how is Ape Escape and Nicktoons Film Festival connected?
Ape Escape (shorts) Ape Escape, known in Japan as Excited Saru Getchu (レッチュ　ゲッチュ　サルゲッチュ , Ju Retsu Saru Getchu ) is a series of computer generated anime shorts produced by Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment, and Sony Computer Entertainment for TV Tokyo in 2002. It is based on the Ape Escape video game series, with the characters and designs based on "Ape Escape 2" in particular. The series consists of 76 forty-five second shorts that aired as part of the "Oha Suta" variety program in Japan. In 2004, three of these shorts were dubbed into English and aired in the inaugural Nicktoons Film Festival. One of the festival's founders, Frederator Studios, would later produce their own series of "Ape Escape" shorts in 2009.
Slamdance Film Festival The Slamdance Film Festival is an annual film festival focused on emerging artists and low-budget independent films, created in 1995.