J a n u a r y
2D or Not 2D Animation Festival (More Than Just Pixels) • Seattle, WA
Sundance Film Festival • (Independent Films) • Park City, UT
Game Design Expo (trade show) • Los Angeles
F e b r u a r y
Oscar Ceremony (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) • Hollywood, CA
ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards (“Animation’s Highest Honor”) • Hollywood, CA
Savannah International Animation Festival (Premiere Animation Festival of the S.E.U.S.) • GA
M a r c h
Anima 2011 (Brussels Animation Film Festival) • Brussels, EU
Tricky Women 2011 (Animation Film Festival) • Austria, EU
Too Art for TV (Indie Festival) • Brooklyn, NY
ACM Southeast Computer Animation Festival • Kennersaw, GA
A p r i l
Pictoplasma Festival (contemporary character design & art) • Berlin, Germany
CORTOONS (International Short Animated Film Festival) • Rome, Italy
M a y
ASIFA-EAST Animation Festival(Longest running fest in US) • NYC
PLASTIC PAPER 2011 (illustrated, animated & more) • Winnipeg, CN
J u n e
Annecy Animation Festival (where ASIFA started) • Annecy, France
Melbourne International Animation Festival (Acmi Cinemas) • Melbourne, Australia
Slamdance Film Festival (“by filmmakers, for filmmakers”) • Park City, UT
Electronic Entertainment Expo (videogame trade show) • Los Angeles, CA
J u l y
ComicCon International (comic & film trade show) • San Diego, CA
Annual Animation Block Party (local film festival) • Brooklyn, NY
Anima Mundi (international festival) • Rio de Janero & Sao Paulo Brazil
A u g u s t
Hiroshima International Animation Festival (“Love and Peace”) • Hiroshima, Japan
Siggraph (CGI trade show) • Vancouver, Canada
S e p t e m b e r
Animazing Spotlight (“Festival and Feedback”) • Los Angeles, CA
Burbank International Film Festival (Almost Hollywood) • Burbank, CA
Fantoche (International Animation Film Festival) • Baden, Switzerland
TAC (Television Animation Conference) • Ottawa, Canada
O c t o b e r
Ottawa Animation Festival (Biggest Ani Fest in the Americas) • Ottawa, CN
Stop Motion Film Festival (all things puppetry) • Montreal, Canada
VIEW Fest 2011 (Digital Movie Festival) • Turin, Italy
N o v e m b e r
FLIP Festival (eclectic animation Festival) • Wolverhampton, UK
CTN Animation Expo (Industry Trade Show) • Burbank, CA
Giraf – Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival (Indie Festival) • Calgary, CN
D e c e m b e r
Kidscreen Summit (Kids Entertainment Trade Show) • Toronto, Canada
