The Savannah College of Art and Design will bring SCAD AnimationFest back to SCAD Atlanta Sept. 23-25, staging three days of premieres, sneak peeks and industry conversation at the university’s SCADshow theater. The anniversary program will be leaning on two marquee tributes: a 25th-anniversary celebration of “The Proud Family,” honoring executive producers Bruce W. Smith and Ralph Farquhar, and a closing-night premiere of DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island,” with director and writer Joel Crawford — an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee — collecting the Variety Impact in Animation Award.
The anniversary edition arrives with two notable additions. SCAD is launching its inaugural Animated Shorts Competition, and the festival becomes the new home of Variety’s 10 Animators to Watch, a franchise first launched in 2015 that makes its SCAD AnimationFest debut this year.
“SCAD AnimationFest is a unique opportunity to discover and celebrate creators, both students and professionals, who are carving out their own space in the animation landscape,” said Mollie Brock, director of SCADFILM. “To celebrate our 10th year, we are launching our inaugural Animated Shorts Competition and we are the new home to Variety’s prestigious 10 Animators to Watch.”
