Kids animation channel Nicktoons “has joined forces with Frederator Studios and Animation Magazine to showcase the diversity of independent cartoon filmmaking with a one-of-a-kind competition: The Nicktoons Film Festival. Animators from around the world can download entry forms from Nicktoons.com starting July 19 and entries will be accepted through September 10 2004. Animators can submit their animation shorts that combine a unique look, great character design and a funny plot. A selection of shorts chosen by a pre-selection jury will broadcast on Nicktoons as part of a 13-episode compilation series launching this fall. One winner chosen by a grand jury will be awarded $10,000”.
Nicktoons Partners with Animation Magazine and Frederator Studios for First-Ever Nicktoons Film Festival
New York, NY, July 19, 2004 – Nicktoons, Nickelodeon’s digital channel for the next generation of animation, will join forces with Frederator Studios and Animation Magazine to present The Nicktoons Film Festival, it was announced today by Keith Dawkins, Vice President and General Manager. The first on-air festival of its kind, The Nicktoons Film Festival, will showcase the diversity of independent cartoon filmmaking by animators from around the globe. Fred Seibert, President of Frederator Studios will serve as Executive Producer of the Festival; Rita Street, Publisher of Animation Magazine and Eric Homan, VP of Creative Affairs for Frederator Studios will be the Festival Producers and Christina Vann of Nicktoons will serve as Executive in Charge of Production.
“There’s so much great talent in the world of animation and we’re excited to give people the opportunity to have their work seen by experts and on Nicktoons’ air,” said Keith Dawkins, Vice President and General Manager, Nicktoons. “Nicktoons is the place to be for animation lovers, which is why we’re forming a sort of ‘creative lab’ for a new generation of cartoon hits.”
Animators from around the world can download entry forms on www.nicktoons.com starting today and entries will be accepted through Sept. 10. Submissions should be animated shorts no longer than 7 minutes that combine a unique look, great character designs and a funny plot. A selection of shorts chosen by a pre-selection jury will broadcast on Nicktoons as part of a 13-episode compilation series launching this fall. One winner will be chosen by a grand jury and awarded a $10,000 (USD) prize.
“Our partners will make The Nicktoons Film Festival the premier event for cartoonists,” said Seibert. “Nicktoons’ reputation for spotlighting creative talent and experimentation made them the perfect partner for a pioneering film festival. In addition, Animation Magazine’s unparalleled relationships with the worldwide filmmaking community make them the ideal producers.”
“Traveling the world for Animation Magazine, I get to see so much great animation that’s not accessible to most audiences,” commented Street. “Now we’ll get to share this animation with Nicktoons’ viewers and maybe even find the next big cartoon hit.”
The pre-selection jury will be an assembly of Frederator Studios and Animation Magazine staff. The grand jury members will be announced on the website throughout the Festival competition. Other festival prizes will also be announced on the website throughout the competition.
About Frederator Studios
Frederator makes cartoons for television and the movies. Since its 1998 founding by former Hanna-Barbera Cartoons president Fred Seibert, Frederator Studios has become one of the industry’s largest and most prolific independent cartoon studios. The company’s debut production was Oh Yeah! Cartoons, an anthology of traditional seven-minute animated shorts by three dozen creators, for Nickelodeon. That project has so far spawned three hit series for the network (The Fairly OddParents, Chalk Zone and My Life as a Teenage Robot) and three features at Paramount. Frederator has more than 100 projects in active development and production for features, books, television, and video.About Animation Magazine
Animation Magazine is a leading trade publication devoted to the coverage of the business, technology and art of animation. Reporting on all aspects of animation worldwide, Animation brings its readers-both in print and online-comprehensive stories on the latest in film and television production, games, commercials, visual effects and CG characters, as well as training in both hand-drawn and computer animation. Subscribers in 78 countries rely on Animation for insights into studio animation production and independent art. (www.animationmagazine.net)About Nicktoons
Nicktoons’ 24-hour schedule features programming such as Corneil and Bernie and Kaput and Zosky, as well as a roster of hits that have defined kids’ and animation lovers’ TV, including The Angry Beavers, Yakkity Yak, Invader Zim, Ahhh! Real Monsters, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents and Jimmy Neutron. Nicktoons is part of the MTV Networks expanded suite of channels available for digital distribution. The new channels include MTV Hits, MTV Jams, Nicktoons and VH1 Mega Hits, expanding and strengthening MTV Networks’ digital offerings to thirteen services.
