Hal Miles Imagimation Studios, LLC will sponsor the 2nd Savannah International Animation Festival on February 4th and 5th, 2011. It will be held at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street, Savannah, GA 31401. We are currently accepting entries via Without a Box until December 1st, 2010. Last year we had 144 entries from 15 countries. This year’s entries are already ahead of that number! The submission categories for the SIAF 2011 are Stop Motion Animation, Computer Animation, Traditional Animation, Experimental Animation, Anime, Television Series Animation, Television Commercials Animation, Web Animation, Gaming Animation, and Student Film. The Savannah International Animation Festival, SIAF, founded by Hal Miles Imagimation Studios president Hal Miles, is the premiere animation festival of the southeastern United States located in the beautiful jewel of the south Savannah, Georgia. We are proud to showcase the world's best and most magical independent, professional and student animation in the arts and fields of animation. Additionally, the Savannah International Animation Festival allows local students and the general public of all ages to share in international culture, creativity, and art and ideas; and to meet and talk to internationally renowned animation professionals. Featured over the two day period will be 7 blocks of animation, consisting of over 60 juried films from around the world and 7 workshops and panels. The Panels, Workshops, and Presentations for this year’s festival will be wonderful mix of professionals and historians from the fields of animation, visual effects, and gaming. Additionally there will be a very special guest presentation by one of the animation worlds leading creators. SIAF’s festival judges will decide 11 special awards that represent the best in each competition category and also the best in show award. Additionally there will be a special audience given award that will be judged by our audience members that attend the animation block screenings at the festival. The prize given for Best in the show and Audience award in the Savannah International Animation Festival 2011 is the custom made “Reynaud” trophy, which is named in honor of the Praxinoscope's French inventor Charles Emile Reynaud. Any additional prizes for each category will announced in the future. See our website www.savannahinternationalanimationfestival.com for more information—it is being updated daily by our webmaster
