Nouns Fest, taking place this year on October 10 in Los Angeles, has unveiled its 2024 lineup, featuring 50 finalists and their animated short films ranging from 30 seconds to five minutes in length.<\/p>\n
Out of more than 400 submissions, 38 \u201cShort Shorts\u201d of up to 30 seconds and 12 \u201cTall Shorts\u201d of up to five minutes were selected. The creators received production grants ranging from $7,500 to $20,000. Their films will be screened at the event, alongside three animated shorts produced by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, which helped conceive of Nouns Fest.<\/p>\n
Creators of the films retain all underlying rights to short films produced for Nouns Fest.<\/p>\n
The animator finalists are Adam and Erin Taylor; Ainslie; Alex Kamer; Chris Ullens; Dan Rosen; David Lauer; Dominic Hare; Francesco Guarini; Frederic van Strydonck; Hadi Tabasi; Harry Chassin; Hopefully Really Good Film Productions; Hyun Song; Jester Coyote Animation; Juan Nadalino; Lachlan Pendragon; Lee Peffer; Lisa Kenney and Jack Maraghy; Lucy Animation Studio; Lumberfly; Marianna; Matt Torode; Matthew Reis; Michael Grover; Mike Dietz; Mike Greaney; Mike Scott; Millie Holten; Mootroidx Productions; Neeraja Raj; Nicolas Cardoso; Nishanth Sanjay; Olov Burman; Paula Marcaccio; Phuncal; Reid McManus; Ri Crawford; Rollin\u2019 Wild Animations; Ruby Black; Sammy Lewis; Sandra Dajani; Seamus Spilsbury; Shape & Shadow; Shashank & Yathi Kiran; Sloppy Studios; Southernshotty; T\u00e9o Frantz and Florian Maurice; Tons\u00e9same; Will Anderson; and Yahtzio.<\/p>\n
Nouns Fest is co-founded by Walter Newman, former head of development for Adult Swim; Nouns veteran Joel Cares; music executive Joshua Fisher; and animator and director Goldy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been blown away by the astounding creativity and breadth of ideas that were submitted,\u201d said Chris Waters, Nouns Fest co-founder and Playground Productions executive. \u201cThe overwhelming response confirms our believe that we\u2019re filling a huge void in the market by funding short-form animation. We can\u2019t wait to share the work from this amazing group of animators.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the start, our goal has been to empower animators to show us what they would do if they had absolutely full creative control and no restraints,\u201d added Nouns Fest co-founder Eric Towner, also a co-founder of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. \u201cAs the animation industry undergoes huge changes, we want to focus on the most important part of animation: pure creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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