Nicktoons Network is seeking entries for the fifth annual Nicktoons Network Animation Festival. Animators from around the world can submit their work to the first and only multiplatform animation festival from Sunday, June 15, through Friday, August 1.
For the first time, Nicktoons Network has partnered with AddictingGames and the LEGO Group on two new contests and with mtvU for this year's Student Award. Entry forms can be downloaded on www.nicktoonsnetwork.com/nnaf.
The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival is on the hunt for a selection of original short films created in any style of animation that do not exceed 10 minutes in length. Submitted shorts will be chosen by a pre-selection jury and will be showcased on-air, online and during the network's exclusive live event in October. Prizes will be allotted for five awards: Grand Jury Award; Student Award; Producer's Choice, Viewer's Choice Award; and the festival's Grand Prize, the Nick Development Award.
The winner of the Nick Development Award will receive $30,000 toward the development of a show bible, pilot script and storyboard along with the guidance of the Nick development team. Additionally, Nicktoons Network has partnered with mtvU, MTV's college network reaching more than 750 campuses nationwide, to tap into their acclaimed Best Film On Campus student filmmaker community.
The festival will be featured on Bestfilmoncampus.com throughout the summer, and the winner of the Student Award will also have the opportunity to see their work featured nationally as the "mtvU Film of the Week."
Nicktoons Network introduces two new contests to this year's festival. In partnership with AddictingGames, the "I Got Game" contest invites game enthusiasts to submit a drawing or animation of an original character. The winning entry will be made into a free online game for AddictingGames.com, the largest youth-targeted free online game site in the U.S. The second contest, in partnership with the LEGO Group, asks participants to create a one-of-a-kind, stop-motion animated clip using LEGO bricks and minifigures.
And for the second year, kids in three categories (ages 6-9, 10-13 and 14-17) can submit ideas for new animated series and characters to the "Greater Creator" contest where the grand prize is a trip to the Nickelodeon Animation Studio and a Nicktoons Network Animation Academy at the winner's school.
The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival is the largest of its kind in North America, and last year's festival received more than 3,000 entries from around the globe, including Israel, South Africa, Singapore, Latvia, Taiwan, Australia, Canada and the United States.
