Tag "Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg"

Cornelia Funke to Deliver FMX Conference Keynote

March 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Acclaimed children’s book author Cornelia Funke (The Thief Lord, Inkheart) has been confirmed to deliver the keynote at this year’s FMX Conference in Stuttgart. The best-selling author will present the new app for her latest Mirrorworld series in conjunction with her Reckless books, along with producer Andy Merkin (Mirada Studios, co-founded by [...]

Best of the Brief-Attention-Span Theater

August 6, 2012 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image

An overview of the key award-winning shorts screening at the 2012 edition of SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation Festival. During the 39th SIGGRAPH Conference in Los Angeles this summer, attendees will see lots of the high-end CG that animates today’s studio blockbusters. But when the lights dim for SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation Festival [...]

SIGGRAPH Unveils Computer Animation Festival Winners

June 19, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

The upcoming SIGGRAPH event has announced this year’s Computer Animation Festival winners. The event, which takes place August 5-9 at the L.A. Convention Center named its Best in Show, Jury Award, Best Student Project, and Well Told Fable Prize recipients. A total of 94 films will be shown during the [...]

FMX to Spotlight VFX of ‘Hugo,’ ‘Game of Thrones’

February 22, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Some of the programming highlights for the 17th edition of the FMX conference in Stuttgart, Germany were announced today. The global confab on animation, effects, gaming and transmedia discoveries will include panels devoted to Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated feature Hugo, as well as TV shows such as HBO’s multiple-Emmy-winning Game of [...]