There are also announcements from the conference programme, news from the forum and the Animation Production Days are now looking for exciting project submissions.
Tickets
Two ticket options allow trade visitors to attend both on site in Stuttgart and virtually: With the Conference Pass, trade visitors can experience FMX live at the Haus der Wirtschaft in the centre of Stuttgart from 25 to 27 April, while the Online Pass allows them to immerse themselves in the virtual online event on 28 April. Much of the content will then be available to all visitors on demand until the end of May. In line with the certification as a climate-friendly event (see press release #2), visitors who purchase an FMX ticket will be able to travel at a reduced rate with Deutsche Bahn and also use the VVS public transport system in Stuttgart free of charge. Tickets are available here: Ticketshop.
Art direction and concept art for independent productions and major IPs
The art of filmmaking, art direction and concept art for independent productions and other high-profile projects will be the focus of a talk by Almu Redondo, who has worked on MY FATHER’S DRAGON, WOLFWALKERS, BELLE and animated sequences for Riot Games.Redondo will use her work to explain her creative strategies and show how storytelling can benefit from the power of images.
The VFX of KLEO
The conception and world building of believable but not necessarily historically accurate locations in 1980s Berlin, Spain and Chile will be the focus of a session by Pascal Bußmann and Matthias Backmann (LAVAlabs) on the Netflix series KLEO with Jella Haase. Together they will report on how they realised the implementation of around 450 VFX shots within a year, from pre-production to the final shot.
Virtual camera for stylised animated films
Christos Obretenov will explain how stylised rendering in animated films has expanded the creative possibilities of the virtual camera through simulated painting techniques such as brush strokes, watercolour, graphic linework and light composition. These techniques are used to set virtual light and shadow, (in)sharpness and depth of field in various animated film projects. Christos’ company Lollipop Shaders develops shading tools and workflows for stylised rendering in animated films. He is the lead developer for Pixar’s RenderMan stylised looks as well as principal shader writer on numerous feature films with Sony Pictures Imageworks using stylized & non-photoreal rendering, including THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES and the upcoming SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER VERSE.
Forum News
The FMX Forum with Recruiting Hub, Marketplace, School Campus and workshops is currently filling up with long-standing and new partners. There is still a great demand for talent, especially in the area of recruiting: the FMX Recruiting Hub is already fully booked. Below is a list of some of the confirmed Forum partners:
Recruiting Hub: benuts, Ghost VFX, One of Us, Outpost VFX, Realtime UK, Rotomaker,
Scanline VFX, Untold Studios.
Marketplace: Artineering, The Element, Golaem,
Notch, Ranch Computing, The VFX Shop.
Workshops: Binary Alchemy, Notch, vrbn studios.
School Campus: Animationsinstitut, Flinders University, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, Hochschule der Medien, Howest University of Applied Sciences / Digital Arts & Entertainment, Luleå University of Technology, Merz Akademie University of
Applied Art, Design and Media Stuttgart, SAE Institute, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe – University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
Animation Production Days (APD) launch Call for Projects
The 17th Animation Production Days (26-28 April 2023) have launched their Call for Projects, where freshly developed animation projects can be submitted. In 2023, the co-production and financing platform, a joint event of ITFS and FMX, will once again offer a talent programme for newcomers and a co-production programme for production companies and studios looking for animation projects to work on together. The deadline for registration and project submission is 9 February.
Further information can be found here: www.animationproductiondays.de
Further information can be found at: www.fmx.de
