SUPERNOVA Digital Animation Festival
The second edition of the SUPERNOVA Digital Animation Festival will take place on September 22nd & 23rd in Denver. Supernova is the only major festival to focus solely on the latest advances in digital animation as art by leading artists from around the world, presented free to the public on large-scale LED screens in the heart of a prominent metropolitan city.
Alongside an all-day education forum, the core of the festival is our competition screening, with significant cash awards determined by three renowned international jurors. Supernova is an experience like no other anywhere in the world today. Artists may submit work for consideration for our competition screening and other programs now through August 1st via FilmFreeway.
CORE SUPERNOVA FESTIVAL ELEMENTS
- Seven hours of continuous screenings of diverse and dynamic short-form digital content on our most prominent LED screen, located at the corner of 14th and Champa, with additional content running concurrently on a second LED screen at 14th and Arapahoe, both in the heart of downtown Denver.
- 90-minute Competition Screening on both public LED screens as well as an inflatable screen situated within the Galleria at Performing Arts Complex. Cash prize awards to be selected by three distinguished guest jurors chosen for their prestige within digital media on an international level.
- Live new-media music performance by Thug Entrancer to follow the competition screening, leading into the evening’s after-party.
- Education forum featuring Juror presentations, professional critiques, panel discussions, and small-screen art engagement throughout the day at Commons on Champa innovation center. Limited attendance, ticketed event.
- Preview Launch and affiliated pop-up show on Friday evening, September 23rd taking place at Superordinary and the Yacht Club, located inside the Source.
- Supernova late-night afterparty with “Weird Touch” at Syntax Psychic Opera South Broadway.
SUPPORT VENDORS
- Commons on Champa Events
- Svper Ordinary
- The Source
- Syntax: Physic Opera