animate! tv 2006 - call for submissions

animate! trailblazes fresh narrative and aesthetic possibilities in film, way beyond live-action and the frame-by-frame confines of conventional animation. animate! tv is currently commissioning its sixteenth annual slate of personal projects for television, with running times of up to 6 minutes and production budgets between £5,000 and £20,000. Successful films will receive their premieres o­n Channel 4 in autumn 2007 within an animate! tv compilation programme, and then enjoy a long and highly visible international profile.

animate! tv is looking for projects fired by an irresistibly original idea that will challenge the boundaries of animation. You don’t need to be an animator to submit a proposal but you must have experience of experimental practice in film, video & digital media, and be based in the UK. Celluloid, tape and digital technologies are all acceptable, in pure or hybrid form. The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2006.

To find out more see www.animateonline.org/funding/