3rd International Motion Festival Cyprus

The 3rd International Motion Festival (IMF) is announced and is organized by the Department of Arts of the European University Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus, and will take place in March 2015. It is the first of its kind both in Cyprus and the broader Mediterranean and Middle East region. It aims to bring together film-makers, video artists, computer animators, graphic designers and their audience and to familiarize the public with what has traditionally remained as the “invisible art”: motion graphics.
Even though motion graphics has been around for decades as a discipline, it is only recently that it has taken leaps forward and been acknowledged as another art form. The IMF aims to open a forum for the presentation of the most contemporary and most creative work in the field of motion graphics and thus to be established as a pioneering event for the future, that will promote innovative and cutting-edge work.
Prizes will be awarded to the best entry in each of the 4 competition categories:

• Go with the Flow, (Motion Graphics, Music Videos, Commercials, Opening Titles, 3D Mapping, virtual museums and archives, Computer Generated Imagery, Broadcast Design)
• Animatropics & Animesh, (2D & 3D Animation, manual or computer aided, ranging from hand drawn, sand and glass animation, digital, retro, etc)
• Short & Sweet, (New and awarded short films, ranging from drama, comedy, social commentary and experimental film)
• The Single Channel Show (Video Art presented with single channel works. Experiments pushing the limits of the moving image)

Entry fees:
The submission fee for Professional entries in the 3rd International Motion Festival (IMF), Cyprus 2015 is 15 Euro, for Students entries cost 10 Euro per submission.
Deadline: August 31, 2014

More information: http://www.motionfestivalcyprus.com/