Calling all animators!

Submit your film

Submissions open may 1st -

close july 1st

Essential Details for your submissions (also found on the submission form Link at button to the right.)

  • Submission Length: Thirty seconds to ten minutes in length. If you have a piece that is longer, you may submit a portion of the film to meet our time limit requirements.

  • Submission mediums/process: Can include ANY kind of animation (cell animation, stop motion, hand drawn, digital animation, etc) submissions must be human conceived. Project can include some live action, but animation must be the main show of the project!

  • Submission Place of Origin: creator must have some kind of relevance (I.e. college students, full or part time residence) to the northeast states of NH, ME, and VT. You do not need to be a full time resident, however we want to represent people within the proximity of these states to form an intentional community of people who may be able to attend the event and meet face to face one day!

STIPENDS:

For 2024 we are offering excellence awards - a cash stipend that is awarded to select film makers who’ve submitted and are accepted to this years film festival. The awards are based on merit and juried by local Maine artists and filmmakers. This year we will be offering 5 awards at the value of $300 each! These will be dispersed in the Fall of 2024.