Festival Call for Entries: Festival by Pixelatl, Corfu, New Chitose Airport Festival
Cartoon Brew’s Animation Festival Guide is a hand-picked list of calls for entries from respected festivals around the globe. This week, we add three new calls for entries from:
FESTIVAL BY PIXELATL
(Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Festival website
Festival dates: September 9–13, 2015
Submission deadline: July 6, 2015
Entry fee: FREE
Submission info (PDF)
The International Festival of Animation, Videogames, and Comics is gearing up for its 2015 edition next September, issuing a call for entries “That which unites us” with a deadline of July 6th, 2015.
Animated films produced after January 1st, 2013 can be submitted for the following competition categories:
International (Short film competition)
Mexico Animation for Mexican residentsFor the winner in the International category, the prize is a trip to attend the festival in Cuernavaca, México that will take place from September 9-13, 2015. (Read the call for entries for more details).
The prize for the Mexican winner is a trip to the 2016 edition of Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the most prestigious animation festival in the world.
The theme of the contest “That which unites us” is inspired by the fact that in our society there are gaps that split their members and weaken them. We believe that when these gaps are overcome, societies can become stronger and face together joint problems with a better outcome.
Please send your animated shorts to contribute to the awareness that together we go further, that united we remain.
NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL
(Hokkaido, Japan)
Festival website
Festival dates: October 31–November 3, 2015
Submission deadline: June 30, 2015
Entry fee: FREE
Submission Info
The festival features the following three competition categories:
(A) International Competition
(B) Japan Competition
(C) Music Animation CompetitionSubmissions will be sorted into the relevant category based on judgment by the Festival Office and Selection Committee members. Submissions may be selected for more than one of the categories.
International jury may present the awards listed below for films they select.The jury may also institute a new Special Award.
Grand Prix: 1 million JPY
New Talent Award: 300,000 JPY
Japan Grand Prix: 500,000 JPY
Audience Award: 100,000 JPY
Best Music Animation: 200,000 JPY
CORFU ANIMATION FESTIVAL
(Corfu, Greece)
Festival website
Festival dates: October 15–18, 2015
Submission deadline: June 30, 2015
Entry fee: FREE
Submission info
The festival has three competitive programs:
1. Short films: films which were completed after 1/1/2014, regardless of geographic origin.
2. Graduation short films: films which were completed after 1/1/2014, regardless of geographic origin.
Films in the above categoies may range from a few seconds to 35 minutes in length, without restrictions in animation technique or genre.3. Feature films: films over 50 minutes length, completed after 1/1/2014, regardless of geographic origin, technique or genre.