SXSW Title Sequence Design Competition

Following the success of 2009’s SXSW Film/AIGA Austin Film Poster Award, SXSW has established the annual SXSW Film Design Awards. For the 2010 event, SXSW is pleased to add the "Excellence in Title Design" Award as a special contest to discover the best in contemporary Title Sequence design. Eligibility is open internationally to all Title Sequences that exist as part of a completed film finished in 2009 or later. The deadline to submit is December 11.

The finalists will be announced in early February, 2010. As an added bonus, SXSW will showcase the Finalists at a dedicated screening during the event. They will be judged by our expert panel of jurors and will also be eligible for an Audience Award, chosen by the public. Also part of the Design Awards, SXSW will continue to honor exceptional film posters under the "Excellence in Poster Design" label (open to all accepted films).

JURORS

Meet the jurors - an esteemed dream-team of industry experts and practitioners of title design, digital film production and online hosting and distribution.

• Karin Fong / Imaginary Forces

A founding member of leading Film Title design company Imaginary Forces, Karin Fong has created across multiple disciplines. A filmmaker, animator, artist and more, her work has appeared in Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, The Wexner Center and numerous books and publications. Her awards include D&AD, ADC, One Show, and an Emmy.

• Susan Bradley / Pixar

With a formidable resume that includes Up, Wall-E and An Inconvenient Truth, veteran title designer Susan Bradley has created stunning, award-winning graphic work across a range of disciplines, as well as teaching at AFI. She is currently working on a documentary of the history of title design.

• Ian Albinson and Alexander Ulloa / The Art of the Title Sequence

Ian Albinson and Alexander Ulloa are the founders and editors of artofthetitle.com, a compendium and leading web resource of film and television title design from around the world. Since 2007, the site has explored over a hundred sequences with detailed analysis on content and creator, accrued hundreds of thousands of monthly visitors, and has earned an enviable reputation as a major destination for cinephiles.

• Femke Wolting / Submarine Channel & Forget the Film, Watch the Titles

A founding member of online channel and production company Submarine, Wolting is also involved in its offshoot watchthetitles.com, the first internationally renowned website dedicated to title design. Femke Wolting is one of the Netherland's leading independent producers. Wolting also programmed Exploding Cinema at International Film Festival Rotterdam, and worked extensively in Dutch broadcasting, directing and editing web, cross media and digital productions across multiple platforms.

• Ron Pippin / Shiny Object

Ron Pippin is Co-Founder and Creative Director of Austin-based motion content collective Shiny Object. The multi-disciplinary Shiny team creates promos, titles, music videos, children’s content, viral content and commercials. Pippin has more than 17 years experience and numerous awards as a director, creative director, animator and designer.

Title Sequence Submission Info

• Title Sequence submissions are $10.
• The deadline to submit your Title Sequence is Friday, December 11, 2009.
• All Title Sequence submissions must be hosted online. (e.g YouTube HD, Vimeo or Your Personal Website)
• Finalists will be notified upon acceptance and will need to send us a broadcast quality version of the sequence by February 13th, 2010.