Tickets are free, but seating is limited and reservations will only be held until 15 minutes before show time.

Registration for ALL events is free, however space is limited. Please reserve your passes online to secure your seats. You must bring the copy of your registration confirmation to enter the theatre screenings [...]]]> The festival will run June 8- 10, 2012, in downtown Baton Rouge at the Manship Theatre and Shaw Center for the Arts.

Registration for ALL events is free, however space is limited. Please reserve your passes online to secure your seats. You must bring the copy of your registration confirmation to enter the theatre screenings and Special Presentation.

*Registration coming soon*

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, June 8th

7:00PM      OSCAR SHORTS

Screening of the animated short films that were nominated for an Academy Award in 2012.

Saturday, June 9th

3:00PM – 6:00PM       CARTOON-A-PALOOZA

No registration is needed for this free, family event. This event will be located in the Plaza for the Shaw Center for the Arts. There will be face painting, clowns, balloon artists, airbrush tattoos, caricature artists, carnival games, karaoke for the entire family, free cupcakes and open concessions.

4:00PM     TANGLED EVER AFTER and RED STICK ‘BEST OF THE FEST’ COMPETITION SCREENINGS

This double feature will begin with Disney’s Tangled Ever After, a short film sequel of the 2012 film, Tangled. Then stick around to watch animated short films that were entered into the festival’s competition by students and professionals from all around the world.

Sunday, June 10th

2:00PM      SUPER SECRET SPECIAL PRESENTATION

We have a very special event planned that is a huge, totally awesome secret that we cannot tell you about until June 6th. You just have to trust us. This is a family friendly event that you will not want to miss.

* ABSOLUTELY NO RECORDING DEVICES – There will be a security check before you can enter the event. All cell phones, cameras, and any electronic recording devices WILL BE  held at  the door. NO EXCEPTIONS!*

Films for the festival competition are accepted in five categories: Best Short Film – Student, Best Short Film – Professional, Best Music Video, Best Scientific [...]]]> The Red Stick International Animation Festival is pleased to announce that the deadline for entries in their 2012 Best of the Fest competition has been extended to January 31, 2012.

Films for the festival competition are accepted in five categories: Best Short Film – Student, Best Short Film – Professional, Best Music Video, Best Scientific Visualization and Best Experimental Animation. Winner of each category will receive a $1000 cash prize. The best film of the festival will also win the Baton D’Or (the Gold Baton) which also comes with an additional $1000 cash prize.

Submissions should be filed online at https://submissions.redstickfestival.org/.

Events are scheduled beginning at 1:30 PM with an Expo and EA Gamefest. The LSU Center for Computation & Technology will showcase cutting-edge technology and research in [...]]]> The Red Stick International Animation Festival recently announced its Fall Retrospective lineup, scheduled for November 10th in downtown Baton Rouge’s Shaw Center for the Arts’ Manship Theatre.

Events are scheduled beginning at 1:30 PM with an Expo and EA Gamefest. The LSU Center for Computation & Technology will showcase cutting-edge technology and research in scientific visualization, mobile applications, music interaction and computation. In addition, they will have on display projects from their AVATAR program (Arts, Visualization, Advanced Technologies, and Research at LSU) and information on LSU’s new digital media minor program. EA’s North American Testing Center will be onsite with their latest and greatest video games, just in time for the holiday season.

From 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM, industry leaders from local companies in video game development, visual effects and animation will present informative lectures targeted to pre-professionals and students. These include:

Raymond McIntyre, Jr., Visual Effects Society award winning and Emmy nominated visual effects supervisor, and vice-president of Pixel Magic. Pixel Magic, located in Lafayette, Louisiana and Hollywood, California, provides digital visual effects for motion pictures and television. Its capabilities include a full range of visual effects services in 2-D and 3-D, including digital compositing, set extensions, wire and rig removals, digital opticals and crowd duplication. McIntyre’s Fall Retrospective talk will describe what it takes to get a job in the visual effects industry, how to prepare a demo reel properly, and how to get engaged with the local visual effects industry.

Michael Gourlay, senior software engineer at Electronic Arts/software architect for the Football Sports Business Unit, and lead engineer on the famous Madden NFL game. EA, a leading global interactive entertainment software company, develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices, and the Internet. Gourlay will lecture on the overall gaming industry, how to get a job in the industry, what education including particular curriculum you need to have completed, and necessary resume building experience.

Patrick Lamont, talent acquisition specialist at Electronic Arts’ North American Testing Center, or EA NATC, on LSU’s south campus. EA NATC, a one-of-a-kind setup in the United States, hires LSU students as game testers to search for and report bugs they find in games currently in development. Lamont will discuss the EA NATC and what it means to be a tester.

Patrick Mulhearn, director of studio operations at Raleigh Studios Baton Rouge at the Celtic Media Centre, and president of the Louisiana Industry for Film and Entertainment trade association. Raleigh Studios Baton Rouge is the first and largest design-built studio facility operating in the South, and has played host to numerous productions including True Blood, Battle: Los Angeles, Battleship, and Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn. Mulhearn will address the local film industry, film production for the Celtic Media Centre, and how to get involved locally in the filming industry.

Stephen Loy, executive director of the Louisiana Technology Park, one of the South’s premier business incubators, will provide an overview on how high-tech start-up companies can utilize the Park’s resources to bring their products and services to market faster and more effectively.

Jeff Pellegrin, director of the Louisiana Digital Gaming Initiative, or LDGI, providing economic development, consulting and advisory services for Louisiana’s digital media, and video game industry space. The LDGI will discuss what it is and how students can become members.

Evening activities begin at 7:30 PM with a retrospective screening of the very best films from the past six years of the Red Stick International Animation Festival. The festival will also announce its first inductee into the Louisiana Animation Hall of Excellence, William Joyce.  Mr. Joyce is an Emmy-winning author, artist, and animator whose work is familiar to any parent or child. He has successfully transformed many of his books into award winning television and film projects, including “Role Polie Olie”, “Meet the Robinsons” and most recently, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.” His production company, Moonbot Studios, has now expanded into mobile and interactive games. Their interactive eBook version of Morris Lessmore has received critical acclaim, and was #1 at Apple’s App Store.

The Louisiana Animation Hall of Excellence was established by the Red Stick Festival to honor outstanding achievement in animation, visual effects and digital media by Louisiana citizens. A special screening of Mr. Joyce’s most recent film, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” will be shown, concluding with a end of the evening reception. Tickets are required for the evening session only, and are available at the Manship Theatre Box Office or online at http://www.manshiptheatre.org/.

1:30 PM – CCT Expo / EA Gamefest

Come see the latest research in Scientific Visualization, Mobile Apps, Music Interaction and Computation from LSU’s Center [...]]]> The Red Stick International Animation Festival will present a Fall Retrospective, Thursday, November 10, 2011 at the Shaw Center for the Arts. The following events will be featured:

1:30 PM – CCT Expo / EA Gamefest

Come see the latest research in Scientific Visualization, Mobile Apps, Music Interaction and Computation from LSU’s Center for Computation & Technology. Play the Kinect Synthesizer, or navigate through a virtual scene, find out about the AVATAR Initiative in Digital Media. See the future of computing today!

Play the latest video games from EA, sponsored by EA’s North American Test Center.

3:30 PM – Festival TALK!

Industry leaders from local companies in video game development, visual effects and animation will talk about what you need to get into the digital media industry in Louisiana. These talks are geared for students and pre-professionals, but are open to anyone.

7:30 PM – Festival Retrospective and the Louisiana Animation Hall of Fame

A retrospective screening of the very best films from the past 6 years of the Red Stick Festival. Also, the festival will announce its first inductee in the Louisiana Animation Hall of Excellence. The LAAHE was established to honor excellence in animation, visual effects and digital media by Louisiana citizens. Tickets will be on sale for the retrospective beginning October 24.

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