Vis Awards events
January
Imagina - Monte Carlo, Monaco
Categories include media and entertainment, architecture and urbanisation, landscape and territory.
Deadline date: 5th December.
Imagina website
February
Animex Awards - Teesside University
Categories include 3D animation, 2D animation, games art, experimental animation, visual effects, stop motion, motion graphics.
Deadline date: 1st November.
Animex website
Anima Brussels Animation Festival - Brussels, Belgium
Categories include: shorts, shorts for children, student film, features, features for children.
Deadline date: 15th October.
Anima Brussels Animation Festival website
March
Game Developers Conference - San Francisco, USA
Categories include: animation, interactive, web/internet.
Game Developers Conference website
April
MIPTV - Cannes, France
Categories include: animation, documentaries, interactive, television, live action, features, visual effects.
MIPTV website
Cartoons on the Bay - Positano, Italy
Categories include: animation, short films, television, features.
Deadline date: 15th January.
Cartoons on the Bay website
May
Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film - Germany
Categories include: best student film, best film for children, best animated TV series.
Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film website
fmx - Stuttgart, Germany
Categories include: animation, new media, interactive, live action, features, visual effects.
fmx website
June
Annecy International Animation Festival - Annecy, France
Categories include: short and feature films, commissioned films, TV films, graduation films, internet films.
Deadline date: 15th January.
Annecy International Animation Festival website
Game Horizon Conference - The Sage, Gateshead
Featuring creative, innovative and inspirational speakers from the world of gaming, entertainment and business.
Game Horizon Conference website
Apply Serious Games - London
Apply Serious Games website
July
Anima Mundi International Animation Festival - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Categories include: best soundtrack, best script, best animation, best commissioned film.
Deadline date: 26th May.
Anima Mundi International Animation Festival website
Develop Conference & Expo - Brighton Conference Centre
Develop Conference & Expo website
August
Siggraph Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques - USA
Categories include: animation shorts, architectural visualisation, emerging technology, music related works.
Siggraph Conference and Exhibition website
September
Ottawa International Animation Festival - Ontario Canada
Categories include: animation, short films, new media, television, commercials, web/internet, business, management, features, visual effects.
Deadilne date: 1st June.
Ottawa International Animation Festival website
Independent Games Festival - San Francisco, USA
Categories include: animation, interactive, web/internet.
Deadline date: 20th March.
Independent Games Festival website
November
Brief Encounters – International Short Film Festival - Bristol
Brief Encounters website
Aurora – Norwich International Animation Festival
Aurora website
Les E-magiciens - Valenciennes, France
Categories include: video shots with special effects and chained animation.
Les E-magiciens website
