Festival Bytes: Call for Submissions Reminders!

ADC 98th Annual Awards
New York, New York | May 6, 2019 (Creative Week May 6-10)
DEADLINE: January 31, 2019 | Extended: February 15, 2019 ($50 late fee)
Categories: Branded Content (Games, Online, TV/Film, Episodic), Craft in Video (Animation, Special Effects), Television/Film/Online Video, Design for Good (Interactive, Motion/Film Craft), Digital Experience (AR, VR, Responsive Environment), Illustration (Animation, Comic Book/Graphic Novel, Digital), Interactive (AR/VR, Games), Craft in Gaming (Animation, Direction, Motion Graphics, Special Effects) and many more.

Digital Creation Genie Awards
Paris, France | January 30, 2019 (Paris Images Digital Summit Jan. 30-Feb. 2)
DEADLINE: December 1, 2018
Categories: Visual Effects – Feature Film, Visual Effects – Fiction TV, Visual Effects – Commissioned, Visual Effects – Environment, Visual Effects – Character or Creature, Best Student Film VFX/CGI, Best Innovation

Digital Lab Africa #3
Multiple Finalist Pitches in Africa in 2019
DEADLINE: January 13, 2019
Categories: (Open to creators from Sub-Saharan Africa only.) Web Creation/Transmedia, Virtual Reality, Video Game, Animation, Digital Music

GLAS Animation Festival
Berkeley, California | March 21-24, 2019
DEADLINE: November 30, 2018
Categories: Narrative Shorts, Non-Narrative/Experimental Shorts, Undergraduate Shorts, Graduate Shorts, Commissioned Shorts, Features

Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards
Tenerife, Spain | April 5-6, 2019
DEADLINE: December 8, 2018
Categories: (Open to filmmakers from the 23 regional nations only) Feature Film, Series, Short Film, School Short Film, Innovative Work, Commissioned Film, Sound Design & Original Music, Visual Development & Animation Design

Int’l Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany | April 30-May 5, 2019
DEADLINE: December 1, 2018
Categories: International Competition, Young Animation, Tricks for Kids, AniMovie (see website for additional competitions and awards)