Mission

Sea Slug is committed to building access, solidarity, sustainability, and community amongst animators and animation lovers around the Pacific Northwest.

We’re living out our mission through our Larval Edition by:

꩜ Access ꩜
  • Creating DCPs for any accepted filmmakers who require them
  • Teaching students about the festival process and how to platform their work
  • Mentoring early career programmers
  • Hosting artists to sell their work at the Artist Alley with no tabling fees
  • Lowering ticket costs for young people to attend the festival
  • Exhibiting films containing dialogue with open subtitles or captions as much as possible

꩜ Solidarity ꩜
  • Sharing opportunities for exhibition, employment, and art education in BC, WA, and OR
  • Championing human-made animation only
  • Promoting worker solidarity including unionization, living wages, and pro-artist legislation

꩜ Sustainability ꩜
  • Paying screening fees to all artists whose films play in the festival program
  • Eliminating submission fees as a form of festival income
  • Minimizing paper printing and utilizing local print shops
  • Developing a consistent platform for watching animated films theatrically

꩜ Community ꩜
  • Connecting with local arts organizations to promote each other’s programming
  • Meeting with local artists and filmmakers to address their needs through our festival
  • Fostering relationships between artists and audiences via festival events