MONSTRA ANIMATION FESTIVAL May 8 through 18th, 2008
Two years ago Nik and I were guests of festival director Fernando Galrito at the MONSTRA ANIMATION FESTIVAL in Lisbon, Portugal where Nik performed an IDEAS IN ANIMATION program with three Portuguese musicians and gave a hands-on music workshop. I can personally attest to the high quality of the festival. This event is a meeting of animation and various mediums and art forms including workshops, exhibitions, seminars, and music. Competition films alternate yearly between short and feature length films, and this year will be devoted to films under 30 minutes with all techniques and genres accepted.
In the 2008 MONSTRA FESTIVAL there will be a student competition with a cash award of 1500.00 Euros. Students from schools all over the world are encouraged to send their films and are eligible to win the top prize.
In addition to the short animation and student competitions there will a retrospective tribute to English animation and films for young audiences. Nik and I will be there again this year so of course there will be music and many, many surprises! You can read my article about MONSTRA 2006 at my blog site.
You can get information on the festival and enter your film at www.monstrafestival.com. The deadline for entries is February 15th so… DON'T WAIT -- enter your film TODAY!!!
