Call for submissions: TAIS Animated Showcase 2011

TAIS ANIMATION SHOWCASE 2011 – Call for Submissions

Have you made an animated short film in the last 18 months?  Want it to screen to a packed house as part of the fantastic TAIS Showcase this June?
Then submit!

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) is seeking independent animated films completed after June 2009 that are under 15 minutes in length for the TAIS ANIMATION SHOWCASE screening this June 23, 2011 at Innis Town Hall (University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue).  All genres, techniques & themes accepted, both narrative and non-narrative.

No entry fee for submissions.  Artist fees paid for all selected films.

Films should be submitted ONLY as QuickTime movie files on DVD/CD or via a download link for the file(s).  Please send either a 1280 x 720 Quicktime movie file or a 720 x 480 Quicktime movie file  using our preferred codecs ProRes or Photo Jpeg with 48kHz sound.

Send your submission to:
Toronto Animated Image Society
TAIS Showcase 2011
60 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 102
Toronto, Ontario  M6K 1X9
CANADA

Please include the completed submission form (downloadable at http://www.tais.ca/animationshowcase_submissionform.pdf) , an artist bio and two film stills  (tiff or jpg @ 300 dpi ­ 2 x 3).  Description, bio, contact info and download links  may be emailed to tais@bellnet.ca or included in mailed submission package.  Please do not send large files via email.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, May 16, 2011, 5:00 pm

For more info, visit www.tais.ca