ASIFA-SOUTH Animation Festival and Conference

See festival promo video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5r-Ydvoh2Q This year marks the 25th anniversary of ASIFA-South (formerly ASIFA-Atlanta), the Southern chapter of ASIFA International (Association Internationale du Film d’Animation). What has started out as a showcase over the past 17 years has expanded into a two-day long festival and conference. Now in its fourth year, ASIFAC Animation Festival has become an annual competitive event open to students, independent animators, and professionals. Selected entries offer diverse perspectives in the form of 2-D, Stop Motion, 3-D and hybrid-mixes to deliver inspiring and thought provoking films. Juries for our film and panelists includes an array of industry professionals such as producers, directors, head of studio, and artists from DreamWorks, Adult Swim, Floyd County Productions, Third Floor studio, EA and more. The festival and conference serves to highlight the magic of animation and its power to bring forth humor, imagination and art. Selected entries from the Southern Spotlight block will also be considered for our International Animation Day, which participating partner chapters all over the world will share. The four program blocks are as follows: INTERNATIONAL BLOCK For our animator friends across borders, oceans, continents, USA west coast, enter your shorts for this block. ANIMATED FEATURE The most ambitious of all animated projects, this category is dedicated to films of 30 minutes to 1-hour run-time. SOUTHERN SPOTLIGHT SHOWCASE A showcase filled with animated shorts from students, independent animators and professionals in the south US. Only shorts made in the South US region qualifies for this program. Includes Maryland. ALL AGES BLOCK These are entries that can be enjoyed by families and kids of a young age. This two-day animation festival and conference will also include panels by professional animators in the local industry. There will also be an Awards ceremony at the last day of the conference. Check out our website www.asifa-south.com for more info.