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Stuttgart Announces Animated Com Award Nominees

April 19, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Animated Com Award nominees have been announced for the 20th edition of the upcoming Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (April 23-28). Every year, the Animated Com awards honors the best of applied animation in the fields of advertising, spatial communication and technology The jury has chosen ten top animated [...]

Stuttgart Fest Reveals Key Films, Names

February 21, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) will be opening its doors and presenting roughly 1,000 of the best animated films from around the world this April 23-28. ITFS this year has set an all-time record by receiving over 2,200 film submissions for its nine festival competitions. Selected films will [...]

FMX ’13 Programs Take Shape

January 30, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

FMX, Stuttgart’s renowned conference on animation, vfx, games and transmedia is putting the finishing polish on its programming for the 2013 edition, taking place April 23-26 in the German city. According to the event organizers, the key words this year are “lean, smart and agile” with a focus on the [...]

Stuttgart Festival Launches Animated Fashion Contest

December 7, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The annual Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (April 23-28) is sponsoring a competition focusing on fashion this year. According to fest organizers, this new fashion award will not only focus on innovative filmmakers and creative new talents, it also opens up new creative opportunities for young media designers and students of [...]

‘Wrinkles,’ ‘The Last Bus’ Win Stuttgart Prizes

May 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Over the weekend, Stuttgart’s International Festival of Animated Film announced the winners of its 19th Trickfilm competition (May 8-3). Martin Snopek and Ivana Laucikova’s The Last Airbus (Slovakia), Alke Arndt’s Atlas (Germany) and Ignacio Ferreras’ Wrinkles (Spain) were among the big winners at this well-attended event. Here is the complete [...]

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 [...]

Reelport, Stuttgart Build Online Animation Library

November 22, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

A unique joint venture between a public library and a film festival is helping bring animation further into the digital age. The International Festival for Animated Film Stuttgart, the MFG Filmförderung Baden Württemberg and the public library of Stuttgart have launched an online animation library, where the renowned festival’s line-up [...]