{"id":145952,"date":"2025-11-04T22:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145952"},"modified":"2025-11-04T22:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:06:12","slug":"open-world-animation-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145952","title":{"rendered":"Open World Animation Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-145953 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-145952-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-145952-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-145952-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-145952-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/word-image-145952-1.png 531w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>4 DAYS OF MIND-MELTING ANIMATION AT THE HISTORIC ROXY THEATRE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>October 23, 2025 <\/em>\u2013 Open World Animation Festival 2025 takes place November 6-9 at the Historic Roxy Theatre in Northampton! This 4-day celebration of cutting-edge animation from across the planet showcases <strong>over 150 films <\/strong>from 36 countries!<\/p>\n<p>Open World 2025 features everything from family-friendly Saturday Morning Cartoons to Horror-themed blocks, showcases of independent Iranian animation, Student films, Virtual Reality animation and MORE!<\/p>\n<p>Each block is just 5 DOLLARS admission! Day Passes and All Access Passes also available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TICKETS &#8211; $5 per block | Day Pass &#8211; $10 | All Access Pass &#8211; $30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open World Animation Festival encourages creators to explore the frontiers of animation through both traditional and emerging mediums. Its missions is to help general audiences understand the artistry in animation and its diversity of subject matter. It aims to showcase many voices, styles, &amp; perspectives. Anyone is welcome to take part!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 2025 festival features a special block of <strong><em>\u201cAnimated Documentary Shorts\u201d <\/em><\/strong>curated by Animator Amy Lee Ketchum, former Chair of PAFTA\u2019s Animation Department.<\/li>\n<li>There are NINE Virtual Reality animated films which will be on display via VR headsets.<\/li>\n<li>Films will be competing for cash prizes and awards!<\/li>\n<li>Filmmakers &amp; animators will be in attendance throughout the festival, some traveling from around the World!<\/li>\n<li>Saturday Morning Cartoons block contains retro commercials &amp; surprises!<\/li>\n<li>The Lehigh Valley\u2019s ONLY animation festival!<\/li>\n<li>Festival is completely run by volunteers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FACEBOOK EVENT INVITE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1FKj8BCsJ1\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1FKj8BCsJ1\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TICKET LINK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/open-world-animation-festival-2025-tickets-1744247343759\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/open-world-animation-festival-2025-tickets-1744247343759<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>FULL SCHEDULE<\/h1>\n<h2>Thursday<\/h2>\n<p>6 PM &#8211; Opening Night Screening (90 Minutes)<\/p>\n<h2>Friday<\/h2>\n<p>7 PM &#8211; Animation Grab Bag #1 (90 minutes) 9 PM &#8211; Horror, Sci-fi &amp; Beyond (90 minutes)<\/p>\n<h2>Saturday<\/h2>\n<p>11 AM &#8211; Saturday Morning Cartoons (90 minutes) 1 PM &#8211; Animation Grab Bag #2 (90 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>3 PM &#8211; O!PLA Focus on Poland (90 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>5 PM &#8211; Short Animated Documentaries (90 minutes) 7 PM &#8211; Animation Grab Bag #3 (90 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>9 PM &#8211; Beyond the Beyond (90 minutes)<\/p>\n<h2>Sunday<\/h2>\n<p>Noon &#8211; Lazy Toons Sunday (90 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>2 PM &#8211; Student Film Showcase (90 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>4 PM &#8211; Iranian Independent Animation (90 Minutes) 6 PM &#8211; Best of OWAF 25 (60 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>The Alternative Gallery is a Non-Profit (501-c3) organization founded in 2012 in Allentown, PA and is run 100% through volunteerism. Our mission is to strengthen local communities through arts, culture &amp; education and build relationships with other communities around the world. Located in Allentown, PA, The Alternative Gallery is housed in the Cigar Factory Artist Studios; providing exhibit &amp; performance spaces, over 40 artist studios, retail spaces, classrooms, a fine art printshop, darkroom, urban garden, film archive &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>For more information AND tickets visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.OpenWorldAnimation.com\/\">www.OpenWorldAnimation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/557589736_1394415636022929_8916127892901828944_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-145954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/557589736_1394415636022929_8916127892901828944_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1382\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/557589736_1394415636022929_8916127892901828944_n.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/557589736_1394415636022929_8916127892901828944_n-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/557589736_1394415636022929_8916127892901828944_n-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/557589736_1394415636022929_8916127892901828944_n-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/557589736_1394415636022929_8916127892901828944_n-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/557589736_1394415636022929_8916127892901828944_n-300x445.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1382px) 100vw, 1382px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 DAYS OF MIND-MELTING ANIMATION AT THE HISTORIC ROXY THEATRE October 23, 2025 \u2013 Open World Animation Festival 2025 takes place November 6-9 at the Historic Roxy Theatre in Northampton! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145952\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open World Animation Festival 2025<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/open-world-art.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/145955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}