MANILA, JUNE 14, 2013 – Nickelodeon’s first ever global animated shorts program, which aims to catch on new animation creative talent from around the world, has received over 100 submissions from artists, designers, writers, directors and comedians representing more than 20 countries.
Combined with the more than 900 submissions from the U.S. shorts program, Nickelodeon has received over 1000 pitches for its 2013 global shorts program. Finalists from the international program will be announced later this summer.
The final submissions for 2013 were received at this year’s Annecy International Film Festival. Fifteen ideas will be chosen from amongst the pitches submitted and will be developed into animated shorts with the potential to air on Nickelodeon channel’s and websites around the globe, as well as the Nick App. In May, Nickelodeon U.S. announced its 12 finalists from its 2013 shorts submissions out of over 900 submissions. Once decided, the International finalists will be added to the U.S. submissions for production.
“We’ve had a striking response from the global creative community with our inaugural shorts program,” said Nina Hahn, senior vice president for international production and development at Nickelodeon. “We are very excited by the wide variety and diversity of the projects and look forward to selecting the shorts to ultimately develop into original content for our global platforms and to expand the program for next year.”
