Welcome to the home page of Hubbub: The Las Vegas Global Animation Festival, and also the home of the 3rd Annual SF Bay Area International Children's Film Festival!

Where does content marry technology in the chapel of creativity? In Vegas, home of Hubbub. Taking place Jan. 8-11, 2009 during the week of the mega-popular Consumer Electronics Show, this is the festival where the most excellent short animation in the world meets up with the finest and most advanced screening equipment. We'll showcase all kinds of animation, everything from family programs in the morning to adventurous and creative animation for grown-ups in the evenings.

Join us for Hubbub, taking place at the Consumer Electronics Show's Venetian Hotel location, with additional events at the hip Palms Hotel Resort and other hot Las Vegas locations. More than 140,000 people visit the show every year!

Want to become a sponsor at Hubbub and earn your company exposure to a tech-savvy, entertainment-hungry audience during one of the biggest weeks of the year in Las Vegas? Contact us at lvanimation@gmail.com and ask about our many sponsorship opportunities. Or call us at (760) 470-2481.

Want to enter your film for consideration at Hubbub? Click on the link below to enter online:

Or send an e-mail to lvanimation@gmail.com asking for an entry form.

The 3rd Annual San Francisco Bay Area International Children's Film Festival is February 27-March 8, 2009 at WonderCon at the Moscone Center South, and other Bay Area venues. Presented by WonderCon!

The call for entries is now open! We are looking for films 30 minutes or less in running time - animation, live action or documentary - good for children and/or teens.To enter your film, click on this:

Or send an e-mail to sfchildrensfilm@cox.net asking for an entry form.

WonderCon presented the 2nd Annual San Francisco Bay Area International Children's Film Festival, Feb. 22-March 1, 2008. It was a great time!

During the two-weekend run of the festival, we screened more than 100 short films from around the world for children and teens - animation, live action and documentary - clustered for different age groups.

The festival kicked off the weekend of Feb. 22-24 at WonderCon at the Moscone Center South. WonderCon is Northern California's largest comic-book and popular culture convention, produced by the makers of Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Admission to the children's film festival was free with admission to WonderCon. Go to www.wondercon.org for more details on WonderCon, including advance and same-day membership. Children ages 11 and under are always free to WonderCon with at least one paid adult membership.

The festival continued March 1 at Zeum, the popular children's art and technology museum in downtown San Francisco, adjacent to the Moscone Center. We screened short films from around the world made for children. Admission to the film screenings was free with paid admission to Zeum. For directions and ticket information for Zeum, go to www.zeum.org

Please click on the Schedules/Tickets page above for a complete schedule of film screenings.

Would you like to get on the e-mail list to receive regular updates about the festival? Send an e-mail to sfchildrensfilm@cox.net