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From Thursday, October 29, to Friday, October 30, the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE will take place for the first time at the fx.Center in Babelsberg the following week. More than 450 developers, producers and experts in digital production, 3D, visual effects and animation are expected in the media city.
The two-day industry gathering presents high-calibre international and national speakers and provides the setting for the presentation of the 13th animago AWARD, which honours outstanding achievement in Digital Content Creation (DCC) on Thursday evening. At a press conference that Wednesday, the 55 nominees from nine countries for the animago AWARD and the detailed animago CONFERENCE programme were announced.
Petra Müller, Managing Director of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg: “animago is an important addition to the film and media location. The award and conference reflect the location’s expertise in both traditional and digital production and post-production. We look forward to the premiere in Babelsberg and are particularly pleased about the six nominees from Berlin-Brandenburg.”
Matthias Lange, animago Project Manager: “Fifty-five entries from nine countries made it to the nominations. The jury did not have an easy task: more than 1,000 submissions from 40 countries had to be assessed. The quality of the submitted entries was impressive. We congratulate the nominees and keep our fingers crossed!”
International Award for Excellence in Digital Content Creation:
The animago AWARD on Thursday, October 29
From more than 1,000 submissions from 40 countries, a total of 55 entries from nine countries were nominated in the eleven categories of the animago AWARD, and five entries for the DIGITAL PRODUCTION Readers’ Award. A total of six nominees from the capital region could hope to win an animago AWARD:
Alexander Pohl, a graduate of the “Konrad Wolf” University of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg, was nominated in the “Best Young Production” category with his graduation film “Trickster.”
Thorsten Rauser, Managing Director of Berlin agency the binary family, a full-service provider for interactive entertainment, was nominated in the “Best Mobile Production” category with the iPhone application “iKitty.”
Keywan Mahintorabi, Managing Director of Berlin’s BumbleBee Animation, was nominated for “The Frog Prince” as “Best Film Production.”
Wolfgang Siebert of Berlin game developer Radon Labs was nominated for “Best Game Design” with “Drakensang: The Dark Eye.”
Björn Kowalski of Berlin’s Effekt-Etage received a nomination for “Best Interactive Production” for “Musikmesse Frankfurt.”
In the “Best Visualisation” category, Simon Häcker of ART+COM in Berlin could hope to win an animago.
High-Calibre Presentations, Workshops and Masterclasses with Pixar, Scanline and Many More:
The animago CONFERENCE on Thursday, October 29, and Friday, October 30
The two-day animago CONFERENCE, organised by Berlin company Lichtblick 4D, offers workshops, presentations and masterclasses on the latest technological, creative and economic developments in every area of the Digital Content Creation industry. Speakers come from companies in all relevant DCC sectors, including film, television, architectural and product visualisation, advertising and games. They include high-calibre international companies such as Pixar Animation, Scanline and Naughty Dog, and Berlin-Brandenburg companies such as Rise FX, Morro Images, Friendly Fritz, Elektrofilm, Exozet Effects, Pixomondo and many more.
The animago AWARD & CONFERENCE is presented and organised by the trade magazine Digital Production and Berlin’s Lichtblick 4D. The event is supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg together with the state of Brandenburg.
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