Tag "Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film"

FMX 2013: The VFX View from Europe

April 29, 2013 by Claire-Dee Lim 1 Comment divider image

FMX, Europe’s most influential conference on digital entertainment successfully concluded last Friday (April 26) drawing an international audience of professionals, innovative talents and students from 46 countries. “Thanks to its interdisciplinary focus, FMX 2013 constituted an ideal platform to bring industry, education and research together,” commented FMX managing director Niels [...]

‘Oh Willy’ Wins Top Prize at Stuttgart Festival

April 28, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

The 20th Edition of the popular Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film came to a close this weekend, and several well-received features and shorts from around the world took home the event’s coveted top prizes. Here is a breakdown of the winners in each category: Oh Willy… Directed by Emma de [...]

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 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 [...]

Stuttgart Animation Fest Announces 2012 Program

April 20, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The six-day Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film has unveiled its programming for this year. The event, which takes place May 8-13, in conjunction with the FMX confab offers an exciting, diverse collection of shorts and features from all over the world. The feature film category includes: Eric Bergeron’s Un [...]

17 Projects Set for Animation Production Day in Germany

April 18, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Seventeen projects from eight countries have been selected for the Animation Production Day, a business platform event for the animation industry hosted by the 18th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and FMX 2011. The two-day event is scheduled for May 3-4 and will bring together 100 representatives of the German [...]

Six Ads Make Finalist List for 2011 Animated Com Award

April 13, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Six international ads have been nominated for the 2011 Animated Com Award, with winners to be announced in conjunction with the 18th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film. The nominees are as follows: Advertising category Compare the Market: “Compare the Market ‘Streets of Ambitiousness,’” Passion Pictures, Great Britain Amnesty International: “Death [...]