Nicktoons Film Festival

Episodes

Season 1 (The Nicktoons Film Festival 2004) featured the original theme song by Bruce W. Kapler from Timbre House Music, Inc. Judges for this season included veteran animator Eric Goldberg, Mike Judge (creator of Beavis and Butt-Head and co-creator of King of the Hill), John Kricfalusi (creator of Ren & Stimpy), Bill Plympton (filmmaker behind Your Face and Guard Dog), Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars), and voice actor Patrick Warburton.

The season consisted of 81 short films in 12 episodes. Shorts included Charlie & Chunk (Stop-frame, Clay animation), Timmy's Lessons in Nature (Traditional 2D), It Could Be Worse (Traditional 2D), Childhood Trauma #17 (CG animation, created in Softimage: XSI), Lucky Penny (Traditional 2D), The Manly Bee (Traditional 2D), Day Off the Dead (CG animation), April (Traditional 2D), The Thing with No Head (Traditional 2D), Rotting Hills: Clark's New Home (Animated in Flash), Jack & Jill (CG, animated in Alias' Maya Software), Attack of the Note Sheep (Traditional 2D, composited with live-action footage), At Wit's Vend (CG animation, completed in Alias' Maya software), The 9th Life of Sherman Phelps: Serenity Now (Animated in Flash), Boing Boing (CG using Alias' Maya software), Scout Says (Traditional 2D with digital color), Magnetism (Animated in Alias' Maya software with Adobe Photoshop and After Effects), Atomic Love (Traditional 2D with 3D elements), Birdon (CG animation), Ape Escape, Part I (CG animation), Winged Devices (CG animation), Miracle Koala: Belt for Punishment (Animated in Flash), Sucker (3D created in Alias' Maya software), Monkey Fuss (2D using Adobe Premier, Photoshop, and After Effects), Bert (CG with 2D textures), Heads, You Lose!

(CG animation), Manbird (Animated from Flash to QuickTime), Monstories: Fine Diners (2D & 3D Mix), Interrogating Ernie (Stop-frame & CG animation), Hairy Affairs (CG animation), Lou & Costa: Burglar Welcome Mat (2D animation), Roy & Dog (CG animation), Thirsty (Pencil on Mark & Paper), Dia de Los Muertos (Stop-frame & CG animation), Skippy (Traditional 2D), The Not So Heroic Adventures of Sidekick: Dooms Day Dog (Animated in Flash), (CG created in Hash Animation Master), A Rhinocervs (2D animation), Tell Me Not to Worry (CG, 2D, and Stop-frame), Happy Mania (Adobe PhotoShop and After Effects), Welcome To My Life (Hand-drawn 2D; remade as a pilot for Cartoon Network in 2015), Kactus Kid (Animated in Flash and Traditional 2D), Robot Family: The Slick Salesman (Digital 2D), Wingnut (CG animation), Medusa: Pilot (Stop-frame animation), Martini and Meatballs: Avery's Game (Animated in Flash), Gruesomenstein's Monsters: Freddie and the Yeti (Animated in Flash), PGi-13 (CG with 2D sequences), Hero: 108 (Animated in Flash; basis for the series on Cartoon Network), Josh W. Eats a Bug (Traditional animation), Zoya the Zebra (2D animation), Doggie Door (Traditional animation), Bottom of the 9th (CG animation created in Alias' Maya software), The Turn-Off (2D cut-out animation with a 3D character), It's My Turn (Animated in Pencil), Kenya (Animated in Flash), Coolman: Deep Sea Blues (Animated in Flash), Haina: A Concert (2D animation), Gumbusters (2D animation), Ape Escape, Part II (CG animation), The Wild Wild Circus Company: Fishy Memories (2D animation with 3D textures), Loco Melones (3D animated in SoftImage XSI), Playing Cricket (3D animated in Hash's Animation Master), Beach Booty (2D, edited in Adobe Premiere and After Effects), Fool Throttle (Animated in Flash), Monkey, Monkey (2D animation), Rustbuckets: The Last Rainforest (CG animation), Six Snails Snoring (Animated in Flash), Pigly (3D animation completed with Alias' Maya software), Much Ado About Ice Cream (2D animation), Shlub (2D animation), Polygon Family II (3D animation completed with Alias' Maya software), The Appointment (2D animation with digital color), Magical Trevor (2D animation), Nagymamma (Traditional animation), Rockfish (3D animation completed with Discreet's 3dsmax), The Tribe (Flash 2D animation), Bath Time (3D animation), Harold Rosenbaum Chartered Accountant Extreme: Ledger Boy Liquidation (Animated in Flash), Minue (2D animation), and Ape Escape, Part III (CG animation).

Season 2 (The NEXTOONS: The Nicktoons Film Festival 2005) was the last season to use Bruce W. Kapler's theme song. Judges for this season included David X. Cohen (former writer of The Simpsons and writer, producer and showrunner of Futurama), Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko (creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender), veteran animator Mike Gabriel, voice actor Mark Hamill, and Don Hertzfeldt (filmmaker behind Rejected and The Meaning of Life).

Season 3 (The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival 2006) aired on Nicktoons Saturday, August 26, 2006– Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Winners were announced on Thursday, August 31, 2006. This season introduced a new theme song. Judges for this season included veteran animator and historian Jerry Beck, Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy and co-creator of American Dad! and The Cleveland Show), Chris Prynoski (founder of Titmouse, Inc., best known for The Venture Bros., Superjail, Metalocalypse and Motorcity), Steve Oedekerk (co-creator of Jimmy Neutron and creator of Barnyard), and comedians and actors Shawn and Marlon Wayans.

Legacy

Winners from the festival included: 2004 Grand Prize: Timmy's Lessons In Nature by Mark Simon and Travis Blaise (credited as T.B.); Producer's Choice Award: Welcome to My Life by Elizabeth Ito. 2005 Grand Prize: La Révolution des Crabes by Arthur DePins; Producers' Choice: The Naïve Man from Lolliland by J. G. Quintel (basis for Regular Show); Student Animator: The Naïve Man from Lolliland by J. G. Quintel; Viewers' Choice: Farm Force by Project Firefly. 2006 Grand Prize: The Ballad of Sheep 13 by Kyle McQueen; Producers' Choice: Super Scout by Amy Poehler (basis for The Mighty B!); Student Animator: Animation Test Pilot by Brad Kinley; Viewers' Choice: Sinking Margot by Julie Bergman. 2007 Grand Prize: Zoologic by Nicole Mitchell; Grand Jury: Zoologic by Nicole Mitchell; Producers' Choice: St. Laleeloo by Jiwook Kim; Diversity Award: Feb. 18, 2005 by Javier Barboza; Student Animator: Bare by Andy Lyon; Viewers' Choice: After Oz by Percy Kiyabu.