The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival

Okay, we couldn’t ask for a more talented group of Jurors. Bill Plympton, probably “the most” famous indie animator on the planet will be joining our panel of judges and looking at your films! I was first introduced to Bill’s “25 Ways to Quit Smoking” when I was at Expanded Entertainment in the early 90s and felt so naive! I didn’t know that animation could be so outrageous. After a lifetime of Disney films and cartoons - to learn there was a whole world of independent filmmakers like Bill, doing bizarre, amazing and side-splitting work was life-changing. Since then, Bill has gone on to create some of the most successful and well-loved shorts ever made by a single hand. He has also, amazingly enough, drawn and financed his own feature films which include “The Tune,” “Mutant Aliens” and “Hair High.” No one does it like Bill (because frankly no one else is brave enough); and no one thinks like Bill (because frankly none of us can boast his particular form of genius - or is it insanity?). We love you Bill and thank you for coming onboard!

Rita Street/Co-Producer