The stateside festival circuit for films produced domestically or abroad continues to wind its way across the nation as the fall season approaches. For moviegoers located in the midwest, the Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) may occupy a few weeks of their time, as the 44th installment of the wide-ranging festival gets underway come mid-October 2008. Although not particularly devoted to the animation arts, the Chicago International Film Festival nevertheless features multiple screenings of quality feature-length and short form cartoon filmmaking that every animation enthusiast should see.
This year, the CIFF is bringing its usual small but powerful line-up of animated presentations for viewers to feast upon; titles produced mostly by independent animators. Films such as Bill Plympton's soul-searching dark humorist tale of Idiots & Angels (2008) and Nina Paley's fun but emotionally sensitive endeavor Sita Sings the Blues (2008), are currently on the bill alongside other intriguing items.
Although the Chicago International Film Festival appears to no longer have in place its "Anime Focus" program--which in the past has spotlighted a handful of insightful Japanese animation productions such as Hosoda's dramatic film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)--the film does still have a single anime title on its schedule, called ICE (2007). The festival itself lasts two weeks, from October 16th through the 29th
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Animation at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival
Friday, September 5, 2008
ASIFA Student Animation Film Festival 2008
ASIFA-Hollywoods' Animator Educator's Forum is hosting its first Student Animation Film Festival at Woodbury University, located on 7500 Glenoaks Blvd. in Burbank, CA 91510 on October 18, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Students enrolled in professional academic programs throughout the United States including NYU Tisch School of the Arts; UCLA; USC; Woodbury University; Loyola Marymount University; CSU Fullerton; Bay and The Art Institute of California-Orange County have submitted short animations.
The winners will be announced at the festival in the following categories: Best Visual Storytelling, Best Character, Best Technical Achievement, Judges' Choice and The Emile Cohl Award for the Best Animated Short.
In addition to the competition portion of the event, a free demo reel and portfolio review will be offered to the public. Students and artists alike are encouraged to bring demo reels in DVD format and/or an organized collection of flat artwork to be critiqued by some of the competition judges and other industry professionals.
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
Holland Animation Film Festival Web Competition
Holland Animation Film Festival
Utrecht, The Netherlands
November 5-9, 2008
Deadline: October 22, 2008
This year the Holland Animation Film Festival(HAFF) takes place November 5-9. During these five days, the festival will show international competitions and a range of programs to show the variety of animation. In addition to the regular competitions (applied, independent and student work -- call for entries closed on all three), this year the festival will introduce a new online competition: The Holland Animation Web Competition.
The online competition will take place on HAFF's YouTube channel, HaffTube (http://www.youtube.com/HaffTube). Aside from the competition, the channel will showcase past festival editions, trailers and more. Entries will be accepted starting September 8.
Animation filmmakers from all over the world can enter the Web competition. Call for entries are open now, rules, regulations and the entry form are on HaffTube.
During the second week in September, the Web competition will launch, filling the channel with films from around the world. Festival organizers will vet and rate all films entered for competition. When 50 films have been submitted, voting begins. Each week, films will be voted off to make room for new entries.
Entries will be closed on October 22, 2008, then a jury will decide which one of the 50 films should be the winner out of the final group. The selected winner will be announced on the opening night of the festival at November 5. The winner will receive a guest accreditation and free hotel stay during the festival.
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