Happy Valley Animation Festival

Happy Valley Animation Festival

An exhibition of animation reels from the inaugural Happy Valley Animation Festival (HVAF), an open, international competition. HVAF seeks to promote the art of animation and showcase works by students, early career and practicing professional artists, designers, and filmakers. Categories of works include animated films, animated motion graphics and design, and experimental animated works.

This Happy Valley Animation Festival is a collaboration between organizers, volunteers, local community sponsors, and academic partners. Happy Valley Animation Festival 2021 events were hosted by the Animation Club at Penn State and the Digital Arts and Media Design Program in the School of Visual Arts at Penn State.