3rd annual Nicktoons Network Animation Festival - PRNewswire 5/23/06

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Nicktoons Network Animation Festival Kicks Off Its Third Annual Event With Six Highly Esteemed Judges

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NEW YORK, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The third annual Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, has selected six esteemed judges for this year's festivities, it was announced today by Keith Dawkins, Vice President and General Manager, Nicktoons Network.

Comedic brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans, creators of a brand new animated special Thugaboo, set to air on both Nicktoons Network and Nickelodeon in August, will serve on a panel of artists that also includes Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, Disney's Andreas Deja, famed independent animator Bill Plympton and last year's Producers Choice and Student Award Winner JG Quintel. All six judges will screen the films submitted for the festival and will rate them based on story, animation, design, entertainment value and fun factor, in order to find this year's $10,000 Grand Prize winner.
The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, in partnership with Frederator Studios and Kidscreen magazine kicks off with a two-day live event at the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, California on Saturday, August 12 and Sunday, August 13. As the world's first multiplatform animation festival, submissions from around the globe will be showcased on Nicktoons Network and at the network's website. A countdown of the entries will premiere each day beginning Saturday, August 26 through Thursday, August 31, leading up to the Grand Prize winner who will be hand picked by our judges.
In addition to the Grand Prize, the festival has partnered with Time For Kids magazine for a "Show off Your Show" kids contest, in which one lucky young winner will walk away with the festival's first ever Greater Creator Award. There will also be a Producer's Choice Award and Student Award and also new for this year, a Diversity Award.

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