The judges’ panel has been filled with some big names for this year’s Nicktoons Network Animation Festival. Produced in partnership with Frederator Studios and Kidscreen magazine, the event boasts the involvement of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, Disney animator Andreas Deja, indie animator Bill Plympton and comedians Shawn and Marlon Wayans, whose animated series, Thugaboo, is set to air on both Nicktoons Network and Nickelodeon in August. Entries will also be judged by JG Quintel, winner of the 2005 Nicktoons Network Animation Festival Producers Choice and Student Award.
All six judges will screen the short animated films submitted for the festival and will rate them based on story, animation, design, entertainment value and fun factor. The top film will be awarded the $10,000 Grand Prize while other filmmakers walk off with the Producer’s Choice Award and Student Award and the newly added Diversity Award. In addition, the festival has partnered with Time For Kids magazine to host “Show Off Your Show,” a kids contest that will honor one lucky young winner with the festival’s first ever Greater Creator Award.
The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival will kicks off with a two-day live event at the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, Calif. on Saturday, Aug. 12 and Sunday, Aug.13. The multiplatform event will then screen submissions from around the world on Nicktoons Network and at the network’s website, www.nicktoonsnetwork.com. Submission entries will be accepted until May 31.
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