Digital Biscuit Film and Animation Competition

As part of their Digital Biscuit event the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland is launching its first Young Animators Award. Digital Biscuit is a series of 20 programmed talks and technology expositions over three days on the 24th -26th of January 2013 in the Science Gallery that will bring together global film industry leaders including directors David Yates (Harry Potter) and Pete Doctor (Toy Story).

The rules:

• Your animation must be between 10 seconds and 2 minutes long.
• You animation must incorporate the ‘digital biscuit’ theme in some way – visually, verbally or conceptually.

The judges:

• Jason Tammemagi (COSMO, Monster Animation)
• Joel Simon (Flickerpix Animations)
• Steve Woods (National Film School, Head of the SDGI Animation Committee)

The prize:

• Your animation will be premiered at Digital Biscuit to an audience of animators, directors, industry professional and film-loving public.
  A day of mentoring at Academy Award Nominated Brown Bag Studios

Submission:

• Animations should be uploaded as a private video to youtube or vimeo and the link sent to admin@sdgi.ie. with subject line “Animation Award Your Name”

Deadline: 18th January | For more details Click Here