Films falling into the category of applied animation can be submitted to the Animated Com Award until February 13, 2015.
With preparations for the 22nd Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (May 5-10, 2015) underway, festival organizers have extended the deadline for the Animated Com Award.
Films that fall into the category of applied animation can be submitted to the Animated Com Award until February 13, 2015. Prizes will be awarded for outstanding work in the areas of advertising, spatial communication, and technology. A special award from Daimler AG, “Future Needs Derivation -- Mobility in a Digital World,” will be awarded for the fourth time. And for the third time, the U.I. Lapp GmbH is sponsoring the “Lapp Connected Award.”
ITFS is one of the most outstanding events for animated film worldwide. The Festival offers directors as well as production and distribution companies a platform to present their films to an interested audience. In 2014, more than 85,000 visitors came not only to watch interesting films but also to take a look into the sphere of Applied Animation with the Animated Com Award.
The jury of the Animated Com Award consists of renowned experts from the animation and advertising industries: Dr. Martin Feyock (CEO of the advertising section for the board of German Producers Alliance – Film & Television, CEO of Exploitation Company TWF Trust Company and the German Academy of Advertisement), Prof. Thomas Hundt (CEO Jangled Nerves), Kathi Kaeppel (Creative Director, Animation Artist, Illustrator), Michael Preiswerk (Creative Director, Consultant) and Mate Steinforth (CEO Sehsucht Berlin).
Partners of the Animated Com Award include Daimler AG, Lapp Kabel, and Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart.
For more information, entry forms and regulations, visit www.itfs.de.
Source: Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
