Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Animahenasyon 2007: Pinoy Animation Festival Call For Entries

MANILA, Philippines - The Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI) is calling on all Filipino animators to submit their entries to the Animahenasyon 2007:Pinoy Animation Festival to be held on November 14-18.

Animahenasyon 2007 aims to showcase original content in Philippine animation and the recognition of the Filipino talent in the field of animation, aiming for local and international animation excellence and competitiveness.

The competition is composed of a professional and a student/amateur division and includes the following categories: one minute up to five minutes; 6 minutes up to 20 minutes; 21 minutes up to 60 minutes; Full-animated feature (more than 60 minutes); music video; title sequence, public and information, demo reel; and TV series.

Entries must be made frame by frame, including computer graphics animation and must be submitted in the DVD format for pre-selection. They must also be submitted together with three (3) photo stills from the work; one (1) photo of the Animation Director; and brief biography of the Animation Director (not more than five sentences).

All entries will undergo a preliminary screening and the finalists will compete and be shown during the festival in November. Animators of chosen entries and their work will also be featured in all promo materials for the event.

Application forms and mechanics to the competition can be downloaded from the ACPI website, www. animationcouncil.org.
Deadline for submission of entries is on October 1, 2007 and must besent to:

ANIMATION COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (ACPI)Towers Business Center11/F CyberOne Bldg.Eastwood City CyberparkE. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Quezon City.

The Animation Council of the Philippines is a non-stock and non- profit organization whose member companies specialize mainly in, but not limited to, either 2D or 3D animation.

It is an organization recognized and supported by the Philippine government whose aim is to promote the Animation Industry globally with the intention of creating an identity for the Philippines to be considered amongst the preferred countries that service the animation industry.

For more information regarding the competition, please call telephone (02)4382983-85 local 150/151 look for Astrid or Laisa.

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