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There’s nothing better on a cold, dark, rainy day, than spreading a bit of competition joy.
That’s right! We can finally announce the winners of Month 2 of our Toon Boom competition.

Here are the four talented winners who impressed our judges Adam Gee (Channel 4 Commissioning Editor) and Hugo Sands (Managing Director of Passion Pictures)


Smigly by Allen Mezquida

Adam Gee: “Great, snappy script; cinematic feel; fresh visuals; wry satire; tight and to the point - about as much fun as you can get in 1 min 33 secs.”
Hugo Sands: “A well-structured story, crisply told, with engaging character animation. ”


Happy Cloud by Ilias Sounas

Adam Gee: “A little burst of bouncy, colourful cosmic joy.”
Hugo Sands: “A cohesive, coherent and nicely-designed execution of a simple idea.”


Posthaste by Rob Zywietz

Adam Gee: “An enjoyable interlude in a pastely water-colour world.”
Hugo Sands: “Expressive drawing, skilled animation and finely-honed look make this an effective piece of film-making.”


Three Times by David Gilbert and Maxim Lucas
Adam Gee: “Good mix of graphic and photographic, building to a satisfyingly chaotic climax.”
Hugo Sands: “This has very pure, while slightly ‘homemade’, aesthetic using a simple-looking technique. But lot of work has gone into this with impressive results.”

Congratulations are also in order for the other 3 shortlisted films:

Tamagotchi Girl by Dave Carter

House Guest by Ben Mitchell

Room 14 by John Karabelias

4mations gold

Last week we announced the winners of Month 1 of our Toon Boom competition. There was laughter, there were tears. Well, not really, but our 4 winning animators did win a lovely copy of Toon Boom Studio.

And there’s still time for you to get in on the action! We’re looking for the best animation shorts you can throw at us.* The Month 2 competition is running until midnight on the 9th of September. That’s midnight TONIGHT!

Our big-wig judge will be Hugo Sands, Managing Director of Passion Pictures, one of Europe’s leading independent production companies. Want a chance to show him your work? Our handy submission  form only takes 5 seconds to fill in. So what are you waiting for?

SUBMIT NOW!

Or the kitten gets it.

*No, not THOSE shorts. Tsk. Honestly.

We have seen, we have heard, and we have adored - that’s right, we can finally announce the winners of the 1st month of our Toon Boom Studio competition!

Without further ado, here are the four talented winners, whose superb animated shorts impressed our big-wig judges Adam Gee (Channel 4 Commissioning Editor) and Nigel Pay (Director of Academy Award winning Tandem Films): Read the rest of this entry »

We have seen, we have heard, and we have adored - that’s right, we can finally announce the winners of the 1st month of our Toon Boom Studio competition!

Without further ado, here are the four talented winners, whose superb animated shorts impressed our big-wig judges Adam Gee (Channel 4 Commissioning Editor) and Nigel Pay (Director of Academy Award winning Tandem Films):

Blip by Sean Mullen and Ben Harper

Adam Gee: “Simple but gorgeous, with shades of Wall-e.”

Nigel Pay: “Charming, well animated story set within a clear visual framework, has all the ingredients a grad film should have as two aliens fight it out to own the planet.”

Good Bye London by Murray John

Adam Gee: “Energetic use of live action which helps capture a particular experience of living in the city.”

Nigel Pay: “Fun, vibrant animation/pixillation pop promo extravaganza, Camden never looked better, and no room for Banksy!”

The Birdwatcher by Ross Phillips

Adam Gee: “Has its own inexorable logic leading to the one blackly humourous ending possible.”

Nigel Pay: “A new take on twittering, but getting blacker by the minute. Another grad film that ticks all the boxes as Birds v. Artist takes a sinister turn.”

Hey by Eatliz Animation

Adam Gee: “A skillfully executed fantastical vision, built around beautiful pastel-toned imagery.”

Nigel Pay: “Technically excellent and well crafted 3D animation in a very filmic short with seamless editing and composition.”

With a wonderfully varied shortlist of a remarkably high standard, congratulations to the other 4 shortlisted directors:

Furnick by David Suroviec

Highly Overrated by Billy Allison

Photocopier by Frank Mansfield

Ugly Love by Jane Ashby

Want to catch our judges’ eye? You still have one week left to enter Month 2 of the competition. What are you waiting for? Get submitting NOW!

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Attention animators. You have until the 25th of August 2009 to make a sting for E4!

Get your 10 second animated masterpiece of mayhem, mischief and fun on the telly-box! E4 are running a competition to make an on-air sting. Why not animate something cool, funny and weird for your chance to win?

The 1st Prize winner will receive a cheque for £5000 and two runners up will each receive £500.The finalists will also be invited to an fancy awards ceremony in London town where the final winner will be announced.
Find out more about the rather lovely E4 sting competition.

And don’t forget to submit your animations to our Summer of Toons competition!

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What makes people laugh out loud? What triggers that physical reaction? Is it joy?Relief? Surprise?

Whatever it is, The Birdwatcher has it.

I didn’t want to like this film, and I’m still not sure I do. There’s something a little bit uneasy about it, something in the strange muted colours, awkward cut out characters and incessant crowing that makes you recoil. Looking through the watcher’s binoculars makes you feel both claustrophobic, responsible for what is happening, and queasy.

And yet somehow I couldn’t stop watching. I was moved, I was annoyed, I winced, and, yes, in spite of myself, I laughed out loud. Several times. While cringing. More than the plot, it was graduating student Ross Phillips‘ directorial skills which surprised me. There are odd touches of brilliance, in the movement of the worm as he’s pulled between two birds, or the careful timing of the crows going about their ghastly business. ‘Don’t assume you know what you’re watching’, he seems to whisper. I will listen.

The Birdwatcher was one of our fist submissions to the Toon Boom competition. Keep ‘em coming!