Call for Canadian Animated Short Films

Submit your short Canadian film to the Animation Festival of Halifax! And help spread the word!

Deadline Extended to: February 29th 2020

Email animationhalifax@gmail.com, carbon.arc.cinema@gmail.com, or movies@carbonarc.ca with your:

Film Title

Animator and Director Names and Provinces

Year Created

Run Time (Max 15m)

One Line Synopsis

Link to Film

Interactive Projects for AFX9 May 2020

Join us for AFX9!! Colour a frame for our collaborative promo trailer and make a .GIF for a chance to win tickets, cash, or a pass to May’s Festival! Postcards can be found around town: Tiny play by Zuppa, Carbon Arc Cinema, Central Library, Museum of Natural History, Wonder’neath Studio, Halifax Backpackers, NSCAD, or Radstorm!

Festival Kick-Off Opening Reception

Carbon Arc Cinema- Lobby Thursday May 7 FREE

Join us in celebrating the beginning of AFX9, our nineth annual Animation Festival of Halifax! Enjoy snacks, drinks (cash bar), and tunes from DJ James Reid as we toast our weekend full of screenings, events, and site-specific animation art. Help us raise a glass to mark the past, present, and future of the art and industry of animation!

Networking Lunch

Carbon Arc Cinema - Boardroom 1747 Summer Street, Halifax

Want to network with your animation peers, but you’re not into the networking vibe? This casual brown-bag lunch event will help you groove with some like-minded animation lovers while you take your lunch break. A great way to make some new friends and find out what else is going on in our corner of the animation world!

Table Discussion Topics to be Confirmed

Cocktail Social

Carbon Arc Cinema- Lounge FREE

A relaxed, celebratory cocktail ‘hour’ to connect with others, enjoy live music from The Dawn Airs (Benn Ross and Seth Huntley), and take in the animated loops created during Dots and Loops Open Studio sessions at Wonder’neath for some inspiration.

Indulge in delicious vegan, gluten-free, and vegetarian foods from around the city as you try your hand at stop motion animation. Food $5. Cash bar. Evening screenings to follow. Drop by!

Animated Lounge

Carbon Arc Cinema- Lounge FREE

Indulge in delicious vegan, gluten-free, and vegetarian foods from around the city, catch up with others, and try your hand at animation in between the evening’s events.

The Animated Lounge, where anything could happen!

Wrap Party

Carbon Arc Cinema Saturday May 9

Band to be Confirmed