The call for entries has just been announced for the Proto-Ninja Award for 2010 Sydney International Animation Festival, giving emerging animators the change to get a leg up in the industry.

Here are the details:

The Sixty40 Proto-Ninja Award will consist of $999.99 cash plus a two-month mentorship with Sixty40, a design and animation company that combines the love of creativity with the reality of commercial production.

Entrants must create a new work of between 40 and 60 seconds length, which follows the theme “Underdog”.

Deadline for entries is 6th August 2010.

Full details about the competition are available at www.sixty40.com/protoninja.