Roots

An exploration by Chris Quigley and Raul Lansink into open source brands / brand participation / brand co-production . . . or whatever you want to call it. We 're not quite sure what to call "it", and one of the main objectives of this blog is to discover just exactly what "it" is.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

We help animation blog launch in UK

So we've been helping our friends at Channel 4 re-launch 4mations as the UK leading animation blog. It's been kinda hard work, however it's all coming together. The 4mations animation blog now features things like animation reviews, animation shorts, tips on how to get an animation commissioned on TV, how to make a good animation showreel, and also a list of UK animation festivals.

The list of animation festivals features festivals including:
- Encounters Short Film Festival: Deadline 30th June 2009, next festival 17-22 November 2009
- Edinburgh International Film Festival: Submissions open October 2009, next festival June 2009
- Leeds International Film Festival: Deadline 21st August 2009, next festival 4-16 November 2009
- London International Animation Festival: Deadline 1st of June 2009, next festival 28 August - 6 September 2009
- Kinofilm: Deadline 10th September 2009, next festival 23-28 February 2010
- Animex: Deadline 1st October 2009, next festival 8-12 February 2010
- Aurora: No submissions, next festival 5-15 November 2009
- Showcomotion: 2010 dates to be announced
- Flip Festival: Deadline 3rd July 2009, next festival 5-7 November 2009
- Bradford Animation Festival: Deadline 24th July 2009, next festival 11-14 November 2009
- British Animation Awards: 2010 dates to be announced
- Canterbury Anifest: Deadline 30th September 2009, next festival 7th and 8th november 2009