Lights, camera, animate! The Mother City is buzzing with excitement as the Cape Town International Animation Festival approaches, with Scene It App’s #AnimateCT Challenge taking centre stage.
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The #AnimateCT Challenge is South Africa’s first Street Animation Festival, in which animators from across the country and anyone with a creative eye have been submitting videos set in ten selected hotspots around the Mother City under the theme of ‘Unexpected’.
Courtesy of the Scene It App and a partnership with some of the country’s most prominent names in animation, the public is invited to a visual feast and a chance to win a grand prize.
Viewers can choose to scavenge it out, treasure-hunt style, by tracking down the QR codes available at each of the #AnimateCT hotspots around the city for a peek inside the minds of our ever-growing pool of talent and the creative perspectives with which they envision our city.
A fun day out for the whole family or a date with a difference, locals and visitors can visit some (or all) of these enchanting locations, view the animated versions of their surroundings, and vote for the one they like best.
Your AnimateCT hotspot treasure map:
- Sea Point Pavillion
- Guga S’Thebe Cultural Centre
- CTICC 2
- Radisson Red
- Battery Park
- Waterfront Canal
- Camps Bay Tidal Pool
- Nando’s Kloof Street
- Castle of Good Hope
- City Hall
If you prefer your animations in true couch potato form, simply visit www.sceneit.app to view the videos and vote for your favourites without having to step foot outside the house.
As alluded to a moment ago, voting and subscribing for updates enters you into a draw for a chance to win an epic prize sponsored by The Heriot: 7 nights each calendar month for one year, in one of their sought-after self-catering apartments in the buzzing heart of Cape Town’s city centre.
@sceneit.app Vote, subscribe, and WIN! Visit our website to learn more today. Ts and Cs apply. #AnimateCT #SceneItApp ♬ Chill Vibes – Tollan Kim
Public voting closes on 27 April, while animation and public winners are announced at the Cape Town International Animation Festival, which is part of Comic Con Cape Town, and set to take place this long weekend, 27 to 30 April.
Animator winners will be announced on 28 April and are set to be selected according to four categories:
- Public Favourite (public vote)
- Best Overall (jury vote)
- Best Use of Animation Principles (jury vote)
- Best Under 18 (jury vote)
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