The Red Stick International Animation Festival has selected the finalists for its seven “Best of the Fest” film competition categories from among the record 437 films submitted this year.
The festival accepted entries through Aug. 6, and first opened screenings through its public film jury Aug. 15-Sept. 15, which gave people an opportunity to view and rate entries, serving as the festival’s first-round judges. Red Stick is the only film festival that offers the public this opportunity. During the public film jury, more than 100 judges viewed films and recommended more than five hours of top-rated material.
The films that received the highest scores from the first-round jury underwent further review from the festival staff and a panel of animation professionals to determine the finalists.
The Red Stick International Animation Festival “Best of the Fest” 2010 finalists are
Category: Animated Short Film – Student
Black Face the Sacred Legend, directed by Bertand Carriere, Mohamed Amine Faqir, Nicolas Salsedo and Clement Vitroly
Train of Thought, directed by Leo Bridle and Ben Thomas
Cheez…z, directed by Arut Tantasirin
Category: Animated Short Film – Professional
Pigeon Impossible, directed by Lucas Martell
The Guest, directed by Henrik Malmgren
Copia-A, directed by Gervasio Rodriguez Traverso and Pablo A. Diaz
Barko, directed by Allison Craig
Category: Scientific Visualization
Ancient Seas, directed by Jilli Rose and Lars Fields
Category: Commercials
It’s Zoopraxiscope, directed by Johannes Schiehsl
Morningstar Farms ‘Artist,’ directed by Todd Hemker
Category: Animation for Games
The Legend, directed by Allen Lin
Category: Animation for Young Audiences
Mumuhug Season 5 – Mighty Mudy, directed by Joe Lee
Abby’s Flying Fairy School, directed by Jan Carlee
Category: Experimental Animation / Visual Music – Student
Transformations on Bartok, directed by Stephen Campbell
Risheh, directed by Zahra Rezaei Salarnia
Odd Jobs, directed by Namchild
Category: Experimental Animation / Visual Music – Professional
Awaken Your Senses, directed by Gregory De Maria & Gene Nazarov
Phatty, directed by Bill Yarrington
Sinus Aestum, directed by Bret Battey
Category: Music Video
Lilac Wine, directed by Vanessa Marzaroli
Heart of Stone, directed by Chris Do
St. James Infirmary, directed James Tancill
Take It Easy, directed by Cesar Diaz
The festival’s professional film jury will review these films to determine the winner for each category. In categories for which there is only one film entered, the jury will determine whether the quality merits the award. The top work in each category will receive the festival’s Red Baton award.
This year, Red Stick International Animation Festival introduces a Gold Baton, or Baton D’Or, award for the overall best film submitted to the festival. The finalists for the Gold Baton are
Lilac Wine (Category: Music Video), directed by Vanessa Marzaroli
Black Face the Sacred Legend (Category: Animated Short Film – Student), directed by Bertand Carriere, Mohamed Amine Faqir, Nicolas Salsedo and Clement Vitroly
Pigeon Impossible (Category: Animated Short Film – Professional), directed by Lucas Martell
As in previous years, Red Stick International Animation Festival will announce the Red and Gold Baton winners during the festival, in a special awards presentation Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Manship Theatre.
This year, Red Stick has partnered with the Sci-An Awards for Excellence in Scientific Animation to co-host the first American presentation of these awards.
The Sci-An Awards are currently soliciting entries for scientifically accurate 2D and 3D animation created to enhance the understanding of science.
Red Stick and the 2010 Sci-An Awards will jointly present these awards in categories of Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences, with a special Achievement Award to an organization that advances and exemplifies the field of scientific animation.
The deadline for submissions to the 2010 Sci-An Awards is Oc. 15. To receive an entry form, send an e-mail to entryform@sci-an-awards.com
Red Stick is sponsored by LSU in partnership with the Louisiana Technology Park, East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President’s Office, Baton Rouge Area Chamber and Baton Rouge Area Digital Industries Consortium.
For more information on Red Stick 2010, please visit www.redstickfestival.org or contact the festival office at 225-366-8473.
Publish Date:
09-30-2010
