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VIEW Conference 2018 Open for Registration, Submissions

Short animated films are eligible to take home the VIEW AWARD and a prize of 2,000 euros.

TORINO, ITALY -- The 2018 VIEW Conference -- set for Oct. 22-26 -- is now accepting submissions for its film competitions: The VIEW AWARD 2018 for short animated films, which has a 2,000 euro first prize, and the ITALIANMIX award for Italian short films.

This year’s conference takes place Oct. 22-26. Registration is now open.

The VIEW AWARD is open to professionals and students, individuals or groups. Entries must be 2D or 3D animated films of 30 minutes or less created after Jan. 1, 2016. An international jury drawn from the VIEW conference speaker roster will award the 2,000 euro first prize.

The ITALIANMIX award is open to Italian artists working individually or with a group. Animated, experimental, or documentary films of 30 minutes or less created after Jan. 1, 2016 are accepted. The winner will receive a Wacom tablet.

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Any dialog in the films must be in English or Italian, or have subtitles in English or Italian. Each submission should come with a press kit, a description of the project, high res still images of the work, and director credits. There is a 10 euro fee to enter.

To enter either competition, go to https://festivals.festhome.com/f/776. The deadline for entries is Sept. 15.

The international VIEW Conference, Italy’s premiere event for computer graphics, interactive and immersive storytelling, animation, visual effects, games, VR, AR, and mixed reality brings top professionals from those fields to Torino, Italy, for a week of talks, presentations and workshops.

Source: VIEW Conference

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Tom McLean has been writing for years about animation from a secret base in Los Angeles.