Womanimation! is a festival showcasing acclaimed animated short film stories created by women from around the world.
On Saturday June 29th, the eleventh edition of Womanimation! takes place at AS220 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Womanimation! is just 5 days away!
Showtimes are 4:00pm, 6:00pm, and 8:00pm.
Tickets are $10 at the door, or online in advance here.
Womanimation! 2019 Film Selections
We have been seeking talented international women animators to highlight their work in our festival, as always with no submission fee.
From hundreds of quality submissions from dozens of countries, we have selected our twelve final films, from eleven nations.
Click here to view the list of festival films.
More on the Films
Eleven countries on four continents are represented, with styles from stop-motion to 3D to traditional 2D and computer/2D hybrids.
With running times between 3 and 15 minutes, the films emphasize well-developed narratives as well as visual experimentation, with themes touching on history, family, romance, or self-discovery, along with regular detours into realms of fantasy.
To find out more on this year's festival, click here.
MassArt Encore Edition of Womanimation! 10
Saturday, March 23rd, a special MassArt Encore Edition of the festival took place at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
The twelve films from the 2018 festival screened, with DJ Madame B weaving soundscapes from women around the world before and after the special screening. This was an official SWAN Day event.
Co-sponsored by the MassArt Animation Department, this educational screening was free and open to the public.
Audience Voting
The screening was enthusiastically received by an audience of both MassArt community and broader Boston animation afficianados.
Tweet-Tweet by Zhanna Bekmambetova from Russia won the audience voting, repeating its success from the original screening.
Close runners-up were Pépé le morse by Lucrèce Andreae (France) and À Chacun sa Malédiction by Lorène Yavo (Belgium).
Thanks to Steve, Alice, Tony, Kara, Erica, and everyone at MassArt for making the event a success!
Short Short Story Film Festival
The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes.
The Short Short Story Film Festival celebrates brevity in filmmaking, with films from across the globe, both live-action and animated.
Two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, each showcasing eighteen films tightly sequenced in under ninety minutes, with each having a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics.
12th Edition - November 2018
The 12th edition of the festival took place in Providence, RI on Saturday, November 24th, at AS220.
Thanks to all our enthusiastic audiences and of course our participating filmmakers for making the festival a great success!
Thirty countries from six continents were represented, with 26 films making their U.S. premieres, including eight world premieres.
See the complete list of films here.
Awards
See the complete list of jury, audience, and specialawards here.
A panel of film industry professionals from around the world , who were previously interviewed on Spoiler Alert Radio, reviewed the films in each program.
Audiences also voted on their three favorite films to determine award winners in each program. Additional awards were granted based on feedback from jury, audience, and festival organizers. Award winners received commissioned custom art objects created by past festival participants.
More On The Festival
For more details on the 2018 festival, click here, or learn more about the festival concept and history here.
Click here for requirements to submit for 2019 (beginning in August). As always, there is no fee to submit your film to the festival.