Proto-Ninja Award for 2010 Sydney International Animation Festival Deadline extended until 30 August 2010

Sydney, Australia Thursday 29 July 2010 - Emerging animators looking for a leg up into the industry have one month remaining to enter the Sixty40 Proto-Ninja Award, as the 30 August 2010 deadline creeps up like a stealth ninja in the night. The Sixty40 Proto-Ninja Award consists of $999.99 cash plus a two-month mentorship with Sixty40, the award winning design and animation company that combines the love of creativity with great commercial production.

Entrants must create a new work of between 40 and 60 seconds length, which follows the theme “Underdog”.

Production techniques used are completely open and could include stop-frame, traditional 2D, motion graphics, 3D, photography, puppetry, film or video. The result must ensure a compelling experience for the viewer rather than just a display of technical prowess.

Ten finalists will be screened and the winner announced at the opening night of the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival, Friday 24 September, 2010. As well, the ten finalists will have their work streamed from the Proto-Ninja award website for a period of 12 months or until the 2011 winner is announced.

In 2010 the Festival will showcase sessions such as the Australian Panorama, SIGGRAPH Highlights and the wonderfully twisted Late Night Bizarre, along with a new batch of animation from France, the US, UK and China to mention a few. After the success of last year’s international guest speakers Clare Kitson, former commissioning editor for the UK’s Channel 4, and Oscar winning Canadian animator Chris Landreth, 2010 will continue to provide access to the movers and shakers of the global animation industry.

Full details about the competition are available at www.sixty40.com/protoninja.

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