The Nicktoons Film Festival is a competition presenting independent animated shorts. It premiered on Nickelodeon's NickToons channel on October 24, 2004. Its grand prize winner will receive $10,000. The festival was created by former MTV Networks and Hanna-Barbera president Fred Seibert, and was produced by Frederator Studios and Animation magazine for the Nicktoons digital cable channel. The other festival directors include former Animation Magazine Editor-in-Chief Rita Street , and Frederator creative executive Eric Homan . First year Grand Jury judges were John Kricfalusi (Ren & Stimpy), Gabor Csupo (Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys), and Eric Goldberg (Aladdin, Looney Tunes: Back in Action).

First year winners

• Grand Prize: Timmy's Lessons in Nature by Mark Simon and Travis Blaise .
• Producer's Pick: Welcome to My Life by Elizabeth Ito .

The second annual Nicktoons Film Festival will run during the month of August of 2005.

Episodes

Season 1

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 (Animated in Flash)
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. Lou & Costa: Burglar Welcome Mat (2D animation)
31. Roy & Dog (CG animation)
32. Thirsty (Pencil on Mark & Paper)
33. Dia de Los Muertos (Stop-frame & CG animation)
34. Skippy (Traditional 2D)
35. The Not So Heroic Adventures of Sidekick: Dooms Day Dog (Animated in Flash)
36. <ESC> (CG created in Hash Animation Master)
37. A Rhinocervs (2D animation)
38. Tell Me Not To Worry (CG, 2D, and Stop-frame)
39. Happy Mania (Adobe PhotoShop and After Effects)
40. Welcome to My Life (Hand-drawn 2D)
41. Kactus Kid (Animated in Flash and Traditional 2D)
42. Robot Family: The Slick Salesman (Digital 2D)
43. Wingnut (CG animation)
44. Medusa: Pilot (Stop-frame animation)
45. Martini and Meatballs: Avery's Game (Animated in Flash)
46. Gruesomenstein's Monsters: Freddie and the Yeti (Animated in Flash)
47. PGi-13 (CG with 2D sequences)
48. Hero: 108 (Animated in Flash)
49. Josh W. Eats A Bug (Traditional animation)
50. Zoya the Zebra (2D animation)
51. Doggie Door (Traditional animation)
52. Bottom of the 9th (CG animation created in Alias' Maya software)
53. The Turn-Off (2D cut-out animation with a 3D character)
54. It's My Turn (Animated in Pencil)
55. Kenya (Animated in Flash)
56. Coolman: Deep Sea Blues (Animated in Flash)
57. Haina: A Concert (2D animation)
58. Gumbusters (2D animation)
59. Ape Escape, Part II (CG animation)
60. The Wild Wild Circus Company: Fishy Memories (2D animation with 3D textures)
61. Loco Melones (3D animated in SoftImage XSI)
62. Playing Cricket (3D animated in Hash's Animation Master)
63. Beach Booty (2D, edited in Adobe Premiere and After Effects)
64. Fool Throttle (Animated in Flash)
65. Monkey, Monkey (2D animation)
66. Rustbuckets: The Last Rainforest (CG animation)
67. Six Snails Snoring (Animated in Flash)
68. Pigly (3D animation completed with Alias' Maya software)
69. Much Ado About Ice Cream (2D animation)
70. Shlub (2D animation)
71. Polygon Family II (3D animation completed with Alias' Maya software)
72. The Appointment (2D animation with digital color)
73. Magical Trevor (2D animation)
74. Nagymamma (Traditional animation)
75. Rockfish (3D animation completed with Discreet's 3dsmax)
76. The Tribe (Flash 2D animation)
77. Bath Time (3D animation)
78. Harold Rosenbaum Chartered Accountant Extreme: Ledger Boy Liquidation (Animated in Flash)
79. Minue (2D animation)
80. Ape Escape, Part III (CG animation)

External links

• Information at Animation Magazine