The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) announced that professional animator Michelle Robinson will be the juror of its inaugural statewide Digital Shorts Film Festival, a one-night event scheduled to take place on Sept. 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. The competition is open to filmmakers residing in California, and the deadline to submit films to SLOMA is June 14.
Robinson has worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios for more than two decades, and her film credits include Chicken Little, Bolt, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, and Zootopia. She has also served as a mentor in Disney’s Artist Development Program. Robinson is also an accomplished studio artist, and her works have been showcased in multiple exhibits across the country. She received her MFA in visual art from the New Hampshire Institute of Art. For more info on the artist and animator, visit michellerobinson.org.
The Digital Shorts Film Festival is hosted in conjunction with SLOMA’s upcoming digital art exhibition, A Digital Art Salon, which is currently slated to run Sept. 4 through Nov. 1. Competition finalists will be notified by July 13. Digital films of any genre are eligible, but submissions must be 10 minutes long or less. Each applicant can submit up to two films for an entry fee of $20. To find out more about the festival or its submission process, visit sloma.org.
This article appears in Apr 30 – May 7, 2020.