2010 SoDak Starts Now...now

4-30-2010 Happy May Day
New site is up and we've already received some very early submissions!  The SoDak Animation Club of SDSU is excited about this maiden voyage into animation exhibition.  It was fun last year and it's gonna be even more funner this October.  More funner.  Stay tuned for guest artist announcements and other newsy news...

2010 SoDak Starts Now...

A new website, new organizers, new films and new guests are all in the works for this year's fest, held October 14-16, right here in Brookings, SD!  Stay tuned, the Animation Club of South Dakota State University is gearing up to make this year most memorable. 

Crayola Should Thanks Cody Brown

Cody Brown, SDSU student animator just finished his animated music video for the band "Welcome to the Cinema".  Fun stuff - check it out!  http://vimeo.com/8183448

Watch some stuff!

If you'd like to see some of the animations done on the "Familymation Day" and at the Drinking & Drawing night, please have a look on the Facebook page!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brookings-SD/SoDak-Animation-Festival/110019504885

2009 SoDak Fest Concludes!

Reid Thompson of Troika was here.  Some Golden Cowbells were awarded.  Aspiring animators yong and younger were enlightened.  Please visit the site again soon for more announcements and see some examples of what folks made while they were here!  Thanks everyone!

Cowbell Winners and Sponsor!

SoDak Schedule is online!

The full listing of films and events is posted online now at www.sodakanimation.com!  You can even download the program ahead of time to make some choices.  For those in the area and planning on attending, get here and stay here, as the two nights and one morning will go quickly!  Door prizes will be awarded to audience members who stick it out-trinkets such as cool baubles from the South Dakota Art Museum and gift cards from Cottonwood Bistro.  This is no ordinary showing of films.  So spread the word.  For crying out loud, it's free for all with a valid SDSU id (even for those snooty university faculty and staff types) and only five bucks for each screening.  You will not see most of these shorts anywhere else-even on Youtube -they're that awesome.

In a nutshell:
Thursday 6pm PAC - Daktronics/Keyframe Showcase - FREE
Thursday 7pm PAC - Reid Thompson, of Troika, Keynote Address - FREE
Thursday @9:30pm - Drinking&Drawing at Cottonwood Bistro

Friday 6pm PAC - Sita Sings the Blues, Feature Animation - $5/Free with SDSU ID
Friday 7:30pm PAC - Short and Student Animation Screenings - $5/Free with SDSU ID
Awards Presentation after the screening!

Saturday 10am, South Daktoa Art Museum - "Familymation Day" - FREE, registration for your kids online

See you there.

Thine Festival Approacheth!

There's just a few more short weeks until 2 and 1/2 evenings/mornings of animation related hoopla ensues that is this year's SoDak Animation Festival.  There's a decent, though concentrated li neup of indie shorts - some fun stuff from MAKE studios of Minneapolis (semi-local?), the good ol' stock of NYC indie animations and some international entries that were a welcome surpise to get  thanks to Chris B. for calling on those folks.  Sita Sings the Blues, a groundbreaking feature-length animation by independent animator Nina Paley screens on Friday the 9th at 6 at the PAC.  And be there on Friday eve after the shows for the awards presentation, where one lucky SDSU student will be awarded a cash prize and a most coveted Golden Cowbell!

Check out the website for a rough schedule to date - more coming soon as we hammer down playlists.  Tell yourselves and your pals to plan on coming.  Free for SDSU students, faculty and staff and door prizes will be awarded including cool stuff from the art museum and gift cards from The Cottonwood Bistro.  So for crying out loud, go there and stay there!  Thanks for reading.