Women ... Animation ... Womanimation!
Womanimation! is a festival showcasing acclaimed animated short film stories created by women from around the world.
It's a Wrap!
The 2017 festival, the 9th edition, took place Saturday, July 8th at AS220 in Providence, RI.
Thanks to all our enthusiastic audiences, the staff at AS220, and of course our participating filmmakers for making the festival a great success!
And thanks to John Santos and Mumma's Real Lemonade for their help with the reception.
You can continue to follow the Facebook event page here, or read more on the festival here.
Awards
We have counted and recounted the ballots, and this year's Audience Award winner is Catherine, directed by Britt Raes from Belgium.
WireLess and Le Chant des Grenouilles (Frogs' Song) were tied for runner-up.
WireLess, by Hungarian womanimator Szandra Pataki, also won the Visual Vanguard award for visual innovation in storytelling.
Award winners will be receiving custom awards created by previous Womanimation! award winners.
Festival Films
Having received hundreds of submissions, we selected a dozen films to screen in the festival.
Filmmakers hailed from ten countries throughout Europe and Asia, and nine of the films made their US premiere, including one international premiere.
Click here for a list of this year's festival films.
Festival "Herstory"
To find out more on the previous eight festivals, click here.
RIP WUMD 89.3 FM
WUMD in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, a non-commercial radio station with a 42-year broadcasting history, ended its on-air presence on June 26th.
UMass Dartmouth administration sold their frequency to Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR). This removes one of few independent sources for music and news broadcasting in the area.
WUMD continues in internet-only format at wumd.rocks.
MergingArts recently produced an episode for the Sprouts syndicated radio program. Click here to listen to The Tenuous Future of Grassroots Radio.