i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

taste_buds
Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

Фестиваль не соревновательный, он призван показать и ознакомить с жанром короткометражной экспериментальной мультипликации. Это хорошая возможность показать себя как за океаном так и в России и посмотреть на работу коллег. Будут рассмотренны все присланные работы. И это шанс для начинающих режиссеров и аниматоров засветится рядом с уже зарекомендовавшими себя именами.

Фестиваль запланирован на конец Апреля. Приём работ будет осуществляться до конца марта.

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The festival is not competitive, it is intended to show and introduce the genre of short experimental animation. This is a good opportunity to show themselves as the ocean and in Russia and look at the work of colleagues. To be considered all the papers. And this is a chance for young directors and animators glows next to the already-established names.

The festival is scheduled for late April. Acceptance of work will be carried out before the end of March.

!!!Желательное техническое задание к предоставляемым видеороликам!!! :

Продолжительность - всреднем до 10 минут (+ -)

Видеоформат - Avi

Video Bit rate - не менее 800 kb/s

Разрешение - не менее 720 х 576

Соотношение сторон - 4х3 ; 16х9

Звук - mp3 / vaw , bit rate не менее 128 kb/s

backpacking
Want to embrace your wanderlust on the cheap? If you're tall on adventurous spirit, but short on funds, this community can help you plan a trip to anywhere. Offering plentiful tips on how to travel light, you can post about bargain hotels and hostels if you're into urban exploration or discuss camping gear and mosquito netting for the great outdoors. Hitch your backpack, pitch your tent, and carpe diem!