We’re in the thick of the Call for Entries period for this year’s Nicktoons Network Animation Festival. Go to the official website for rules, regulations, and other information. You have until the end of next month to meet the deadline, but why wait (says the guy who’s thrilled to get two extra days this year to file his taxes)?
– Eric
NICKTOONS NETWORK ANIMATION FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FOURTH ANNUAL WORLD-WIDE CALL FOR ENTRIES APRIL 1 THROUGH JUNE 1
Festival of Top Animated Shorts to Roll Out On-Air August 26 through 31
NEW YORK – March 30, 2007 – Calling all animators! Nicktoons Network, Nickelodeon’s 24-hour animation network, in partnership with Frederator Studios, the festival’s production house, are seeking entries for the fourth annual Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, the first and only multiplatform animation festival. Animators from around the world can submit their work from Sunday, April 1st, through Friday, June 1st. Forms can be downloaded on the NNAF website.
“As this is the Animation Festival’s fourth year, we’re certain it’ll be the best one yet,” said Keith Dawkins, Vice President and General Manager, Nicktoons Network. “We’re excited to work with Frederator once again and are looking forward to receiving submissions from around the globe for a festival created for animators and lovers of animation alike.”
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Get your films ready, the Call for Entries is right around the corner.
Congratulations, Kyle McQueen of Vancouver! You’ve just won $10,000 as the Grand Prize winner of the 2006 Nicktoons Network Animation Festival! Your film, “The Ballad of Sheep 13”, was chosen by our panel of esteemed judges to be the favorite of this season’s nearly forty films (all very good shorts, too). Thanks so much for submitting your work, Kyle. We all liked it real well.
And thanks to all the filmmakers out there who entered this year’s festival. It turned out to be our most successful year, yet, thanks to you. Now stop reading this and go get your film ready for next year’s filmfest.
P.S. Don’t forget to go to the official Festival website to view and vote for your favorite short. You have about two weeks to cast your lot for the Viewers’ Choice award.
Okay, animation fans. You need to be in front of your television set tonight at 10:00 PM / 7:00 PM for the final screening of this year’s Nicktoons Network Animation Festival. It’s not an all-original epsiode, but rather the best of the season. You’ll see all this year’s award-winners, including Crocodile Journals (Diversity Award), A Great Big Giant Robot Ate My Homework (Producers’ Choice), and Libraryhead (Student Award). We’ll also be announcing the Grand Prize winner. That filmmaker gets a cool $10,000. Yeah, you read right. $10,000. That buys a lot of animation paper.
– Eric
What happens when a pig wakes up to find his nose is missing? His suspicion falls on his room-mate, a rat - but there’s more to this mystery of a lost snout than meets the eye (or the ear, as it turns out.)
Tilmann Vogt was born in Stuttgart, Germany on November 17, 1976. In 1997, he started studiying Media-Design at Fachhochschule Mainz. After one year at Savannah College of Art and Design as Fulbright scholar, he went back to Mainz to do his diploma/thesis project Snout in 2003.
From 2004 to the present, Tilmann works as a character animator on commercials and features in Germany.
“Snout” premiers on Episode 6 of the Nicktoons Newtork Animation Festival, Wednesday August 30, 2006 at 10PM EST/7PM PST.
Margot lies on a dock in utter boredom, looking at her reflection in the ocean below. Suddenly a bright red telephone floats her way, and to Margot’s surprise, is ringing! When she answers it, Margot is pulled into a colorful underwater world where she meets a quirky octopus. It is then that Margot learns of the octopus’ hobby: Collecting children.
Julie Bergman began a career in animation in 2004 by going to a 3D immersion school. She was awarded with scholarships for her amazing progress and creativity in 3D artwork. Julie now works as an animator for a successful visual effects company.
“Sinking Margot” premiers on Episode 6 of the Nicktoons Newtork Animation Festival, Wednesday August 30, 2006 at 10PM EST/7PM PST.
A true story about a man and his uneasy relationship with the neighbor’s dog. The dog still lives next door to filmmaker Chris Armstrong.
Dog Worries was entirely created on a PowerBook Laptop ( including editing and sound recording ) except for a little cleanup at the end. Armstrong has been in the animation business for quite a while but this is his first success at actually completing a personal short film.
“Dog Worries” will be part of Screening One, airing on Nicktoons Network August 26th at 10PM EST/7PM PST.
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Four underwater friends put hair growth to the test as they each attempt to sprout a moustache.
Not only is Mike Hollingsworth an animator, he’s also “a cartoonist, stand-up comic and writer. A Renaissance Man! Unfortunately the Renaissance was, like, a hundred years ago or something, so Mike has to take work as an animation supervisor for MTV. Alright, that’s enough of the third-person thing. It’s me writing this thing. I’m Mike. And I’d love to tell you that my three biggest heroes are Jim Henson, Charles Schulz and Chuck Jones. Also, I’m totally buff. Like, really cut.”
“The Moustache Contest” premiers on Episode 6 of the Nicktoons Newtork Animation Festival, Wednesday August 30, 2006 at 10PM EST/7PM PST.
A tiny voyager flies through a world filled with loves and passions of all shapes and sizes. Small and Deep, Love Stories is an interwoven visual poem about the joys and heartaches of falling in Love.
Hsinping Pan received her MFA at University of Southern California in Animation and Digital Arts. She is currently working as a free-lanced animator and character designer in LA. She is also represented by Duck Studios. Small and Deep, Love Stories is her thesis film. She also made Blue Rain and Dog’s Nightmare which has been screened in festivals around the world.
“Small and Deep, Love Stories” premiers on Episode 6 of the Nicktoons Newtork Animation Festival, Wednesday August 30, 2006 at 10PM EST/7PM PST.
