Manchester Animation Festival call for submissions
After its successful launch last year, Manchester Animation Festival will return to HOME in Manchester for three days of the best animation from the UK and beyond
At the festival launch last night, it was confirmed that Manchester Animation Festival will return for three days in November (15-17 Nov). Among the announcements were the first titbits of programme information, most notably that the co-founders of Aardman Animations, Peter Lord and David Sproxton, will be guests of the festival to mark the legendary UK studio’s 40th anniversary this year.
Emerging animators will also be keen to know that submissions for the festival's film competitions are now open and free to enter. If you've got a great short animation that you'd like considered, get them in before 29 July. For more information on how to submit your film(s), go to manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk
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Successful entrants will be eligible for the festival awards, with prizes presented for best films in the short film, student film and commissioned film categories. It was also announced that the festival will this year introduce an additional set of industry excellence awards, which will highlight the work of individuals working behind the scenes on commissioned animation productions. The first set of awards will be delivered to artists demonstrating excellence in storyboarding, writing and character animation.
“Film festivals are the perfect platform for highlighting the magnificent work done in all areas of animation,” said festival co-founder Steve Henderson, “so we thought we would use the platform to highlight individual practitioners within the industry, working hard on television series and commissioned work.”
The full programme of special guests, screenings, workshops, retrospectives, screen talks, master classes and more will be announced later in the year. Keep an eye on theskinny.co.uk/film for more announcements.
For more information about Manchester Animation Festival, go to manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk