Black Stump Animation Festival

The Black Stump Animation Festival 2011 is being held from 2nd-8th July. The opening takes place on Sat 2nd July at Teneriffe.

There will be a Festival booth during the day at the Teneriffe Festival on Saturday 2nd July, followed by an opening night which will be a family friendly open air riverfront screening of short films including works from Disney/Pixar, Warner Bros and international short animated film-makers.  This will be held at Sir Manuel Hornibrook Park at 6.30 pm between Aqua Linea restaurant and the river, on Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe that evening.

The following day from 10am-4pm there will be four x 1.5 hour sessions of animation categories at the Queensland State Library auditorium on Sunday 3rd July.  These will include a Kids Program, New Generation Animation, Special Selection and the Best of Ottawa International Animation Festival (adult content). 

This will be followed by five days of children's animation workshops daily 10am-4pm (it is the 2nd week of the July school holidays) from Monday 4th July up to and including Friday 8th July at the State Library of Queensland.  These Workshop tickets only  are available from QTIX Ph: 136 246 or book via the website:  

Stop Motion Animation Workshops: Monday 4th July or Tuesday 5th July 10:00am-4:00pm: http://www.qtix.com.au/event/SLQ_Story_Lab_scripttoscreen_stopmotion_11.aspx

Flash8 Animation Workshops: Wednesday 6th July, Thursday 7th July or Friday 8th July 10:00am-4:00pm: http://www.qtix.com.au/event/SLQ_Story_Lab_scripttoscreen_flash_11.aspx

A summary of the timetables can be found at this link as part of the State Library Queensland's "Story Lab": http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/events/story_lab/

Closing night will be a screening of Cars 2 in 3D, on Friday 8th July at 6:30pm. This will take place at the Palace Barracks Cinema, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane.  Following the screening there will be an awards presentation for Best Student Animation, People's Choice and the Best Animated Film of the Festival. Attendees will also receive a complimentary beer, wine or soft drink.