HypeFest Taking Short Scripts!
HypeFest Screenplay Competition 2005Hollywood, California, USAJuly 29-31, 2005Deadline: April 1, 2005
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Shorts International to Distribute American Short Film Catalog
U.K.-based Shorts International, the short film distribution arm of Britshorts Ltd., has become the exclusive distributor for the entire short film library of American Vantage/Hypnotic. American Vantage/Hypnotic, a subsidiary of American Vantage Media Corp., has one of the largest high-quality short film and animation libraries in the world. The combined entity gives Shorts Intl the largest short film distribution capability across the globe.
Slamdance Adds Toon Shorts Competition, Releases Noms
The 2005 Slamdance Film Festival (Jan. 21-28, 2005 in Park City, Utah) announced its lineup of short films, including a new animation jury competition and a short filmmaking challenge.
I Castelli Animati Festival 2004
Begins: December 1, 2004
The I Castelli Animati Festival highlights animation in all its forms from commercials to features films. The international competition awards the following prizes: grand prize, special jury prize, best debut short film, best European short film, audience prize, Fabrizio Bellocchino prize, best Web animation and best non-narrative short film. The Italian competition will give a grand prize and special jury prize to the top Italian productions. The event includes exhibitions, retrospectives, conferences and screenings. For more information visit www.castellianimati.it.
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Wants Your Shorts!
Internationale Kurzfilmtage OberhausenOberhausen, GermanyMay 5 - 10, 2005Deadline: January 7, 2005
Seagate Foyle Film Festival
Begins: November 19, 2004
17th Seagate Foyle Film Festival is now inviting submissions for the festival competition from filmmakers all over the world for their 2004 festival. Competition Screening categories include: Best Irish Short, Best International Short, Best Animation, Best Feature, Best Documentary. The duration for Short films must be between 3
Looney Tunes are Back! Golden Collection Volume Two Arrives on DVD!
Suffering succotash! The Looney Tunes are back! Fans of all ages can experience Warner Bros.' golden era of animation when Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Tweety & Sylvester and all their friends return in another exciting installment of The Looney Tunes Golden Collection. Volume Two will be available in a four-disc set, and contains 60 cartoon shorts, 4 more than Volume One, that have been beautifully restored and re-mastered to their original, uncut presentation.
Fresh from the Festivals: October 2004's Reviews
Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: Backseat Bingo by Liz Blazer, Fowl Play! by Christopher De Santis, Save Virgil by Brad Ableson, A Work in Progress by Wes Ball and Tricks for a Treat by Jeff Mednikow. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
Winslow Film Festival
Begins: October 21, 2004
The 3rd Annual Winslow Film Festival brings indie films to the high desert of Arizona. Films compete in four categories: Narrative feature and short, Documentary feature and short. Fest has a yearly industry professional visual effects panel discussion. Entry fee is $40 for August 30 early deadline and $45 for late deadline. For more info, contact the fest at Web: http://www.winslowfilmfestival.org or Tel.: (818) 219-9339.
Ottawa Animation Festival 2004: One Animators Perspective
Animator Patrick Smith takes us on his personal journey through the Ottawa Animation Festival.
Blur’s RockFish Short Gains International Acclaim
ROCKFISH, Blur Studios computer-generated short film about a worker on a distant planet, is currently enjoying a successful run on the international film festival circuit.
Clermont-Ferrand Deadline Nears!
27th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film FestivalClermont-Ferrand, FranceJanuary 28 - February 5, 2005Deadline: October 15, 2004
Pendulum Studios Launches Website for Arrest Assured Short
Pendulum Studios has announced the creation of a Website for its new 3D-animated short film, ARREST ASSURED. The new Website, www.studiopendulum.com/arrestassured shows off concept art, still imagery, storyboards, evolutionary clips and making-of movies, including a short behind-the-scenes movie called ANATOMY OF SHOT, which shows the compositing construction of one of the shots from the film.
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Begins: September 18, 2004
The Manhattan Short Film Festival is held in Union Square Park gathering New Yorkers to view a selection of short films from around the world, where the eventual winner is awarded all the necessary equipment to create a feature film. Selected films are displayed on three giant screens and are judged by filmmakers. For more information, visit www.Msfilmfest.com.
Alias Third Season DVD Boasts Animated Short by Noodlesoup
First THE ANIMATRIX, then VAN HELSING and THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK and now ALIAS they all boast animated DVD shorts to bolster their live action siblings.
Fresh from the Festivals: August 2004's Reviews
Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: Snout by Tilmann Vogt, Birthday Boy by Sejong Park, Cretaceous Christmas by David Derrick Jr., O by Simon Goulet and Karl and Marilyn by Priit Pn. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
'Inspired 3D Short Film Production': Story — Part 2
Continuing Inspired 3D Short Film Production excerpt on story, authors Jeremy Cantor and Pepe Valencia delve more into structure.
Turn Your Short Into A Series At BBC Three
BBC Three Series ContestWorld Wide WebMarch 1, 2005Deadline: September 1, 2004
BBC Three is giving animators a chance to turn their animated short into a new television series. The network is looking for distinctive visual style, strong stories and appeal to BBC Three's 24- to 35-year-old audience. The overall winner will get their film screened on BBC Three and funding to develop a series of their animation.
Digital Musings From the Editor:
In anticipation of SIGGRAPH next week, VFXWORLD focuses on emerging technologies throughout August. We begin on Friday with Mary Ann Skweres' sneak peek at Paul Debevec's latest cutting-edge virtual journey, THE PARTHENON, a short film premiering in SIGGRAPH's Electronic Theater. Using the best archaeological sources available, Debevec digitally reconstructs the famed temple and photorealistically recreates many of the sculptures, revealing a host of new 3D visualization advancements.
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JibJab Looks to Court for Help On This Land Song Issue
For the next step in JibJab Media's potential legal problems over its use of Woody Guthrie's song "This Land Is Your Land" in its newest political satire, the company has asked a California district court to declare that it did not violate the copyrights of Ludlow Music, the owner of the tune, reports WIRED.
'Inspired 3D Short Film Production': Story — Part 1
Starting our Inspired excerpt series from the new book, 3D Short Film Production, authors Jeremy Cantor and Pepe Valencia take readers into the most important part of any 3D film production - the story.
Motion Picture Academy to Screen Popeye
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen Technicolor cartoon POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR as part of its "Great To Be Nominated" series at its Samuel Goldwyn Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 26, 2004. The Max Fleischer production received a Cartoon Short Subject nomination in 1936 and will be shown prior to the feature presentation of ANTHONY ADVERSE, the 1936 Best Picture nominee starring Frederic March and Olivia de Havilland.
Fresh from the Festivals: July 2004's Reviews
Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: Fragile by David Cumbo, Cats by Chris Choy, The Box Man by Nirvan Mullick, Going Up? by Marci Ellis and Tales of Mere Existence by Lev Yilmaz. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
Director Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to Make New Short Film
Director Mark Osborne and Karen Dufilho-Rosen, producer of several Academy Award-winning animated short films, are partnering in Los Angeles to make THE BETTER HALF, a stop-motion animated short film, with a 2004/2005 Guggenheim Fellowship Osborne received to partially fund the making of the new short.
34th Annual Marin County Festival of Short Film and Video
Begins: July 1, 2004
As part of Marin County Fair, the 34th Annual Marin County Festival of Short Film and Video is open to students and independent filmmakers, whose films are not commercially subsidized. Films 30 minutes or less must have been completed after January 1, 2003. Films entered in previous years may not be resubmitted. There will be up to $2,000 of prize money available to winners. The early deadline is March 19 for $30 ($35 Foreign) and the final deadline is April 16 for $35 ($40 Foreign).
