Category: Call for Entries

ANIMATION CLUB!!! presents 'Secret Handshake', a monthly animation night at Loop Bar in Melbourne. Each month, animators from all around the world create a short animation upon a given topic which is then screened and voted upon by the audience. The winner receives fame and glory, and gets to choose the next month's topic.

All animation styles are welcome -- from hand-drawn, flash, claymation, stop motion, pixellation -- or any combination of these. However -- it MUST be animated! No live action allowed!

ANIMA'09 -- 5th Cordoba International Animation FestivalCordoba, ArgentinaOctober 8-10, 2009Deadline: July 17, 2009

ANIMA'09 will take place in the city of Cordoba, Argentina, from October 8 through 10, 2009. The festival is organized by the Centro Experimental de Animacion and the Secretaria de Extension Universitaria, National University of Cordoba.

This fifth edition of the ANIMA will be dedicated to exploring the concept of Identity Traits. Therefore, we open the following:

Because the I3A Annual Conference is moving later in the year to co-locate with the 6Sight event in Montery, California, November 9-10, the deadline for submitting entries to I3A's VISION 2020 Imaging Innovation Awards has been extended to July 1.

Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in ScreenwritingDeadline: May 1, 2009

Beverly Hills, CA -- The deadline to submit entries for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition is May 1, 2009. Entries must be postmarked by May 1 or submitted online by 11:59 p.m. PT on May 1.

Press Release from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Too Art for TV Call for EntriesDeadline: April 30, 2009

KROK International Animated Films Festival 2009Kiev, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Sevastopol and Odessa, RussiaSeptember 2009

The 16th KROK International Animated Film Festival will take place in September, 2009 onboard the river cruiser "Zirka Dnipra" following the route: Kiev - Zaporozhye - Kherson - Sevastopol - Odessa.

Deadline for submitting films for selection May 10, 2009.

13th LA Shorts FestLos Angeles, California, USAJuly 23-30, 2009Final Deadline: May 8, 2009

Magma International Short Film Festival 2009Deadline: May 5, 2009

Scarti Cultural Association, with the support of Regione Siciliana, Provincia Regionale di Catania and Comune di Acireale, organizes the 8th edition of Magma -- mostra di cinema breve (International short film festival).

The festival, opened to directors and works from all around the world, will be held in Acireale (CT) -- Italy.

2nd International Animated Film Festival Animator 2009Poznan, PolandJuly 6-11, 2009Deadline: April 30, 2009

Every year Women In Animation offers a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving animation scholar. The deadline to submit entries is Thursday, April 29, 2009, Phyllis Craig's birthday.

Writer and cartoonist Janet Hetherington is calling for art donations with the theme of "My Favorite Toy" for an online fundraising auction to benefit The Canadian Toy Testing Council (CTTC).

The CTTC is an independent, internationally respected, non-profit organization that welcomes everyone to come and play. Janet has been involved with the CTTC since the late 1990s, first serving as Editor of the annual TOY REPORT and now as an active participant on its volunteer Board as Director of the Literacy Program.