The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking’s Fast Film Fest is a festival for 5 minute or shorter paper animation films. The competition is free and open to the public. All short films should be created between January 14 and February 20, 2022. All animations must be paper-based, using cutout animation and/or stop motion animation techniques. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges to be presented during a virtual screening and award ceremony on Friday, March 4, 2022. After the screening, all submissions will be available for viewing via the Fast Film Fest webpage and the Paper Animation Film Fest Youtube Channel. No prior experience is necessary to participate.

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2022 THEME: Press Start

We have partnered again with ASIFA-South and the Georgia Tech Library to bring you an amazing line up of virtual programming. We kick off the festival with the announcement of the 2022 theme: Press Start. The Paper Museum and our partners hope the theme inspires an unlimited number of ideas and you'll be moved to submit an entry of your own. We welcome all skill levels. Lean into the fun and explore the many online resources, virtual talks, and workshops Fast Film Fest has to offer.

 

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How to Participate

  1. Check the guidelines for the theme (it changes each year)
  2. Access the how-to and inspiration resources on the Paper Animation Film Fest Youtube Channel
  3. Make a short animation (no longer than 5 minutes)
  4. Fill out the submission form and submit
  5. Fill out the release form and submit 
  6. Share your film to the Fast Film Fest Playlist on Youtube (You will receive an access code to the playlist within 24 hours of submitting your release form)
  7. Invite friends to watch party screening and award ceremony
  8. Vote for the People's Choice Award
  9. Do it all again next year!

Send all questions and inquiries to: paperanimationfilmfest@gmail.com

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2022 Schedule

Colored photo of Steff Farrar. She is a caucasian blonde wearing a blue shirt. She is smiling at the camera while pinching her chin. Next to her in white letters on a black circle reads Exceptional Minds the logo is the company for which Steff works. Below the photo of Steff sits a photo of Bobby Pontillas along side the logo for Rise Up Animation. Bobby is a smiling Filipino-American man dressed in a black tux and turned three quarters in the pictures smiling at unseen photographers to the viewers right. He stands in front of a giant golden Oscar figure. Beside this photo the logo is three fists each a different skin tone and each holding an art supply like a pen or brush. These three fists are enclosed in a black circle with white lettering. The lettering reads, Rise Up Animation, Inspire, Educate, Create.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 8:00-9:00pm EST - 

I'll Make Me A World: creating spaces for an under-represented workforce Fast Film Fest 2022 presents I’ll Make Me a World: creating spaces for an underrepresented workforce. This panel gathers animation studios and organizations that have made commitments to encourage and build diversity behind the scenes into the creative teams producing animation. Hear from Steff Farrar representing Exceptional Minds, an academy and studio preparing individuals on the autism spectrum for careers in animation, visual effects, 3D gaming and other related fields in the entertainment industry. Also find out about Rise Up Animation's efforts to provide support to all People of Color with the goal of helping diverse talent Rise Up in the animation industry from Bobby Pontillas, one of the organization's co-founders

 

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Colored headshot of Jerushia Graham, an African American woman wearing glasses with a buzzed haircut.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 7:00-8:00pm EST - 

Bringing Inanimate 3-D Objects to Life 

Stop Animation and puppetry exist in the realm of bringing inanimate objects to life. Join Jerushia Graham from the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking as she explores the ins and outs of
performance with 3-D objects for animation. 

 

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Colored headshot of Alison Valk. She is a brunette Caucasian woman sporting a chin length bob. The photo catches her profile as she smiles facing her left.

Thursday, February 3, 2022, 4:00-5:30pm EST - 

iMovie Basics (Free Virtual Workshop)

Alison Valk, Instructional Coordinator and Multimedia Librarian for Georgia Tech Library, provides instruction on the basics of using iMovie to transform photos or video into stop motion movies with interesting effects.

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Black and white photo of Vinod Krishnan sitting in a van. The camera is angled so the picture is artistically off-balance. Vinod is a young man with dark hair and what would be golden brown or olive skin if the picture were not in black and white. in the picture. His gaze is lookin off toward the viewers right and he sports a mustache and short beard.

Wednesday, February 9, 8:00-9:00pm EST - 

Career in Animation: Ask Me Anything with Vinod Krishnan  

Wondering about your animation career path? Come get some insight from multi-talented artist Vinod Krishnan, technical animation director at Disney who chased his dreams from Bahrain all the way to LA. Vinod has worked on a variety of projects from Avengers: Endgame, the Owl House, Disney's Amphibia, The Venture Bros, Rick and Morty, Black-ish, Grace and Frankie and is also active as a Wacom Artist Representative, Studio committee member at SIGGRAPH, as well as a part of ASIFA-South's business department committee member. 

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Fast Film Fest 2022 Screening Poster featuring film director's chairs, a clapperboard, scissors, torn paper, digital camera, and ticket stubs floating around the screening date and time

Friday, March 4, 8:00-9:00pm EST -

Fast Film Fest 2022 Screening 

Fast Film Fest 2022 is the fourth year of the stop motion animation festival sponsored by the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in partnership with ASIFA-South and the GA Tech Libraries. People of all ages and skills were invited to create films that are 5 minutes or less in length and that address the theme, Press Start. Check out the juried selected submissions, meet our jurors, and cast your vote for People's Choice during the Fast Film Fest 2022 Screening. 

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Partners

Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking Logo features a rectangle with the bottom right corner folded up in a triangle

ASIFA International Animation Society logo featuring the bold black block letters ASIFA above the words International Animation Society. The ASIFA has smaller letters floating inside the black letters just after the S. The small letters are a teal O and U followed by a small pink T and H to spell out the word South.

GA Tech Library logo which features a gold tech tower nestled between the words GA Tech and Library