CalAniFest

California International Animation Festival 2013

CalAniFest 2013

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The California International Animation Festival is dedicated to a recognition that animation, gaming and film making are not separate businesses, but fingers on the same hand.

CalAniFest is now a broadcast event on a local TV station, KAZV-TV, in the Central Valley of California.  This allows over 100,000 homes to view and vote on their favorite animated films, during the month of August.    KAZV-TV is now simulcast on the internet.  This will allow anyone in the world to watch your animated film and vote for the audience favorite.

As an international arts, entertainment, and educational organization, the Fireside Foundation, Inc., inspires young and emerging artists through exhibitions, as well as educational programs on an international level.

Categories

There will be 5 separately juried competitions in the 2013 California International Animation Festival, open to entries from anywhere in the world.

The juried competitions are as follows. All categories include both movie and television series projects and music videos.

  1. 2D Animation - classic hand drawn animation with running time under 30 minutes.
  2. 3D Animation - computer drawn 3D style animation with running time under 30 minutes.
  3. Anime - Japanese style animation with running times under 30 minutes.
  4. Experimental/Other/Multi-Media - animation using other forms of expression including claymation, puppetry, etch-a-sketch, etc., as well as those using more than one technique. Also includes projects combining Live Action and Animation, however animation must be at least 50% of the finished project.
  5. Games-any game that can be played on a PC or mobile device may enter the competition.
FEATURE LENGTH PROJECTS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN ALL CATEGORIES AS WELL.

Selections

CalAniFest appoints independent selection committees to view all submissions, for both pre-selection and final selection. Selection committees are comprised of industry professionals such as directors, producers, agents, film company executives, animation professionals and advertising agency executives.

The 'Game' category will be judged by individuals from the media and gaming community.

Submissions dates for 2013

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You can submit directly to CalAniFest 2013 by downloading our submission form and sending it along with your DVD and entry fee or you can submit your film or game through Without a box at www.withoutabox.com 



Submission Deadlines
Early Deadline - March 1, 2013
Regular Deadline - April 1, 2013
Late deadline - May 31, 2013
WAB Extended deadline - June 15, 2013

Deadlines were extended due to technical difficulties.

KAZV-TV Comcast Channel 195 & Broadcast Channel 14.

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During the month of June 2012, CalAniFest 2012 films were shown the KAZV-Tv audience in the Central Valley of California.   The audience response was phenomenal.    Everyone raved about the films.   The animators are amazing.   The stories such as The Amazing Adventures of Captain Caboo made you laugh, while Worlds Apart with its beautiful animation and relevant message made you cry.  Two films, Jingle All The Way and Flight of Magic, should become instant Christmas Classics, while Scrap Metal let you fall in love with a robot and A Cloudy Conundrum made you want to cuddle up to the cloud creatures.Needless to say the judges had a difficult job.  You can see the results on the winners page.  Although every film shown was a winner with the audience! 
Many thanks to all the filmmakers for such great films.

The 2012 winners!
Go to the Winners page to see the results.
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