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GLAS Animation Festival

Berkeley, CA, United States, North America

18 - 21 Mar, 2021

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GLAS Animation Festival

Berkeley, CA, United States, North America

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General Information

edition

6th

Contact details

Berkeley, CA 91601 United States

91601

submissions@glasanimation.com

818-579-4390

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Venues

Landmark Shattuck Cinemas 2230 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, California 94704, , United States Show me on the map
David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way Berkeley, California 94704, , United States Show me on the map
Berkeley Art Center 1275 Walnut Street Berkeley, California 94709, , United States Show me on the map
East Bay Media Center 1939 Addison Street Berkeley, California 94704, , United States Show me on the map

About the festival

GLAS Animation Festival takes place in the historic city of Berkeley, California, just a quick ride away from San Francisco.

GLAS Animation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2014. Our core mission is to cultivate and promote the art and science of animation. We provide a unique platform for independent animation, champion diverse and underrepresented voices, and emphasize exceptional directors and artists that push visual, conceptual, and narrative boundaries within the cinematic artform. We are a community-driven organization that not only exhibits animated films, but creates a context and language for a shared understanding and appreciation of animation in the United States.

In March 2016 we launched the first annual GLAS Animation Festival in Berkeley, California. GLAS takes place over four days across Downtown Berkeley at various prestigious cultural institutions including theaters, galleries, media centers, and educational institutions.

GLAS exhibits films from local and international artists and filmmakers across the animation spectrum, creating a community and space for industry veterans, historians, animation enthusiasts, and emerging talent from diverse backgrounds to come together, share, learn, and appreciate the animated art form in a critical context. We started GLAS to showcase the most exciting animation being made around the world and expand the scope of how animation is understood as an artistic medium in the United States.

At the heart of the festival is the international competition, which showcases five curated programs of the most exceptional contemporary animated short films. These programs are the highlight of the festival as they demonstrate most fully the expressive abilities of animation as a medium. Created oftentimes by an individual artist or small team, these films push the boundaries of film itself through a singular vision not possible in any other medium.

We also host retrospectives, special curated programs, workshops, panel discussions, performances, and installations. We invite a diverse range of national and international guest speakers and presenters from various sections of the filmmaking community to come share their works, their knowledge, their expertise, and to facilitate discussion. The speakers and presenters we invite represent a multitude of aspects of the animation community including industry veterans, notable independent animators, curators, performance artists, and installation artists.

We bring this wide breadth of talent to have people in the US be able to see it all within a cinematic context. We believe in the power of a festival as a context to view films as an instigator for building communities and relationships.

About

GLAS Animation Festival takes place in the historic city of Berkeley, California, just a quick ride away from San Francisco.

GLAS Animation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2014. Our core mission is to cultivate and promote the art and science of animation. We provide a unique platform for independent animation, champion diverse and underrepresented voices, and emphasize exceptional directors and artists that push visual, conceptual, and narrative boundaries within the cinematic artform. We are a community-driven organization that not only exhibits animated films, but creates a context and language for a shared understanding and appreciation of animation in the United States.

In March 2016 we launched the first annual GLAS Animation Festival in Berkeley, California. GLAS takes place over four days across Downtown Berkeley at various prestigious cultural institutions including theaters, galleries, media centers, and educational institutions.

GLAS exhibits films from local and international artists and filmmakers across the animation spectrum, creating a community and space for industry veterans, historians, animation enthusiasts, and emerging talent from diverse backgrounds to come together, share, learn, and appreciate the animated art form in a critical context. We started GLAS to showcase the most exciting animation being made around the world and expand the scope of how animation is understood as an artistic medium in the United States.

At the heart of the festival is the international competition, which showcases five curated programs of the most exceptional contemporary animated short films. These programs are the highlight of the festival as they demonstrate most fully the expressive abilities of animation as a medium. Created oftentimes by an individual artist or small team, these films push the boundaries of film itself through a singular vision not possible in any other medium.

We also host retrospectives, special curated programs, workshops, panel discussions, performances, and installations. We invite a diverse range of national and international guest speakers and presenters from various sections of the filmmaking community to come share their works, their knowledge, their expertise, and to facilitate discussion. The speakers and presenters we invite represent a multitude of aspects of the animation community including industry veterans, notable independent animators, curators, performance artists, and installation artists.

We bring this wide breadth of talent to have people in the US be able to see it all within a cinematic context. We believe in the power of a festival as a context to view films as an instigator for building communities and relationships.

Awards & Winners

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Terms and rules

The GLAS Animation Festival is an international competition animation festival dedicated to animated films and will be held in March 15-21, 2021. The 6th edition will be a full scale virtual experience featuring talks, retrospectives, competition screenings, performances, panels, and more. We want to recreate everything that makes attending a festival feel special, from the context of the curation, elevating the work, making new friends, and networking at social events. This will be a robust and exclusive event using a platform with top of the line security that will ensure we can play the latest and most exciting releases.

With the next generation of curators at the helm, we’re determined to make this a virtual festival experience unlike any other. We’ll also be hosting a small version in person in Los Angeles in the summer of 2021, health and safety permitting.

In addition to the cash prizes for the official competition, we are pleased to announce a new collaboration with La Guarimba who will be screening the award winning films in person during their outdoor festival in Amantea, Italy Summer 2021. The award-winning filmmakers will receive accommodations as well as a travel stipend to attend.

GENERAL CONDITIONS
• GLAS Animation Festival welcomes all animation techniques.
• Films must be completed after January 1st 2019
• Short films submitted must not exceed 40 minutes
• Feature length films must be over 40 minutes
• Short films that are online are eligible for selection
• Each applicant must be the rightful owner of submitted films and own all literary and musical rights.
• Films must be comprised of a minimum of 30% animation to be in consideration for competition

SUBMISSION FEES
Submissions operate on a rolling basis.
It is free to submit from September 3 - October 1.
$15 from October 1- November 1 for shorts.
$25 from November 1-December 1 for shorts.

GLAS Animation does not pay for screening fees for films selected in the Competition programs.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
• Filmmakers are required to fill out a completed application form via FilmFreeway
• The festival only accepts online submission links for preview (Vimeo/Youtube etc.) Film links may be private or public.
• All films submitted must be fully completed as works in progress will not be considered
• Films with languages other than english must have English subtitles

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Preview Copy: The festival accepts link/urls to film
Screening Copy: Apple ProRes 422 HQ.

GLAS Animation Festival reserves the right to refuse a screening copy of poor technical condition that may be detrimental to the screening. Films with dialogues in a language other than English must have English subtitles.

INSTALLATION SUBMISSION
Applicant must submit a complete proposal and narrative of proposed installation along with images and documentation. Installation formats include projection, films on monitors, video sculptures, and interactive works.

FILM SELECTION + NOTIFICATION
Film selection is carried out by the festival director in collaboration with selected professionals.

Selected films for competition will be announced on the festival website no later than February 1st. Filmmakers will be notified no later than January 15th.

FILM TRANSPORT
The party responsible for sending film materials bears the cost of transporting selected films for competition programs. The festival incurs the cost of the films return. If sent via mail, the sender must provide the festival with necessary information regarding its return (date needed by/address/phone number). International parcels should be marked ‘For Cultural Purposes Only/No Commercial Value). The copy will be returned within three weeks after festival completion.

JURY AND AWARDS
Members of the jury for competition categories are selected by the Festival Director.

GRAND PRIX
HIGH RISK
NEW TALENT
AUDIENCE AWARD

BEST US FILM
BEST FILM FOR FAMILY AUDIENCES

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Participation in the festival and its submission process indicates acceptance, without reservation, the terms of the present regulations. By submitting a film through our submission process, submitters and filmmakers.

CONTACT
GLAS Animation
Email: submissions@glasanimation.com
Phone: 01+ 661-755-5425

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Animated Short Film Submission
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) $0
Regular (1st November, 2020) $15
Late (1st December, 2020) $25
Description

We welcome every type of animated short. This includes Narrative, Non-Narrative, Undergraduate, Graduate, Commissioned, First Film etc. Live-action hybrid, experimental, and non-narrative films are welcome as well. Films should be no greater than 40 minutes in duration.

Animated Feature Submission
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) $0
Regular (1st November, 2020) $30
Late (1st December, 2020) $50
Description

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