Toronto’s not that far away from New York! Get your entries in and mark TAAFI on your calendars! Last year, TAAFI was so generous to offer ASIFA-East members a discount to attend their festival. This fest is run by a great group of folks and I highly recommend you enter your work! Submissions are FREE before 12/15.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Toronto Animation Arts Festival International – TAAFI
2014 Call for Submissions –
Now Open!
TORONTO, Ontario (October 15, 2013) – The 3rd Annual Toronto Animation Arts Festival International –
(TAAFI), is pleased to announce the opening for the 2014 Call For Submissions. This year’s Festival not only
accepts animated shorts and feature length films but also encourages submissions of visual effects projects,
commercials, game trailers/cinematics, motion graphics projects, as well as non-traditional animated arts
content.
Submissions are free before December 15, 2014 and will remain open until January 15, 2014. Chosen by a
committee of experts, official selection films will be eligible for awards in: Audience Choice, Best International
Short, Best Canadian Short, Best Student Short and the coveted Grand Prix.
“TAAFI is the real deal”, says 2013 TAAFI jurist and animation historian, Jerry Beck “A world-class animation
Festival …The people are great, the films are even better and the whole event was fun and informative. I’ll be
back”.
“The feedback on the screenings at TAAFI has been nothing short of astounding.” says festival Executive
Director, Ben McEvoy, “After only two years we have started to receive huge interest from all over the world, both
in terms of submissions and programming as well as for our growing jury line up. 2014 is very quickly turning into
the ‘Year of the Animator’ here in Toronto!”
To access the online submission application and for full submission details please visit taafi.com/submit.
The 2014 International Festival Jury will be announced in the coming weeks.
About TAAFI
Toronto Animation Arts Festival International – TAAFI celebrates and explores the world of animation arts across
a wide range of styles from all across the globe. The 2012 festival showcased over 100 short films from all over
the world, including Grand Prix winner dir. Rony Hotin (Le Vagabond De Saint Marcel – France, 2013), and
welcomed almost 100 speakers over the course of the three day festival. TAAFI 2014 will be held Mid June,
2014 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and Corus Quay in spectacular downtown Toronto.
For more information on upcoming programming announcements visit us online at taafi.com. For more
information on opportunities to present or showcase at TAAFI, please contact info@taafi.com.
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