Stuttgart Festival Of Animated Film

In 2014 Stuttgart will again open up the doors to the great world of animated film. And the competition for the golden Trickstars starts anew. The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) will offer a platform to filmmakers, directors and production companies to present their films and give the fans of animated film the chance to watch animated short and feature films of all genres for six days. The ITFS is one of the biggest and most important international festivals for animated film. It has developed into an essential event within the field of animated film in Germany and worldwide. Around 80,000 visitors and approximately 2,500 accredited professionals attended in 2013. An extensive supporting programme offers numerous workshops, informational events, presentations and much more.

Since 2007 the ITFS has been presenting awards in the field of applied animation – a competition that since 2011 is known as the Animated Com Award. “COM” stands for both the words commercial and communication.

Until February 14, 2014, the Animated Com Award is open for submissions in the field of applied animation. Prizes will be awarded for outstanding work in the areas of advertising, spatial communication, and technology, and a special award by Daimler AG. Partners of the Animated Com Award are Daimler AG, Lapp Kabel, ADC Deutschland, and Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart. The Special Award “Future needs derivation – Individual mobility” is offered by the Daimler AG. Imagination and creativity have no limits. All interested national and international filmmakers – students from film and animation schools as well as young companies – are invited to animate mobility as well as history and stories of the individual mobility in a personal and innovative way. The passion for automobile should be visualised and sustainable solutions for individual needs expressed in a playful manner. All techniques ranging from 3D computer animation to 2D cel animation and Stop Motion are accepted.

More information, regulations and registration forms:

www.itfs.de/en/home/festival/competitions-of-the-itfs/animated-com-award/

Curator of the Animated Com Award is animation director Kathi Kaeppel. The award ceremony will take place as a gala event with show acts and invited guests from business and politics at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart on April 25, 2014.

The Animated Com Award jury consists of Lisa Heiland (spokeswoman for the board German Producers Alliance – Film & Television), Michael Preiswerk (Creative Director, Consultant), Prof. Thomas Hundt (CEO Jangled Nerves), Joachim Lincke (CEO/Creative Director Mackevision), Mate Steinforth (CEO Sehsucht Berlin), Kathi Kaeppel (Director, Animator, Illustrator) and Prof. Ulrich Wegenast (Managing Director Programme, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film).

Contact for enquiries regarding the Animated Com Award-Submissions:

Anne Jagemann (jagemann@festival-gmbh.de)