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10th Seattle’s Children’s Film Festival

The Night Song and The Secret of the Tree Selected in the 10th Annual Children’s Film Festival Seattle.

The Festival will be presented by Northwest Film Forum from January 22 – February 7, 2015, with additional screenings for school groups through February 27. www.childrensfilmfestivalseattle.org

Over the past nine years, Children’s Film Festival Seattle has become the largest and most respected film festival on the West Coast dedicated to children and their families. Each year, Northwest Film Forum selects more than 130 international children’s films from 32+ countries, reaching more than 10,000 people during festival screenings in Seattle and a subsequent festival tour of 15-20 U.S. cities.

A Virtual “Tree”!

Announcing the 10 Jury-Nominated Films for Machinima Expo 7 (2014)

Jury Nominated Films for the Machinima Expo 7 (2014)

The Expo 7 screening team is proud to announce the 10 films chosen from the 136 films submitted to the Expo this year that we nominated for our Grand Jury and Jury prizes. We spent considerable time viewing and reviewing each film then debating the merits and qualities of each film before we made our decision. Each of these films is not only strikingly original, but are crafted so well that they stood out clearly as the best films submitted to the Machinima Expo this year. We are honored to share these films with our outside jury and with the general public in November.

Here are the 10 films we nominate to the Jury. We have added screenshots and notes provided by each director on the film.

 “The Tree” has been selected to be one of the Jury-nominated films at the Machinima Expo 7. They received 136 films and chose only 10 to be on their Jury. 

EXPO

A Jury Award for the Tree!

The Tree was successful on its US Premiere, The Sixth Annual Long Day Short Film Festival celebrates the beginning of summer with a presentation of short films on June 21, 2014. The Long Day Short Film Festival (LDSFF) is in its 6th year of operation in Alameda, in California’s Bay Area.

At the end of This long celebration, Sare Shafipour’s Film won the Jury Award in Animation.

Mr.Head Now Available!

Have you ever tried to keep a soccer ball up, days in and days out?

Till the neighbors get frustrated? Till some of them drop a flower pot right on your head? So give this football-worm a try and help him carry on with this craziness!!

Mr. Head is a record base game which is a boy who loves football very much. The boy started his skill by juggling a ball.

Mr.Head Now Available on AppStore and Google play.

A Tree in Japan!

The Tree ( Derakht) has been selected to screen for this year’s special program entitled “Animation for Peace”.

 

Hiroshima International Animation Festival is a biennial manifestation held in Hiroshima City in August, endorsed by Association Internationale du Film d’Animation (ASIFA). Under the spirit of LOVE & PEACE, the festival has been dedicating to the advancement of visual media art culture in general, by promoting international cross-cultural exchanges through the development of animation art.

Together with those festivals held in Annecy, Ottawa and Zagreb, the Hiroshima Festival is considered as one of the most respected animation festivals in the world.

Giffoni 2014

GIFFONI 2014

THE TREE Directed by Sare Shafipour and Produced by Raiavin Studio has been officially included in the GENERATOR +18 (jurors from 18 years old) section of the Giffoni Experience 2014. These short films will compete for the GRYPHON AWARD for animated short films.

(GFF) was born in 1971 from a Claudio Gubitosi’s idea: i.e. promoting and developing cinema for young people elevating it from the marginal position it had back in those days, and leading it where it belongs, e.g. a high quality genre capable of “penetrating” the market.

The 44th edition of the festival will be held from July 18th to July 27th.

 

Stuttgart 2014

21st Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS)

The ITFS is one of the biggest and most important international festivals for animated film. It has developed into an essential event within the field of animated film in Germany and worldwide. Around 80,000 visitors and approximately 2,500 accredited professionals attended in 2013. Be a part of it and take the chance to meet well-known filmmakers and young talents, and to participate in numerous workshops, informational events and presentations.

The Night Song Directed by Moin Samadi has been selected in the main Competition, of the short films category.