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From our good friends at Project Twenty1! Philadelphia…April 25, 2012. Project Twenty1, a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization, has opened its call for entries for live-action and animated shorts, features, and music videos for the annual international Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival. Judges for this year’s Festival have not yet been released, but past judges include Aaron Parry (The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie,  The Last Airbender, Thor), James Rolfe (Angry Video Game Nerd), Mike Mayfield (The Cleveland Show, American Dad), and Deborah Twiss (KickAss). Unlike the traditional film festivals model where there is one artistic director viewing and selecting all of the films, a panel of at least 21 rotating volunteer community screeners make all of the Official Selections of the festival. “As a fellow filmmaker and animator, I know how frustrating it is to submit to festivals that only seem to curate their friends work,” says Project Twenty1 Executive Producer, Stephanie Yuhas. “We put the power of curation into the hands of the community to keep selections unbiased.” In addition to accepting pre-existing work, Project Twenty1 runs the 21-Day Filmmaking Competition, an international contest where Teams of animators and filmmakers must create an original short based on a common secret...

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The Athens Animation Festival is now taking submissions!  Deadline to submit is July 1st 2012.   From their site: The Athens Animation Festival is a first year festival that will screen animations that thematically speak to the human condition. In a time when animation is often created primarily to serve commercial needs or presented strictly as entertainment, our festival seeks to program animations with a strong message about the world we live in and the problems, joys, fears and issues we face, be they personal, local or global. The festival will take place on Saturday, September 15th in the quaint, river town of Athens, New York just two hours north of New York City. Stay tuned for the festival’s program and schedule which we will be posted in late July 2012. The goal of the Athens Animation Festival is to provide a venue to exhibit animations with a message to the public and to foster an appreciation for social/political animations while generating a dialogue within the community. Animation matters!

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From our friends at the NW Animation Festival: There’s just one month left to submit your film for the Northwest Animation Festival! The final deadline is April 1. Screenings will be held on May 18-19 at the historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland Oregon. See website for details: www.nwanimationfest.com/2012-submit ABOUT THE FESTIVAL In our first year, we screened 78 films from 9 countries, including two from Oscar nominees. We aim to make our second year even grander. We showcase the breadth of the animation world. All methods are represented: hand-drawn, computer-generated, stop-motion, pixelation, and experimental hybrids. All styles are welcome: hilarious, heart-warming, dark, cerebral, or abstract. We make a point of showing films both from masters and remarkable amateurs. This is a festival created by animators, for animators, and all lovers of animation. We bring together and inspire a community of artists, and expand audiences’ understanding of what can be done with the art form. ELIGIBILITY Place of origin: Films may come from anywhere in the world. Length: Films may be of any length, short or long. Completion date: You may submit films made at any time during your life. Other festivals: You may show your work at other festivals simultaneously. Internet: You may show as much of...

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