Covering topics as varied as video games, zombie siblings and port-a-loo-loving Meerkats, the twelve developed shorts from the 2013 edition of Nickelodeon's world renowned Global Animated Shorts Programme will roll out on nicktoons.co.uk and Nick App across the next 12 weeks. Four shorts will be available to view at any one time and, on the Nicktoons site, viewers will be able to show their appreciation for the creative work by selecting the "vote" button.
The current shorts available to view are:
Austin Oliver, created by Greg Worswick
Austin Oliver, the ultimate class clown, turns the most boring classroom ever into the most awesome one.
Level 15, created by Rudi Bloss
Two video game characters, a fly-catching tadpole and a hunted duck jump their games in search of safety.
Pam & Sid's Port-a-Party, created by Mindy Sterling and Annie Sertich
Two hyperactive high-pitch-voiced Meerkats love to party and dance inside a port-a-pottie.
Zombie Brothers created by Eric Robles
Two zombie brothers aren't trying to be cool, they're just trying to eat brains.
Nickelodeon UK will unveil the next batch of animated Nickelodeon Shorts on Monday 31st August 2015.
"The Animated Shorts Program aims to discover, mentor and collaborate with exciting new talent in order to develop the best content for Nickelodeon," said Nina Hahn, Senior Vice President, International Production and Development, Nickelodeon. "These shorts all have the potential to be developed into a longer-form series so it is great to be able to share them with UK fans and, through the vote button, get a sense of what is popular with audiences."
The Global Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program is open to creatives across the world. The 2016 edition of the initiative will launch in January 2016. More information is available at http://nickanimationstudio.com.
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