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MergingArts Productions produces cultural events and radio programming related to music and visual arts, reaching out to communities both locally and globally.

Women ... Animation ... Womanimation!

Womanimation! is a festival showcasing acclaimed animated short film stories created by women from around the world.

Womanimation! 2026

The fifteenth edition of Womanimation! will be taking place in April, at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.

More details, including showtimes, will be posted in March.

Now Accepting Submissions

We are seeking talented women animators from around the world to highlight their work in our 2026 festival.

The submission deadline is Sunday, 15th March.

As always, there is no fee to submit your film.

Touch here to read details on submission requirements and fill out a form to submit your film.

Find out more on previous versions of the festival here.

Music Charting

World Music

Toni (aka DJ Madame B) is a global music genre director showcasing sounds from around the world. She hosts Pacifica affiliate syndicated and regional world music shows.

She submits MergingArts Global Radio weekly charts to NACC (North American College & Community Chart) and RMR (Roots Music Report).

She is an active panelist of international charting organizations, TWMC (Transglobal World Music Chart)and RWMC (Russian World Music Chart), representing MergingArts.

Touch here to view weekly and monthly world music charts and adds.

Radio Syndication

World Music

Donne del Mondo showcases global music by women, celebrating musical women of the world. Available Saturday afternoons, it is distributed via the Pacifica Radio Network on select affiliates throughout North America.

Transworld Airwaves features a cross-cultural musical journey united in voices and rhythms. As well as syndicating on Pacifica, it broadcasts every other Sunday evening from 7:00 to 8:00 pm (US Eastern time) on WZBC 90.3 FM from Boston College in Newton/Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

You can hear more international sounds every Sunday from 8:00 am to 11:00 am Eastern, by tuning in to World Wide Waves, with rotating hosts. It can be heard on 90.3 FM WRIU, non-commercial radio broadcasting from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, RI.

Spoiler Alert Radio

Featuring conversations on the craft of filmmaking, Spoiler Alert Radio continues to syndicate weekly on selected Pacifica affiliates.

You can find out more about the show, including syndication information, on our Spoiler Alert Radio page, or visit our podcast and archive page here.

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 18th edition of the festival returned to celebrate brevity in film-making in a new way, starting Monday, 24th November and running through Sunday, 7th December.

Continuing with our approach from last year, this year's festival was a unique online event, with film makers across the globe participating in both exhibiting and reviewing films.

Congratulations To Our Award Winners!

For the Heartstrings program, the winner was Lilli + Camille, from German director Iris Birke, depicting the loss of a loved one and the healing quality of flora – a space in which memory and vitality exists equally.

For the Headtrip program, the winner was Tar, from Iranian directors Fariba Farzanfar and Kaveh Sistani. In Persian, tar can mean a strand of hair or a traditional stringed instrument. The film is animated with real strands of hair, depicting a girl, her instruments, and an enraged centipede.

New Awards Process

Each program of the festival, Heartstrings and Headtrip, has an award.

As of 2024, the films were reviewed by the participating filmmakers themselves, who voted for their favorite films created by their peers.

There was also an acclaimed international jury panel of participants, continuing our tradition from our Spoiler Alert Radio film program, who reviewed and selected their favorites.

You can see a list of jury members here.

The jury and filmmaker votes were combined to determined winners, who received commissioned custom art objects created by past festival participants. Visit the awards page for more about this year's awards.

More On The Festival

View the complete list of festival films here.

Learn more about the festival concept and history here.

For requirements to submit to future editions, touch here.

There is no fee to submit your film to the festival.