Source: The Advocate
Red Stick International Animation Festival, the largest event of its kind in the U.S., is now accepting entries for its 5th annual “Best of the Fest” competition. Deadline is Dec. 1.
Red Stick highlights the intersections among art, technology and computational science. Each year, the festival draws renowned animators, video game developers and other digital media industry professionals to Baton Rouge to host lectures, workshops and other events for aspiring artists, programmers and entrepreneurs.
More than 200 people from nearly 30 countries entered films for last year’s competition, and more than 4,000 people attended the festival events and film screenings.
For the 2009 festival, which will take place April 22-25 in downtown Baton Rouge, participants can submit work in eight categories: animated short film (student and professional); music video; scientific visualization; animation for commercials; animation for games; animation for young audiences; experimental animation/visual music (student and professional); and storyboard competition. There is no entry fee and you may enter more than one category. For more details, go to http://www.redstickfestival.org.
Publish Date:
10-17-2008
