West Virginia Flash Animation Festival

The ninth annual West Virginia Flash Animation Festival took place on the campus of West Liberty University from 7:00 - 9:00 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2009. Students from colleges and universities throughout West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky competed for $2,000  in cash prizes in ten different categories. Sponsors included Apple Computer, the Pittsburgh Chapter of the AIGA, and the Ridgefield Group. West Liberty's Electronic Music Ensemble provided some great music and the entire event was broadcast live via WLTV to 55,000 cable customers. A live webcast was also made available to viewers from around the world. A very special thank you goes to Theresa Gretchen and her stellar team from WLTV for their excellent video production of the event.

A new feature for this year's event was our live Skype Connection, set up and managed by Lucas Smithbauer, a 2010 Digital Media Design student at West Liberty. The connection allowed the winners of the festival to link a live video feed from their computers to the studio audience, so we were able to see their immediate reactions to winning an award, and also to hear from them about their winning animations. In the coming days we will provide a link on this page to the recorded webcast.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WINNING ENTRIES OF THE 2009 FESTIVAL

2008 WINNERS

PAST FESTIVALS

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