Animation Contests & Festivals
Discover animation contests, creative festivals, competitions, events and opportunities for animators.
3D Art Challenge - Rebus Farm and XP-pen Summer Vibes 3D Contest | 15 August 2020
Since summer started, Rebus Farm, in collaboration with XP-Pen, is excited to announce the Summer Vibes 3D Challenge.
3D Animation Contest: MSI Creator Award - Entries Due by 13 May 2020
Theme: Let your inspiration take off and shine like no other.
Toronto Animation Arts Festival - 14 Feb to 16 Feb 2020 | Canada
Celebrate a weekend full of fun (February 14-16th) at TAAFI and experience the world's best animation shorts. Toronto’s animation festival brings you eye-popping shorts and features from around the world from February 14-16. The animated person of the year will receive a Kaj Pindal Award. Past recipients of the Kaj Pindal Award are Marv Newland and Dean DeBlois (How to Train Your Dragon),...
Top Animation Festivals and Animation Contests- Upcoming 2D 3D festivals
Animation Festival: We celebrate the works of all animators across all age groups. Here you will find the latest news, updates, contest details on all 3D animation, 2d animation, 3d software, 3d animation software from across the world. Animation Festivals occur annually or bi-annually, so based on your interest you can apply for the animation contests. These animation festivals bring out the b...
Steampunk 3D Model Design Competition Results Announced by Pixel Lab
The winners of the Steampunk Modelling Design Contest include Vijay Ram for his astounding boar mask, Dave Williams for his smart dragonfly and many others. Check out the winning entries here:
2018 VIEW Conference - International VFX and Computer Graphics Conference, 22-26 October, Italy
For further questions about the VIEW Conference, email Director Prof. Maria Elena Gutierrez at Megutierrez@viewconference.it.
Rookie VR Motion Graphics and 3D Animation Contest - entries 31 May 2018
According to Rookies,"For students, The Rookies offers them a “stamp of approval” as they transition from school to production, enabling them to have their work seen, graded and commented on by industry heavyweights. As well as find out where they stack up against their peers. For studios and recruiters, The Rookies is the place to find outstanding emerging talent. The end goal...
Annecy 2018 - 130 Animated Short Films Selected for Contest Finals
130 short films have been selected from the various categories. Some of the animated films selected for this year are:
Ideatoon by Pixelatl Seeking Latin American Animation Projects Till 16th April 2018
There are multiple stages for the competition. In May 2018, twenty animation projects will be selected during a bootcamp. Mentorship will be provided to the directors to help improve their projects. During the second stage, 10 animation projects will be selected and the directors can show their creativity during the September Ideatoon summit which will happen in Pixelatl Festival in Cuernavaca,...
Jackson Open Painting Contest is now open for entries | 16 March 2018
Painting: Jackson's Open Painting is currently in it's third year and it welcome entries in 2d painting, print making or drawing. It's an annual competition and the winner takes home $13,532 USD as cash prize and an international recognition. Selected paintings will receive a physical painting exhibition at the Hampstead Affordable Art Fair in London which will be held in May 2018. Artists from...
British Academy Film Award Nominations for Animation Have Been Announced
The Nominees for Animated Feature Film Are:
New Steampunk 3D Model Design Contest Awaits You in February 2018
3D Model Design Contest : Pixel Lab is all set to start a new steampunk modelling sculpture contest, and it's expected to run until February 2018. The theme for the modelling design is 'Steam Punk'. As the name suggests, the designs should be completely made using steam-powered technology. Wendy E Castillo is the owner of Pixel Lab and will be giving away awesome prizes from Pixel Lab to t...
Annecy Animation Festival Calls for Entries - Submission Deadline: February 5, 2018
Animation: Annecy is one of the largest animation festivals in the world. Entries are accepted for projects in four categories: feature films, short films, television series and specials, and interactive creations/transmedia. It is part of MIFA, a prestigious film festival, and Annecy (Animation du Monde) focuses primarily on animated movies. The animation festival runs from June 11 to June 16,...
Asiagraph Reallusion Animation contest winners list after 48 hours long competition
The Best Film winning team will receive $10,000 cash reward and also a scholarship from Vancouver Film School. Best Creative team will win $3,000 cash, Best Director will win $3000, Best Faceware will receive goodies worth $3,995, Foundry award will receive goodies worth $3,645 and two outstanding teams will receive Asiagraph Official Certificate.
Cardiff Animation Festivals calls for entries 17 January 2018
Cardiff Animation Festivals is established by the team from Cardiff Animation Nights to showcase the best talents in animation from all over the world. The cardiff would represent the growing animation community for industry, independent animators and enthusiasts from broad range of animation world. The animation events are being organised since 2014 by CAF including a dedicated animation stran...
Iranian 3D Animation Light Sight directed by Moslem wins 3 International Awards
Watch Light Sight trailor @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVc1z4BAY78
3D Wire International Animation Video Games Contest at Spain - Oct 5 2017
2017 3D Wire will be screening 8 short animation films out of 29 international shorts and 12 national shorts.The competition section of the Festival will be developed over four sessions that will be completed with a final screening of the 3D Wire Awards, two children's sessions to promote audiovisual literacy: Peque 3D Wire and a screening of humor shorts at the Bar Santana.
Dazzling Ottawa International Animation Festival - 20 Sep 2017
ABOUT OIAF: From September 20-24, 2017 downtown Ottawa will once again be the stage where you can enjoy the world's most cutting-edge, thoughtful, funny and provocative animation films while mingling with many of animation's most celebrated stars, studios and characters. Whether you love classic cartoons, mind-bending experiments, fantastic digital creations, dazzling effects, technic...
Interior Design Competition - For Asia Pacific region by IIDA 7 Sep 2017
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is a professional networking and educational association of more than 10,000 members in 8 specialty Forums, 9 Regions, and more than 30 Chapters around the world. IIDA is committed to enhance life style with an excellence in interior design and further through advancing interior design knowledge. Best of Asia Pacific Design awards competition...
IAniMagic 2D Animation Contest - Entries Before November 3, 2017
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