awards with cash prizes will be given as follows: grand prize, best first production, best student film, plus five special prizes and three special distinctions.
2005 Machinima Film Festival
The Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences will present the 2005 Machinima Film Festival, a full-day of Machinima (animated filmmaking using 3D videogame technologies), taking place at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. The one-day event will include screenings of Machinima films, special presentations, talks with award-winning independent filmmakers and seminars about Machinima production techniques. For more information, visit festival.machinima.org.
Changsha Animation Festival 2005
Begins: November 5, 2005
Cartoon Commission of Chinese TV Artists
MostraMundo - The Moving Image Festival
Begins: November 3, 2005
The MostraMundo is an international cinema festival that, beyond showing competitive and non-competitive screenings, offers courses, workshops and debates about the cinematographic production and market.
The festival is comprised of films out of competition and videos in competitions, produced using digital devices, according to the following categories: - Student Screening - College Screening - Professional Screening - Web Screening
Subscriptions will be accepted until October 14th.www.aeso.br/mostramundo
Flyaway Wins Animation Award At Bethel Film Festival
Juried prizewinners were announced for the 2005 Bethel Film Festival. Taking the Best Animation award was FLYAWAY from director Danny Oakley. The short film was produced by Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Out Of Our Minds Animation Studio, which landed nearly $2 million in funding from private investors for the production of its first feature-length animated film, MAGISTICAL, earlier this summer.
Asian Filmmakers Still Have Time to Enter Short Shorts Fest
The Short Shorts Film Festival 2006Various Cities, JapanJune 3-11, 2006Deadline: December 20, 2005
The Short Shorts Film Festival is Japans largest festival for short films. The Academy Award accredited festival takes place in nine cities and 13 venues including Yangon, Myanmar and across Japan; Tokyo, Sapporo, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Osaka, Hakodate, Nagoya and Matsumoto.
The Animation Pimp: The Beginning of The End of The Beginning — Part 4: The Festival
The Animation Pimp looks back on his introduction to the life of the Ottawa Animation Film Festival.
Savannah Film Festival 2005
Begins: October 29, 2005
The eighth annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, presents films by studio, independent and student filmmakers as well as industry-led workshops and special guests from all aspects of the film industry. Venues for the festival include Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St., and Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St., Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., as well as a variety of other venues throughout the city.
The Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF) 2005
Begins: October 27, 2005
The Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF) is an annual, competitive film festival presented by Facets Multi-Media Inc. The event is the largest festival of children's films in North America. An adult and children's jury will hand out awards for animated features and shorts. The festival also features a category for child-produced films.
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4th Nueva Mirada Film Festival
Begins: October 27, 2005
Declared of Cultural Interest by the Honorary Deputies Chamber of the Nation, Nueva Mirada Film Festival is a member of CIFEJ (International Centre of Film for Children and Youth) and co-produced by INCAA (National Film Institute for the Arts and Sciences). Among the institutional sponsors are the UNESCO, the OEI (Organization of Iberian American States), the INTAL (Institute of Latin American Television) the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, the Secretary of Culture of the Nation, the Cultural Institute of the Province of Buenos Aires.
2005 CICDAF: Stars in the Sky, Dragons on Earth
Jen-Shen Gur gives us a look at the Chinese animation scene via the China International Cartoon and Digital Arts Festival, including impressions from NFB producer Marcy Page and Terkel in Trouble director Thorbjorn Christoffersen.
The International Animation Festival ANIMACOR 2005
Begins: October 25, 2005
ANIMACOR is a festival that celebrates the best works in film, shorts and TV series. During ANIMACOR 2005, in addition to the competition categories, the event will host a Spanish-German meeting of animation producers, a tribute to an international animation industry celebrity, Spanish animation round-table conferences and a exhibition.
Zagreb 2005
Begins: October 25, 2005
Zagreb: 17th World Festival of Animated Films is an ASIFA sanctioned competitive festival. The festival was formed in 1969 to encouraging creativity, which eschews pre-set patterns and ideas/notions/conceptions, and finds new ways of exploring the possibilities of film animation. Awards with cash prizes will be given as follows: grand prize, best first production, best student film, plus five special prizes and three special distinctions. For more information, visit www.animafest.hr.
San Diego International Children's Film Festival
Begins: October 21, 2005
San Diego International Children's Film Festival will showcase full-length films for children of all ages & teens, shorts for children ages 7 & under, at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego's historic Balboa Park.
The festival held its first-ever event in April, showing 65 short films from around the world. Actor-director LeVar Burton appeared at the festival, as did several other filmmakers.
