Archive of the Calls for Entries Category

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has dedicated the 2009 Heritage Award to the memory of Burton “Bud� Stone, who was president of Deluxe Laboratories for 18 years. The organization has simultaneously issued a call for entries in the 23rd annual competition for undergraduate, graduate or recently graduated film school students. The deadline for submissions is November 1. The Bud Stone Heritage Award will be presented to one or more recipients during the 23rd Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards on February 15, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel here in Los Angeles. more

Top 10 Finalists Featured at SIGGRAPH; Grand Prize Winner Will Be Selected by Shapeways Community Online and Win $500.00 Shapeways Product Certificate

WHAT: Shapeways, a leading global community for 3D co-creation and production, invites 3D artists to submit their hottest objects to be produced into physical tangible products by Shapeways.com and showcased at SIGGRAPH 2008. more

Festival Welcomes Returning Sponsors, Sets Event Dates

Los Angeles, CA & Tucson, AZ — (July 10, 2008) — The Tucson Film & Music Festival (TFMF) has announced its final call for entries for the 4th annual festival, to be held Columbus Day weekend (October 10-12) in Tucson, AZ. The Tucson Film & Music Festival showcases music and music-related shorts, documentaries and features, with a focus on artists with a connection to Arizona and to the Southwest. more

Portland, Ore. – July 3, 2008 – Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Oregon and Southwest Washington’s local SIGGRAPH chapter, today announced “Bring Your Own Art� (BYOA), scheduled to take place Thursday, July 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Art Institute of Portland, Ground Floor, located at 1122 NW Davis in downtown Portland, Ore. Equivalent to an “open mic night,� BYOA is a celebration of the local computer graphics community and offers artists a chance to share computer generated artwork ranging from animation, 2D and 3D models and works in progress, to fine art and web design. BYOA promises to be fun and creative while offering an opportunity for artists to share their work with peers, learn from others and get inspired. more

Show off your latest and greatest animation and VFX work! Submissions for the 2008 Autodesk SIGGRAPH Show Reel are now being accepted. Submit your most recent shorts, spots, game cinematics, music videos, films, or anything created using Autodesk tools, including 3ds Max, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Combustion, Toxik, Inferno, Flame, Flint, Smoke and Lustre for a chance at having your work shown to thousands of people in the industry. more

Winner of the Avid Perfect Pitch Contest Announced

Avid and Digital Content Producer are proud to reveal the winners of the Perfect Pitch contest. The grand prize went to Pierre Kuhl and his pitch entitled “Manual For Becoming Famous,” which highlights the life of an average student who attempts to find fame through manipulating the media. more

Respected Awards Acknowledge Outstanding Engineering Technologies and Creativity

May 29, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA) The HPA Awards Committee has announced the Call For Entries for the HPA 2008 Engineering Excellence Awards, which showcase and reward inventors, manufacturers, vendors and/or peer post production companies for outstanding product or technology application offerings. The well-known awards are an integral part of the HPA Awards, which launch their honors for the third year this November. more

Documentary on Endangered Fish Migration Becomes First Large-Format 3D Film Finished as a Complete 4K DI

Giant Screen Films’ Wild Ocean 3D documents a natural phenomenon of staggering proportion: the annual migration of sardines—billions of them—along the coast of South Africa. It is a beautiful, moving and, sadly, endangered event that IMAX audiences worldwide will soon have an opportunity to experience in stunning 70mm stereoscopic 3D thanks to the work of a team of pioneering filmmakers and a bit of magic supplied by Quantel’s Pablo 4K. more

ROCHESTER, NY — Kodak has extended the deadline for submissions to the Eastman Scholarship and Kodak Faculty Scholars Programs until June 16, 2008.
Open to faculty, students and film schools in the United States and Canada, the move is in direct response to a request by film schools in the United States to more adequately accommodate the quarter system. more

Your Animation Art Could Be Our Cover!

Reel-Exchange.com and Digital Content Producer magazine are teaming up to promote Student Animators at Siggraph 2008 in Los Angeles, August 12-14—and you and your work could be the cover of the July ’08 Digtial Content Producer issue!

If you think your animation, CG, VFX, or Game art is up to the task follow these guidelines for submission: Click here for all of the info