Baton Rouge – As it has each year since its inception in 2005, Red Stick International Animation Festival has received a record number of entries for its annual “Best of the Fest” competition.
This year, the festival received 437 films from 36 countries for its sixth film competition, surpassing last year’s previous record of 421 films from 45 countries. When the festival debuted in 2005, it received 106 films from 13 countries, then 158 films from 28 countries for its second year, 2006. In 2007 and 2008, Red Stick received more than 200 films from 30 countries.
“Each year, the Red Stick film competition participation keeps increasing, which gives us many new and exciting animated films to screen for audiences, and allows the animators and producers who attend as guests to see new content,” said Red Stick International Animation Festival Director Stacey Simmons, Ph.D. “We are thrilled that once again, we have seen record-breaking participation for Best of the Fest.”
For the 2010 Best of the Fest Competition, participants were able to submit work in seven categories through Aug. 6:
• Animated Short Film (student and professional)
• Music Video
• Scientific Visualization
• Animation for Commercials
• Animation for Games
• Animation for Young Audiences
• Experimental Animation/Visual Music (student and professional)
Red Stick will consider all films for the 2010 Best of the Fest awards, which will be announced and presented during the festival, Nov. 10-13 in downtown Baton Rouge’s Arts District. The festival awards a Red Baton for the top work in each category, and this year introduces a Gold Baton, or Baton D’Or, award for the top entry overall.
The festival is now seeking public input for its first-round film jury, which gives people an opportunity to view and rate entries, serving as the festival’s first judges. This is an invitation no other film festival extends to the public, and Red Stick’s jury process is now receiving interest from other festivals around the world.
The films that receive the highest scores from the first-round jury will undergo further review from the festival staff to determine which films are shown during Red Stick. A panel of animation professionals will view the final films to determine which entries receive the Red and Gold Batons.
“We want to give everyone an opportunity to serve as the first audience for these films, and to let us know what they would like to see at the festival this fall,” said Stephen David Beck, Derryl & Helen Haymon Professor of Music and Red Stick Festival Host. “Their input is very important to our overall screening process.”
Anyone who is at least 18 years old can register online to serve on the Red Stick public film jury and view films at http://redstick.cct.lsu.edu/judging/login. The deadline for jury members to review the films and submit comments is Wednesday, Sept. 15.
The Red Stick festival is sponsored by LSU in partnership with the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President’s Office and Baton Rouge Area Digital Industries Consortium.
For more information on Red Stick 2010, please visit www.redstickfestival.org.
This year, the festival received 437 films from 36 countries for its sixth film competition, surpassing last year’s previous record of 421 films from 45 countries. When the festival debuted in 2005, it received 106 films from 13 countries, then 158 films from 28 countries for its second year, 2006. In 2007 and 2008, Red Stick received more than 200 films from 30 countries.
“Each year, the Red Stick film competition participation keeps increasing, which gives us many new and exciting animated films to screen for audiences, and allows the animators and producers who attend as guests to see new content,” said Red Stick International Animation Festival Director Stacey Simmons, Ph.D. “We are thrilled that once again, we have seen record-breaking participation for Best of the Fest.”
For the 2010 Best of the Fest Competition, participants were able to submit work in seven categories through Aug. 6:
• Animated Short Film (student and professional)
• Music Video
• Scientific Visualization
• Animation for Commercials
• Animation for Games
• Animation for Young Audiences
• Experimental Animation/Visual Music (student and professional)
Red Stick will consider all films for the 2010 Best of the Fest awards, which will be announced and presented during the festival, Nov. 10-13 in downtown Baton Rouge’s Arts District. The festival awards a Red Baton for the top work in each category, and this year introduces a Gold Baton, or Baton D’Or, award for the top entry overall.
The festival is now seeking public input for its first-round film jury, which gives people an opportunity to view and rate entries, serving as the festival’s first judges. This is an invitation no other film festival extends to the public, and Red Stick’s jury process is now receiving interest from other festivals around the world.
The films that receive the highest scores from the first-round jury will undergo further review from the festival staff to determine which films are shown during Red Stick. A panel of animation professionals will view the final films to determine which entries receive the Red and Gold Batons.
“We want to give everyone an opportunity to serve as the first audience for these films, and to let us know what they would like to see at the festival this fall,” said Stephen David Beck, Derryl & Helen Haymon Professor of Music and Red Stick Festival Host. “Their input is very important to our overall screening process.”
Anyone who is at least 18 years old can register online to serve on the Red Stick public film jury and view films at http://redstick.cct.lsu.edu/judging/login. The deadline for jury members to review the films and submit comments is Wednesday, Sept. 15.
The Red Stick festival is sponsored by LSU in partnership with the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President’s Office and Baton Rouge Area Digital Industries Consortium.
For more information on Red Stick 2010, please visit www.redstickfestival.org.
Publish Date:
08-19-2010
