Animation First Student Competition

IN PERSON at SVA: Sat, Feb 8
ONLINE: Sat, Feb 8 to Sat, Feb 22

The Animation First Student Short Film Competition, back for a fifth year, highlights the work of emerging talent from some of the most renowned animation schools in France and the United States. Prizes are awarded for Best French Student Short and Best American Student Short.

This year’s schools include Gobelins, l’École de l’Image (Paris, France), RUBIKA (Valenciennes, France), L’École Émile-Cohl (Lyon, France), École des Nouvelles Images (Avigon, France), California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) (California, USA), Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) (Georgia, USA), School of Visual Arts (SVA) (New York, USA), and University of Southern California (USC) (California, USA).

President: Kristof Serrand

French Jury: Martha Riviere, Alexandra Pewinski (RUBIKA), Simon Herrera, Samuels Rowella (Gobelins, l’École de l’Image), Gabrielle Diaz, Gaétan Duchesne (L’École Émile-Cohl)

American Jury: Lauren Spitzer, Diya Joseph (CalArts), Addison Fujimoto, Ellie Hui (SVA), Andrew Erbskorn, Amina Umirzhanova (SCAD), Xindi Zhang, Jee Suk Kim (USC)

More information about the in-person screening at SVA can be viewed here.

The event will be available to stream on Eventive in the US and France starting on Saturday, February 8.

Film List:

California Institute of the Arts (California, USA)

• La mort de Robespierre by Janelle Feng
• Testimony by Sumin Ha
• Amon by Justine King
• Girls In Real Life Situations by Ofre Sparrow Vaknin
• Goodbye Nimbus by Xai Yaj

School of Visual Arts (New York, USA)

• BUCKSHOT by Kaye Diaz
• LACRIMOSA by Aaron Sams
• Inter-Dimensional Girl & The Thing of No Real Cosmic Significance by Cris Mestre
• Open Mind Open Heart by Avery Pendleton
• The Dream Factory by Jiyoon Oh, Hyojin Shim

Savannah College of Art and Design (Georgia, USA)

• Le Charade by Erika Totoro
• Time Flies by LJ Burnett
• Harbor by Sam Jackson
• Have You Eaten by Pavida Changkaew
• Animus by Kai Wen Goh

University of Southern California (California, USA)

• Phosphenes by Delaney McCallum
• Escape Artist by Kieran Barker
• Desert Eyes by Jordan LeBlanc, Rika Mizoguchi
• Scrolling by Sijia Zheng
• Wild Animal by Tianyun Lyu