Launched October 1st, 2008, AniMazing Spotlight, and it’s international animation review panel, has been busy all year, giving every entry individualized feedback,selecting Quarterly Awards, and more, all aimed at strengthening their mission to support and promote animated shorts filmmakers.
The November 7th & 8th “Weekend of Animated Shorts” is the culmination of a year’s work, with 44 shorts nominated in 12 categories, the winners to be announced Sunday the 8th, along with the Audience Favorite Award. The top winners will win cash awards, and all winners will be invited to be part of a DVD that ASIFA International, the great granddaddy of all animation societies, will screen at all their chapters around the world.
Besides the screening of nominees, and presentation of awards to the winners, the “Weekend” will also feature several engaging programs, plus a “Meet the Professionals” mixer, where young animators will be able to meet, face to face, men and women experienced professional working in the animation industry.
The program luminaries include ...
Eric Goldberg doing a live version of his best selling book
“Crash Course on Character Animation”
Bob Kurtz dishing out the inside scoop on animated
commercials and movie titles and more
Bill Kroyer revealing the earliest animation work in feature films
such as the first “Tron”, a fascinating tale
Jim Capobianco stressing the Importance of Story in Animation
will show his “Leonardo” & “Your Friend the Rat”
Tom Sito hitting the highlights of the History of Animated Shorts
with rare shorts from the collection of Mark Kausler
Peter Sohn demonstrating what it took to direct “Partly Cloudy”
the short that accompanied Pixar’s “Up”
Yvette Kaplan and John Andrews waxing nostalgic over the
Revolution of Animated Shorts at MTV
(all programs will be rich with film examples)
A fascinating weekend for animation buffs, as well as anyone interested in the advancing techniques and creative styles that go into this mushrooming,multi-facetted, segment of the movie business, known as Animation.