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Cape Town Xchange Wants You!

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Hi everyone,

This month's event is postponed due to lack of manpower.

To continue the monthly tradition, AnimationXchange Cape Town is looking for dedicated volunteers to help run the event.

South African star rising

Talent poised for breakout - extract from an article in Variety magazine by Kevin Kriedmann

Deryck Broom will go down in history as the director of South Africa's first stereoscopic 3D feature film, "The Lion of Judah," 

Animation Soars

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With four animated feature films in the offing, an increase in animated commercials, and a global surge in long-form animation, the local industry is discovering the delights of creating original animated content. Is it sustainable or just a flavour of the month? Andrew Worsdale investigates.

Inaugural Durban FilmMart call for submissions

The first international film co-production market on the African continent will be held in Durban in July 2010. The FilmMart is a joint initiative of the Durban Film Office (DFO) and Durban International Film Festival (DIFF).  The organisers are calling for the submission of projects for consideration for the Durban FilmMart.

Moving Things Film Festival at Out the Box Festival

CALL FOR ENTRIES - Deadline January 25th

Co-hosted by UNIMA SA and Animation SA, Out the Box Festival is calling for dynamic, creative stop-motion and puppetry films for the MOVINGS THINGS FILM FESTIVAL, which will take place from 22 - 28 March

A Nightmare Before Christmas

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Shortcut present their third event showcasing short film projects: “A Nightmare Before Christmas”.

 

An evening showcasing a selection of short films, special effects, critical discussion and live music.

Animation xChange Johannesburg's Back!

Our first meeting in quite some time will be held on Thursday 26 Nov 2009 at 6.30pm for 7pm. The get-together is kindly being hosted at Touchvision's Randburg offices.

Animation xChange Johannesurg - 25 March 2010

The theme for our Johannesburg xChange in March is Scriptwriting and Storyboarding. We have some fantastic speakers lined up so be sure not to miss this one!

ANIMAYO 2010

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V International Festival of Animated Films, Visual Effects and Videogames. An event organized by the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, directed and produced by film director Damián Perea; ANIMAYO's fifth edition will be celebrated in May of 2010 in the Canary Islands.

Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Entry deadline: May 31 

Launching ENJIN Creative Review

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New from ENJIN Magazine is ENJIN Creative Review – an online community space for creative professionals – a kind of industry boardroom showcasing

2009 Stop-motion workshop a hit!

One Saturday morning in October 2009, 19 creative professionals* hauledcardboard, glass, paper, clay, wire sets and puppets to the site oftheir final production – the product of 6 weeks training throughthe UnimaSA and AnimationSA stop-motion animation workshop.

Animafest looking for animations

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World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb 2010 is now open for submissions!

Cape Town Celebrates International Animation Day with Meatballs

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Local cinema theatre Ster-Kinekor was jam-packed with popcorn-scoffing animators on Thursday, 28 October, for the special screening of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

OUT THE BOX PRESENTS THE MOVING THINGS FILM FESTIVAL

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LABIA CINEMA 22-28 MARCH, 2010
UNIMA SA’s Out the Box Festival of Puppetry & Visual Performance brings Cape Town the Moving Things Film Festival, a sumptuous audio-visual feast of rare and unusual stop-motion and puppetry films from South Africa and the world.

Animation xChange Johannesurg - 25 February 2010

The first Johannesburg Animation xChange for 2010 will be held on the evening of 25 November.

Film Industry hosts Cape Town “Oscars”: Call for nominations opens for 2nd Annual Imbongi Awards

The Cape Film Commission and the City of Cape Town will be hosting the 2nd Annual Imbongi Awards to showcase and recognise excellence within the Cape Town and Western Cape film industry. The event will be held on Saturday, 6 March 2010, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).

Big things start with small ideas

When The Simpsons started as a five-minute short in 1987, no one foresaw the show becoming such a huge success. 
 

Calling all student and amateur filmmakers

The 39th International Student Film Festival sehsuechte in

Calling for SA animations

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Stuttgart International Animation Festival (http://www.itfs.de/en/) - is wanting to have a special programme of South African shorts at next years' festival in March.

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