Even if you entered your video to our animation competition on Dec. 31st, you could STILL win. How? Our judges are giving away 5 golden tickets the first week of January. That means 5 previously unselected films enter the Finals round. Don't get left out - Submit your movie now!

We are proud to announce our first five animation competition finalists! They'll be receiving Toon Boom Software and Aniboom T-shirts!
The selections for October are:
Drama: Gooshun Wang - HALLUCII
Funny: Peter Harakaly - CHEESE
Experimental: Itai Froumin - ILLUMINATIONS
Unpolished: Pablo Polledri - REMEMBERING
Music Video : Maria Avramova - YOUR LIBIDO

Stay tuned for November's finalists, coming up Dec. 1st!

Rony Oren has been running his own independent animation studio, Claytoons, since 1978, the producer of over 500 critically aclaimed animation films. A master of the plastelina (claymation) stop-motion technique, Rony has written over 25 books and currently heads up the animation dept. at Bezalel Art & Design Academy in Jerusalem.

Originally from Holland, animator Paul Driessen is most well known for his work on the classic 1967 animation, THE YELLOW SUBMARINE by George Dunning. Winner of over 70 international awards including the ASIFA-International "Life Achievement Award", we're proud to have Paul back again from last year.

A seasoned new media vet, Daniel Paul headed up entertainment marketing efforts at Apple from 1986 to 1994. Currently he works at Joost in content acquisition trying to bring great content to a new delivery platform. He likes animation because, "of where it allows the creator to take the audience with almost no limitations. It represents the greatest creative expression of an idea." We heartily agree.

Some of you might be a little confused because when you click the submit link, it takes you to the movie upload page. If you've already uploaded animated movies to the website, you can still enter them in the competition. All you have to do is go to your BoomZone, and click edit on the "My Movies" boom. Under your movies is a link that says "Add to Competition". Just click on it. FYI: Showreels are not eligible to compete.