Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival is a three-day juried festival of the world’s most cutting-edge, quirky, and boundary-pushing animation.
The inaugural Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival will premiere October 4-6, 2019, in Baltimore.
Since 2012, Sweaty Eyeballs has carried the torch of the animation scene in the Mid-Atlantic with independent programming & special events. Now in our 8th year, we are partnering with our longtime friends at the Maryland Film Festival to launch this new, 3-day festival of animation.
The festival premiers on Friday, October 4, with an opening night show of silent animated short films, accompanied by live music from over 15 local artists, followed by an afterparty in the SNF Parkway Lounge. We resume Saturday, October 5, with animated short film blocks playing all day, including a retrospective collection and masterclass by special guest Joanna Priestley, the “queen of independent animation.” Saturday’s program will also feature a collection of films exclusively by Baltimore animators, as well as a midnight feature, and a rotating installation of student-made projected films in the SNF Parkway Lobby. The festival concludes on Sunday, October 6, with an awards brunch for competition winners, FREE hands-on animation workshops at the JHU-MICA Film Centre, and—you guessed it—more animated films!
The mission of Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival is to showcase unique, experimental and diverse voices in the field of animated filmmaking with a focus on innovation in craft, storytelling and work that questions preconceived notions of what animation can and should be. Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival will foster a community of animation lovers and creators in the mid-Atlantic region and allow a venue for often overlooked work to be seen on the big screen.
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
The inaugural Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival will premiere October 4-6, 2019, in Baltimore.
Since 2012, Sweaty Eyeballs has carried the torch of the animation scene in the Mid-Atlantic with independent programming & special events. Now in our 8th year, we are partnering with our longtime friends at the Maryland Film Festival to launch this new, 3-day festival of animation.
The festival premiers on Friday, October 4, with an opening night show of silent animated short films, accompanied by live music from over 15 local artists, followed by an afterparty in the SNF Parkway Lounge. We resume Saturday, October 5, with animated short film blocks playing all day, including a retrospective collection and masterclass by special guest Joanna Priestley, the “queen of independent animation.” Saturday’s program will also feature a collection of films exclusively by Baltimore animators, as well as a midnight feature, and a rotating installation of student-made projected films in the SNF Parkway Lobby. The festival concludes on Sunday, October 6, with an awards brunch for competition winners, FREE hands-on animation workshops at the JHU-MICA Film Centre, and—you guessed it—more animated films!
The mission of Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival is to showcase unique, experimental and diverse voices in the field of animated filmmaking with a focus on innovation in craft, storytelling and work that questions preconceived notions of what animation can and should be. Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival will foster a community of animation lovers and creators in the mid-Atlantic region and allow a venue for often overlooked work to be seen on the big screen.
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Interested in sponsoring Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival 2019 with a tax deductible contribution? contact rachel@sweatyeyeballs.com today!