Nicktoons Film Festival
Title card taken from the first season's intro.
Genre	Animation
Created by	Fred Seibert
Opening theme	"Nicktoons Film Festival" byBruce W. Kapler (seasons 1–2) "Walk tha Walk" by Andrew Philip Carroll and Nicholas Amour (seasons 3–4)
Ending theme	"Nicktoons Film Festival" by Bruce W. Kapler (seasons 1–2) "Walk tha Walk" by Andrew Philip Carroll and Nicholas Amour (seasons 3–4)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	114 (261 shorts)
Production
Executive producer	Fred Seibert
Producers	Eric Homan Rita Street Fred Seibert
Production companies	Animation Magazine (season 1) Frederator Studios Nicktoons Network
Original release
Network	Nicktoons Network
Release	October 24, 2004 (2004-10-24) – 2009 (2009)

TheNicktoons Film Festival (also known as theNicktoons Network Animation Festival and theNickelodeon Animation Festival) was an annual event that was created by producerFred Seibert and produced for its first three years by hisFrederator Studios.The festival featured a selection of animated shorts (10 minutes and under) from around the world. Shorts selected for the festival had the chance to be aired onNicktoons Network, online and to be showcased at a live event in Los Angeles in October. Several prizes were awarded each year. Animators under 18 years old were eligible to enter the Greater Creator Contest. The 2009 season was the final season of the festival.

• Grand Prize:Timmy's Lessons In Nature by Mark Simon and Travis Blaise (credited as T.B.)^[1]
• Producer's Choice Award:Welcome to My Life by Elizabeth Ito^[2]

• Grand Prize:La Révolution des Crabes by Arthur DePins
• Producers' Choice:The Naïve Man from Lolliland byJ. G. Quintel (basis forRegular Show)
• Student Animator:The Naïve Man from Lolliland by J. G. Quintel
• Viewers' Choice:Farm Force by Project Firefly

• Grand Prize:The Ballad of Sheep 13 by Kyle McQueen
• Producers' Choice:Super Scout byAmy Poehler (basis forThe Mighty B!)
• Student Animator:Animation Test Pilot by Brad Kinley
• Viewers' Choice:Sinking Margot by Julie Bergman

• 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

This featured the original theme song byBruce W. Kapler from Timbre House Music, Inc.

• (81 short films in 12 episodes)

1. Charlie & Chunk (Stop-frame, Clay animation)
2. Timmy's Lessons in Nature (Traditional 2D)
3. It Could Be Worse (Traditional 2D)
4. Childhood Trauma #17 (CG animation, created in Softimage: XSI)
5. Lucky Penny (Traditional 2D)
6. The Manly Bee (Traditional 2D)
7. Day Off the Dead (CG animation)
8. April (Traditional 2D)
9. The Thing with No Head (Traditional 2D)
10. Rotting Hills: Clark's New Home (Animated in Flash)
11. Jack & Jill (CG, animated in Alias' Maya Software)
12. Attack of the Note Sheep (Traditional 2D, composited with live-action footage)
13. At Wit's Vend (CG animation, completed in Alias' Maya software)
14. The 9th Life of Sherman Phelps: Serenity Now (Animated in Flash)
15. Boing Boing (CG using Alias' Maya software)
16. Scout Says (Traditional 2D with digital color)
17. Magnetism (Animated in Alias' Maya software with Adobe Photoshop and After Effects)
18. Atomic Love (Traditional 2D with 3D elements)
19. Birdon (CG animation)
20. Ape Escape, Part I (CG animation)
21. Winged Devices (CG animation)
22. Miracle Koala: Belt for Punishment (Animated in Flash)
23. Sucker (3D created in Alias' Maya software)
24. Monkey Fuss (2D using Adobe Premier, Photoshop, and After Effects)
25. Bert (CG with 2D textures)
26. Heads, You Lose! (CG animation)
27. Manbird (Animated from Flash to QuickTime)
28. Monstories: Fine Diners (2D & 3D Mix)
29. Interrogating Ernie (Stop-frame & CG animation)
30. Hairy Affairs (CG animation)
31. Lou & Costa: Burglar Welcome Mat (2D animation)
32. Roy & Dog (CG animation)
33. Thirsty (Pencil on Mark & Paper)
34. Dia de Los Muertos (Stop-frame & CG animation)
35. Skippy (Traditional 2D)
36. The Not So Heroic Adventures of Sidekick: Dooms Day Dog (Animated in Flash)
37. <ESC> (CG created in Hash Animation Master)
38. A Rhinocervs (2D animation)
39. Tell Me Not to Worry (CG, 2D, and Stop-frame)
40. Happy Mania (Adobe PhotoShop and After Effects)
41. Welcome To My Life (Hand-drawn 2D; remade as a pilot forCartoon Network in 2015)^[3]
42. Kactus Kid (Animated in Flash and Traditional 2D)
43. Robot Family: The Slick Salesman (Digital 2D)
44. Wingnut (CG animation)
45. Medusa: Pilot (Stop-frame animation)
46. Martini and Meatballs: Avery's Game (Animated in Flash)
47. Gruesomenstein's Monsters: Freddie and the Yeti (Animated in Flash)
48. PGi-13 (CG with 2D sequences)
49. Hero: 108 (Animated in Flash; basis forthe series on Cartoon Network)
50. Josh W. Eats a Bug (Traditional animation)
51. Zoya the Zebra (2D animation)
52. Doggie Door (Traditional animation)
53. Bottom of the 9th (CG animation created in Alias' Maya software)
54. The Turn-Off (2D cut-out animation with a 3D character)
55. It's My Turn (Animated in Pencil)
56. Kenya (Animated in Flash)
57. Coolman: Deep Sea Blues (Animated in Flash)
58. Haina: A Concert (2D animation)
59. Gumbusters (2D animation)
60. Ape Escape, Part II (CG animation)
61. The Wild Wild Circus Company: Fishy Memories (2D animation with 3D textures)
62. Loco Melones (3D animated in SoftImage XSI)
63. Playing Cricket (3D animated in Hash's Animation Master)
64. Beach Booty (2D, edited in Adobe Premiere and After Effects)
65. Fool Throttle (Animated in Flash)
66. Monkey, Monkey (2D animation)
67. Rustbuckets: The Last Rainforest (CG animation)
68. Six Snails Snoring (Animated in Flash)
69. Pigly (3D animation completed with Alias' Maya software)
70. Much Ado About Ice Cream (2D animation)
71. Shlub (2D animation)
72. Polygon Family II (3D animation completed with Alias' Maya software)
73. The Appointment (2D animation with digital color)
74. Magical Trevor (2D animation)
75. Nagymamma (Traditional animation)
76. Rockfish (3D animation completed with Discreet's 3dsmax)
77. The Tribe (Flash 2D animation)
78. Bath Time (3D animation)
79. Harold Rosenbaum Chartered Accountant Extreme: Ledger Boy Liquidation (Animated in Flash)
80. Minue (2D animation)
81. Ape Escape, Part III (CG animation)

This is the last season to use Bruce W. Kapler's theme song.

1. La Révolution des Crabes (2D & 3D combo)
2. Hobbies: Model Bus Collector (CG animation)
3. Runaway Bathtub (Paper cut-out & stop-frame)
4. Unmarked (3D animation)
5. Those Scurvy Rascals (3D animation)
6. Her Teddy Bear (Classic 2D animation)
7. Blue Dress (CG animation)
8. Man's First Friend (CG animation)
9. Terrance Eats Knowledge (Hand-drawn & 2D digital animation)
10. Up, Up & Away (CG animation)
11. Like Pandas (Flash animation)
12. Pen vs. Pencil (CG animation)
13. Plumber (CG animation)
14. Anthem (CG animation)
15. Peeves: Toilet Water (Flash animation)
16. Short Circuit (Hand-drawn animation)
17. Soup (Stop-motion)
18. A Sixty Second Tragedy (CG animation)
19. The Naive Man from Lolliland (Hand-drawn, digitally composited; adapted intoRegular Show)
20. Tricks for a Treat (Hand-drawn animation)
21. Prey (Hand-drawn animation)
22. Chris Walker's Unfortunate Alphabet (Hand-drawn & CG-mixed)
23. The Mousochist (Hand-drawn animation)
24. First Kiss (Hand-drawn, digitally composited)
25. Maestro (CG animation)
26. The Gross Hunger (Hand-drawn animation)
27. Getting Ice Cream (CG animation)
28. Out of Beat (Paper cut-outs and digital animation)
29. Mig Said... (Flash animation)
30. Help! (CG animation)
31. The Z-Files (Flash animation)
32. The Monster Within (CG animation)
33. To a Man with a Big Nose (2D and CG combo)
34. Mille (CG animation)
35. Over the Moon (Hand-drawn & CG combo)
36. Anaka (CG animation)
37. Oh, Dear! (Hand-drawn animation)
38. A Short Visit to Toy Town (CG animation)
39. Love Affair (Hand-drawn animation)
40. Five Informercials for Dentists (Hand-drawn animation)
41. Defective (CG animation)
42. Betty (CG animation)
43. Nulbur (Flash animation)
44. In-Out (CG animation)
45. The Laws of Gravity (Flash animation)
46. The Life of a Mime (CG animation)
47. Fee Fi Fo Fum (Digital cut-out)
48. Sing-a-Long with Roosevelt (CG animation)
49. Un-Doo (stop-motion)
50. Egghunt (CG animation)
51. Farm Force (2D animation)
52. Project Firefly, created by Ethan Long and produced by Robin Cowie; aired on August 27, 2005^[4]

The 2006 Nicktoons Network Animation Festival 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.

1. A Great Big Robot from Outer Space Ate My Homework (CGI animation)
2. The Tale of How (2D CGI, Flash, Cutout)
3. Great Apespectations (Traditional 2D)
4. Handshake (Traditional animation)
5. Bip Bip (Cutout)
6. Dog Worries (Computer 2D)
7. The Ballad of Sheep 13 (Classical 2D)
8. Late Night Comedy (CGI animation)
9. La Tete Dans les Nuages (The Head in the Clouds) (CGI animation)
10. Super Scout (Traditional 2D; adapted intoThe Mighty B!)
11. Libraryhead (Traditional 2D)
12. Penguin Day Spa Commercial (CGI animation)
13. Ballyvaughan Story (Traditional 2D)
14. Doodle of Doom (Hand-Drawn, Flash)
15. Juxtaposer (Traditional animation)
16. Animation Test Pilot (CG)
17. Engrish Bwudd (Stopmotion, 2D drawn, Pixelation; music video for "Engwish Bwudd" byMan Man)
18. Abstract (Flash)
19. Breakfast with The King (CG)
20. The Mad Scientist Show: The Transporter (Flash)
21. Giant's Kitchen (Traditional 2D)
22. Crocodile Journals (Stopmotion)
23. La Mia Migliore Amica (Flash)
24. A Choreography with White-Fronted Geese, Horses, and a Locomotive (3D animation)
25. Deep Six (Digital Flash)
26. Eureka! (3D animation)
27. Gorilla (Pencil on Paper)
28. The New Guy (Flash)
29. The M Man (Hand-Drawn)
30. I Love You Kitty (Traditional 2D)
31. The Sunshine (CG)
32. Manege Frei (Flash)
33. Egg Song (Flash)
34. Zeitsprung Timetravels (3D)
35. Exit (3D)
36. Small and Deep, Love Stories (2D digital cutout and Hand-Drawn)
37. The Passenger (3D)
38. Sinking Margot (3D)
39. The Moustache Contest (Flash)
40. Snout (CG)
41. Polka (Pencil on Paper)

1. L’amie De Zoe (3D)
2. Zoologic (2D animation)
3. Saalis (cut-outs)
4. Soñadora (stop motion)
5. Bare (pencil on paper, watercolor)
6. Striped (Classical animation, colored in Photoshop, composited in After Effects)
7. Hedgehug (2D computer, Flash)
8. Hominid (Trad. 2D [brush and ink, digital ink and paint])
9. Kiwi! (3D animation)
10. Carried Away (3D computer)
11. Monster on the Moon (Stop Motion, Cut-outs)
12. José y Maria (Traditional animation [Hand-drawn])
13. Angst (Mixed technique: pencil drawings/video/photo/3DFX)
14. A Peach for the Teach (Traditional hand-drawn animation, colored on computer)
15. Freewheel (Hand-drawn, water-colored, After Effects; music video for "Freewheel" byDuke Special)
16. Cranks (3D computer)
17. Feb-18-05 (drawing)
18. Mortimer Pigmun and His Time Traveling Chums (stop motion)
19. St. Laleeloo (2D traditional)
20. Barfy the Pig in a Day in the Park (3D)
21. Process Enacted (pixilation/stop-motion)
22. Old Chestnut (2D animation, Adobe After Effects)
23. Puppet (Hand-drawn, color/composite digitally)
24. Zoologic (Hand-drawn animation or Traditional animation)
25. After Oz (3D)
26. The Little Dictator (2D computer)
27. Think Like a Frog (Flash)
28. Art's Desire (2D with 3D backgrounds)
29. Loose Change (Computer animation)
30. Insomnia (pastels on paper)

Nicktoons Network Animation Festival: 5th Year Animation Matters

1. Alien Abduction (3-D Animation)
2. Once Upon a Tyme (3-D animation)
3. Lilium Urbanus (3-D Animation)
4. Red & Blue (3-D animation)
5. Paper Cut (2-D Animation)
6. Theatrum Comicum of Insects (2-D Animation)
7. Boogie and Diggie (2-D Animation)
8. The Adventures of Jane (2-D Flash Animation)
9. Dive (3-D Animation)
10. Mock and Boy'd: Get Out Of My Tree (2-D Animation)
11. Getting Suspended (Sketching)
12. Kid Show (Drawing Animation)
13. Hal Mang (2-D Animation)
14. The Matchbook (3-D Animation)
15. La Lune (3-D animation)
16. The Space Burger (2-D Animation)
17. Galactic Adventure Quest in Space (2-D Animation)
18. Henshin (3-D Animation)
19. Sheep (Stop-Motion)
20. Come Back Sweetheart (3-D Animation)
21. Monster Movie (2-D Animation)
22. El Mono (3-D Animation)
23. Solar (3-D animation)
24. Bathtime in Clerkenwell (2-D Animation)
25. A Faery's Tale (3-D animation)
26. Sticky the Stick (series) (2-D Flash Animation)
27. Go Nuts Animation (2-D Animation)
28. Pea on the Screws (Hand-Drawn 2-D animation)
29. Pajama Gladiator (3-D Animation)

1. Insert Coin
2. Kina Sky
3. Magic Theater
4. Mariza
5. No Quarter
6. Oakley and Bud in 'Rogue UFO'
7. Otis v. Monster
8. Pencilmation #7: Malice in Wonderland
9. Popped
10. Shiny!
11. So Close to the Sun
12. Some Facts About Owls
13. Squeak
14. Tang
15. The History of an Animation
16. The History of Man Part 2
17. The Switch
18. Tickle Me Silly
19. Ultra Super Sudden Death
20. Value Blind
21. Vampirofaga
22. At Deaths Door
23. Barfy the Pig: Episode 6
24. Best Present Ever
25. Cricket
26. Deadline
27. Divers
28. Flying Boy
29. Hubo
30. Do Not Feed the Alligators

2009 was the final season of the festival.^[5]

Frederator Studios has persisted in the tradition of surfacing new talent, characters, and series in several ways, withThe Nicktoons Film Festival being the first to present short cartoons recently produced by independent filmmakers around the world. This tradition has continued online with theirChannel Frederator network, the world's largest animation network, with over 3000 members who produce and program their own YouTube animation channels. Some of the most notable entries includeTo a Man with a Big Nose,Bathtime in Clerkenwell,Kiwi!,Kenya andMagical Trevor, theApe Escape trilogy of shorts,The Naive from Loli Land,Charlie & Chunk,The Mouschist,Prey,Hero: 108,Bert,Engrish Bwudd,Skippy,Monster on the Moon,Pigly,Libraryhead,Over the Moon,Feb-18-05,Timmy's Lessons In Nature,Farm Force,Late Night Comedy,Zoologic,Maestro,Zoya the Zebra,PGi-13,The Tale of How,Loco Melones,Rockfish,Super Scout andWelcome to My Life. Certain shorts featured here were produced byNelvana, and those were also shown onYTV'sFunpak, such asThe Not-So-Superheroic Adventures of Sidekick, which spawnedSidekick.

To a Man with a Big Nose was selected for the 2006 Fargo Film Festival in addition to being a Nicktoons Film Festival entry,Bathtime in Clerkenwell won three awards in 2004 including one category fromSundance,Kiwi! and bothweebl'sKenya andMagical Trevor were considered majorinternet memes at that time,The Mouschist was created byCourage the Cowardly Dog creatorJohn R. Dilworth, theApe Escape trilogy of shorts promoted the game series exclusively forSony's ownPlayStation 2 at the time (and had eventually aired itsown series on Nicktoons five years later), and the four were precursor shorts—Super Scout,The Naive from Loli Land,Hero: 108 andWelcome to My Life—would eventually become precursor toNickelodeon's ownThe Mighty B! andCartoon Network'sRegular Show andHero: 108, as well as the latter's failed pilot of the same name.

Simultaneously, Frederator has produced 250 original short cartoon films with several cartoon shorts "incubators," including (as of 2016):What A Cartoon! (Cartoon Network, 1995),Oh Yeah! Cartoons (Nickelodeon, 1998),The Meth Minute 39 (Channel Frederator, 2008),^[6]Random! Cartoons (Nickelodeon/Nicktoons, 2008),Too Cool! Cartoons (Cartoon Hangover, 2012), andGO! Cartoons (Cartoon Hangover, 2016).^[7] These laboratories have spun off notable series like:Dexter's Laboratory,The Powerpuff Girls,Johnny Bravo,Cow & Chicken,Courage the Cowardly Dog,Larry & Steve (which was the basis forFox's ownFamily Guy),Kenny and the Chimp (which was the basis forCodename: Kids Next Door),Grim & Evil (which was split intoEvil Con Carne andThe Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy),The Fairly OddParents,My Life as a Teenage Robot,ChalkZone,Nite Fite,Fanboy & Chum Chum,Adventure Time,Bravest Warriors,Rocket Dog, andBee and PuppyCat.

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